Engineering + AI via RecordTime.ai
Extremely low-cost AI and engineering capacity through recordtime.ai: scope a project, get an estimate in minutes, and ship with senior engineers — at a fraction of agency or in-house cost.
An accelerator.
A family.
Family backs founders for life and pairs profits with purpose. 2.5%–5% equity depending on your traction, instead of the usual 7%. Rolling admissions, any stage.
Family is an accelerator focused on empowering founders and pairing profits with purpose.
The terms
The standard deal.
Our deal.
2.5–5%Equity, by traction
RollingAdmissions, year-round
∞Duration
- Equity
7%2.5%–5%, depending on traction - Scale
250 a batchA handful at a time, rolling - Resources
Office hoursRecordTime.ai, Bolt, and Zeitgeist behind you - Access
Office hours, if you book themRyan, weekly, wherever you are - Length
Three monthsFor life - Finale
Demo Day — you pitch investorsDeal Day — investors pitch you - Stage
Pre-seed onlyAny stage - Who decides
PartnersFounders and operators
How it works
Twelve weeks together.
Twelve weeks together.
Then, forever.
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01 · Weeks 1–12
The program
Fully virtual — build from wherever you are. Weekly one-on-ones with Ryan, Friday growth reviews with the other founders in the program, and a rotating table of founders and operators who have actually done it.
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02 · Week 12
Demo DayDeal DayWe flip Demo Day. Fifty hand-picked investors show up and pitch you — on why they deserve a slot on your cap table. You take the meetings you want.
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03 · Forever
The family
You don't graduate. Every Family founder keeps Ryan's number, the group chat, and a seat at the table for everyone who comes after. When you raise, the first calls come from inside the family.
Companies
The family so far.
Events for the next gen
Visit rasa.world →
Reversible male birth control
Visit planaformen.com →
Members-only network for good people
Visit elevatemembers.com →
The clean green everything store
Visit love.com →
Biodegradable plastic
Visit cove.co →
Alternative sports
Visit vaunt.com →
Unleashing the crowd for charity
Visit dollardonationclub.com →
Local food aggregation
Visit permanent.ag →
What you get
A program.
A whole platform.
Payments + fintech via Bolt
Checkout, payments, fraud, payouts, compliance — every fintech complexity powered by bolt.com, so you never build a payments team before you have a product.
In partnership with Zeitgeist
Family is built together with Zeitgeist. Every founder plugs into the Zeitgeist network, community, and programming from day one — the people, the rooms, and the momentum you can't buy.
Go-to-market
Positioning, pricing, launch, first hundred customers. Operators who've done it sit with you every week until it's working.
Investor introductions
Warm intros to the funds and angels that fit your round — and Deal Day, where investors pitch you.
Tech, hiring, and the hard stuff
Architecture reviews, first hires, legal and finance setup, and a founder to call at 2am. Whatever's in the way.
Ryan
Built one. Backing the next.
Ryan Breslow founded Bolt at 20 and grew it into one of the fastest-scaling companies of its generation, then walked through the fire that comes with it. He's written over 70 long-form threads on X and LinkedIn on what he learned building a company, started Love, and now spends his time on the thing he wishes he'd had: a founder in his corner for the long haul.
Family is that. Not a fund with a program bolted on — a founder and a handful of companies at a time.
“Most accelerators end at Demo Day. Family starts there.”
Books
Silicon Valley's most popular books on fundraising and recruiting.
Ryan wrote both. Read them before your first session — we'll be working from them.
Who we back
Founders we want in the family.
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You're building something you'd be proud to explain to your kids.
Profit and purpose in the same sentence. If one of them is a footnote, we're not the fit.
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You want to stay in charge.
We back founders who intend to run their companies for a long time — and we get out of the way.
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Any stage, any sector.
Idea on a napkin or Series A. Consumer, climate, health, software. The bar is the founder, not the deck.
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You'll show up for twelve weeks.
Fully virtual, from anywhere in the world. All in. That's how families work.
Apply · Rolling admissions
Get in line.
Get in the family.
Applications are open year-round. We read every one ourselves and reply within 14 days.
- DecisionWithin 14 days
- InterviewOne conversation with Ryan
- StartWhen you're ready, from anywhere
No gatekeeping
Tell us what you're building, where you are, and what would make the next twelve weeks count.
Start your application →
FAQ
Questions.
Why 2.5%–5%?
Most accelerators take 7% from everyone. We take between 2.5% and 5% depending on your traction — the further along you are, the less we take — with no side letters. What you get in return is the platform, the people, and a relationship that doesn't end at graduation.
Do I have to relocate?
No. Family is fully virtual — every session, one-on-one, and Deal Day happens online. Build from wherever you are.
What does “lifetime” actually mean?
You never stop being a Family company. Ryan's number, follow-on introductions, Deal Day access, and a seat at the table for everyone who comes after. There's no alumni tier.
Can I apply if I'm already funded?
Yes. Stage is “any” on purpose. If you've raised, we'll structure the equity to fit your cap table.
What is Deal Day?
The opposite of Demo Day. Fifty investors join and pitch you on why they deserve to be on your cap table. You choose who you meet.