Residency · Neo
Neo Residency
- Monitor
- Later
- Apply later
Assessment & status
- Recommendation
- Apply later
- Priority
- Monitor
- Fit for Current Stage
- Later
- Preference Alignment
- Strong
- External Status
- Closed
Funding & terms
- Investment Terms
- Startups receive $750K uncapped SAFE, $450K+ credits, and Neo participation rights; students receive $40K grant
- Company Funding
- $750K uncapped SAFE
- Cash / Benefit Type
- Upfront investment
- Credits or Perks
- More than $450K in nominal credits plus Neo network and participation support
- Estimated Credit Value USD
- 450000
- Funding Timing
- On acceptance
- Funding Before Full-time
- Yes
- Economic Caveats
- The 2026 deadline passed and selection is extremely concentrated. Improve public adoption or other outlier signal before the next intake.
Eligibility
- Stage Accepted
- Idea, Prototype, MVP
- Traction Requirement
- Helpful
- Sector or Thesis
- General, AI, Devtools
- Region
- Global, United States
- Location
- San Francisco + Oregon bootcamp
- Format
- In-person
- Solo Eligibility
- Yes
- Company Required
- Can be unincorporated
- Cofounder Support
- Available
- Relocation Required
- Temporary relocation
Commitment & support
- Can Keep Job
- No
- Full-time Expected
- After acceptance
- Weekly Load
- Full-time
- Duration
- Three months plus a two-week Oregon bootcamp
- Commitment Details
- Three months in SF plus two-week Oregon bootcamp
- Mentorship Depth
- High-touch
- Structure or Accountability
- High
- Customer or GTM Support
- Some
Application
- Application Timing Notes
- 2026 deadline Apr 30 passed
- Application Requirements
- Outlier founder evidence, focused startup/project, product/demo, application/interviews, and San Francisco/Oregon participation
- Application Effort
- Very high
- Primary Value
- Funding, Brand, Mentorship, Structure, Network, Credits, Fundraising
- Brand Value
- Strong
- Next Action
- Monitor 2027; improve outlier signal and product adoption before applying.
Notes & provenance
- Why or Decisive Note
- Excellent funded brand program, but not an efficient current application. Monitor 2027 and build the signal that would make the application credible.
- Original Inventory
- Neo Residency, Neo
- Legacy Commitment Signal
- Fits paid full-time
- Newly Discovered
- No
- Evidence Quality
- Official current
- Website Status
- Active
- Last Verified
- 2026-08-01
Appears in decision views
00 — All Opportunities · 02 — Brand & Prestige · 05 — Full-time After Funding · 09 — Later · One Company or Traction · 10 — Application Tracker · 14 — Deadline Calendar · 15 — Priority Board
Imported 2026-09-26 from the Funding & Accelerators workspace (rebuilt 2026-08-02). Assessments are this portfolio's judgment, not the program's claims; verify against the official source before relying on them.