Actioners Residency

Home for action takers

[Dan @salinasdanielf]

Me on Friday at @theresidency demo day:

[Actioners Residency @_Actioners]

Yes 🔥! No gatekeeping. The world needs more innovation. More builders. No accreditations. We need to take action faster without permission.

[the residency @theresidency]

the world needs more residencies...

today there are not enough spaces for ambition to thrive

we’ve had 100+ people across the world reach out to us about starting a residency, so today we are open sourcing our playbook

comment playbook and we’ll send it over to you

[Dan @salinasdanielf]

I think no one should accredit the concept because the renaissance wasn’t accredited by anyone. Da Vinci didn’t need a certificate. The printing press didn’t need approval. The most transformative movements in history happened because there was no gatekeeper. Accreditation is just incumbents calling new energy illegitimate so they can control the narrative. This is just gate-keeping dressed up as standards.

Happy to debate freely and change my mind on why XYZ makes sense. I want what would benefit more the ecosystem.

[Dan @salinasdanielf]

The reason why I double down on my own to do @_Actioners instead of working for someone else is beyond me. SV needs a different culture. We are too immersed in performative acts for others to like us. We need courage, rebels, misfits. Misfits of the misfits. I’m looking for you. Apply https://t.co/oNphS4FWXf

[Dan @salinasdanielf]

At 1️⃣4️⃣, I was already building things. Masli: An app for booking cleaners at home.

At 1️⃣5️⃣, I launched: Treelife. Two kids planting trees turned into bootstrapped startup of 21 people with 50,000+ users and over 200 companies like DHL and AbInBev funding reforestation through exercise.

At 1️⃣7️⃣, I stepped into venture.
I joined Latitud and Xfund, writing industry reports, sourcing deals, and supporting founders. Became angel investor in companies like mercury.

At 1️⃣8️⃣, I appeared in @Forbes and recruited Cambridge PhDs to build Superplants: a plant-computer interface using carbon nanotubes and LLMs at MIT Media Lab.

At 1️⃣9️⃣, everything accelerated.
MIT Technology Review named me an Innovator Under 35 (I was one of the youngest ever featured).

I exited my first startup to a major logistics company. And spent time with @lexfridman, @PeterDiamandis and the ecosystem at MIT.

At 2️⃣0️⃣, I launched a blockchain-powered ticket marketplace and sold it a few months later.

I took a course at Stanford GSB while building a grocery WhatsApp chatbot with the CEO of a unicorn company funded by SoftBank in Brazil.

Did first half Ironman.

At 2️⃣1️⃣, I joined Simón Borrero CEO at Rappi to help build Rappi Turbo’s rapid-delivery restaurants.

I worked with Jamie Beaton CEO at Crimson, leading AdmitYogi after its acquisition by two Stanford founders.

It was my crash course in hypergrowth and ruthless execution. I then joined @khailee to build a productivity chatbot.

Did first hyrox pro.

And now at 2️⃣2️⃣, I’m working on the thing that feels like my life’s work:

Actioners. @_Actioners

A global movement and membership for people obsessed with taking action and achieving extraordinary things.
We build the systems — technology, community and physical spaces — that help ambitious people grow.

Our partner is @theresidency, a renowned network of hacker houses advised by @sama, which brings a powerful support into the world we’re building. Together, we’re creating environments where momentum compounds and we are having a lot of fun.

I’ve built products since I was 14. I don’t know anything else. I’m a founder because I have to. Climate tech, AI, biotech, ticketing, education, venture, hypergrowth operations — all of it was training for this moment.

Actioners is where everything converges:
ambition, community, technology, and the belief that people become unstoppable when they have the right environment. The certainty that human action moves the world.

Extremely grateful for everyone who has been alongside me. This is the chapter I was meant to build. And it’s only getting started. Join me.

[Dan @salinasdanielf]

What if you could bring the young most ambitious founders into a room for 2h?

People like @Cookiesarefunnn who dropout to work at @NASA, the @DeptofWar and @CIA

Or like @_boemare who has the world récord for the highest DJ set ever performed, created AI docuseries in the congo and worked at @Microsoft

So if you are a investor and are here in SF at 5pm como to @_Actioners for @theresidency demo day.

[Actioners Residency @_Actioners]

We are live ;)

[Dan @salinasdanielf]

First completely AI edited reality inside a mansion in SF: 25 founders, 1 week.
All filmed & cut with @geomelab.

We’re going live in 2h → link in thread.

Cc
@_boemare @Cookiesarefunnn @sebaschapela @PeterDAmbrosio @nick_linck @theresidency

[Sebastian Chapela @sebaschapela]

At 16, I dropped out of high school.

I wanted to be a film director — so I became home schooled, and went all in.

By 20, I’d made 50+ short films, millions of views, and got backed by an Oscar-winning director.

Then, in film school surrounded by people chasing the same dream — I left it all behind.

I moved to Silicon Valley to build the next Netflix.
2 startups later, I was back at zero. Terrified.
Could I reinvent myself a 3rd time?

The next year I opened gyms in LA, coded poker bots, and ran an AI agency.
None worked, but I built something better: resilience.

I'm immune to failure.
I don’t hedge my bets.
I go all in.

If you want to live among founders who’d rather fail reaching for the stars than settle on the moon...

⏳ 12 hours left to apply for @theresidency

[Sebastian Chapela @sebaschapela]

Looking for more female founders to join @theresidency next batch, who is most cracked female founder you know?

[Laurenz Sommerlad @Lauros_World]

Germans Storming SF's Wildest Hacker House: TUM Alumni Get Free Tours & AI Glory! 🔥🇩🇪

@theresidency @_Actioners @hoaquin10

[Karthik Mahadevan @KarthikIO]

It’s been a magical couple of months in this Hogwarts of startups. Grateful for the ideas, ambition, and people that make SF what it is ✨

[the residency @theresidency]

this is... the actioners residency🪽

apply below to call this place home while you build your startup💫

[Karthik Mahadevan @KarthikIO]

weekly check-ins at @_Actioners is a vibe ✨

[Dan @salinasdanielf]

It was great to have @brianrequarth & @latitudlatam here today. Thanks for coming.

lfg 🔥#vamoslatam

[Actioners Residency @_Actioners]

@_boemare @netflix @theresidency Soon 🥹

[Actioners Residency @_Actioners]

$11M Mansion. 25 Founders. Craziest week of their life.

[pabs @pabloberlangab]

. @netflix Too Hot to Handle had Lana.

We made her real and she’s about to run our retreat.

Big announcement soon.

[Dan @salinasdanielf]

Random day in SF… and I run into @DanielLurie

[Laurenz Sommerlad @Lauros_World]

Me and Matt after a hackathon 🪽

@RVAClassic: “I’ll set a few alarms just to be safe.”
⏰ 05:00 - 05:30 - 06:00 - 06:30 - 06:40 - 06:50 - 07:00
🏚️ Entire room: ✨traumatized✨
Me: in another room sleeping like a Greek god.

Moral of the story: choose your roommate like your co-founder.

[Iago Maciel @_iagomaciel]

Vibes at “Everybody is moving to SF” party @theresidency @_Actioners @a16z

Nice one @salinasdanielf @sebaschapela @nazzari