Build the Future

Where Berkeley’s builders go. 🏡

A weekly speaker series, a community, and a team on a mission to transform entrepeneurship at Berkeley.

[Build the Future @btfcal]

join us at the wozniak lounge on april 24th, 8pm - 9:30pm. we’ll cover everything from taking these decals to joining the facilitator teams 👀

[Build the Future @btfcal]

🥁🥁🥁 presenting decal day!

alongside 13 other decals, build the future is hosting a decal showcase on 4/24.

come watch the best decals on campus present what they’re all about and what courses they’re offering next semester.

save your spot here: https://t.co/VIAarKfgZQ

[David Bloom @daveybloom]

Final chance to apply to this summers AI Accelerator! Looking forward to backing the next big companies building in AI.

[Socratica @socraticainfo]

one of the reasons to make things is to experience the world in more detail. paint once, and you pick up on how shadows lay. CAD something, you'll notice the filleting on your devices. life gets richer, and even more so if you get to share it with friends.

[Ali Partovi @apartovi]

I enjoyed speaking to UC Berkeley students about startups via the "Building the Future" program.

Thank you @Sauhard_Jain for inviting me to speak. Great to meet @IkshitaP, @meta_rek , and other entrepreneurial students.

[Build the Future @btfcal]

Loved hosting Tara Viswanathan, co-founder & CEO @Rupa_Health this past week!

Great conversation about her journey and forging your own paths, navigating and disrupting an upcoming space, and lots of other nuggets of wisdom. ⚡️

Thanks @TaraViswanathan!

[Paul Graham @paulg]

@engineers_feed The way to get the best startup ideas is to work on interesting side projects that are not meant to be startups.

[Build the Future @btfcal]

Thanks @dsaezgil for an incredible chat with the class last week! Loved learning about your journey, motivations, climate tech, and the great work at @PachamaInc 🌎

[Build the Future @btfcal]

💪

heck yeah

[Build the Future @btfcal]

Nikhil and Alek talked about learning how to build, their decision to quit their tech jobs, approaching customer feedback, being open-source, going through YC, and monetisation, among other things. Always special to hear from Berkeley founders—so real and inspiring!

[Build the Future @btfcal]

📸 from class this past week with Alek Petuskey and Nikhil Rao, founders of Reflex (@getreflex) and Cal grads!

Reflex lets you build full-stack web apps in pure Python. They were in @ycombinator’s W23 batch, recently secured $5M in seed funding, and are growing rapidly 🎉

[Hardeep @hardeep_gambhir]

introducing Berkeley Demo Sessions🪐🚀

berkeley/sf builders, come and build your ideas with us on sundays at berkeley’s prime Arcadia hacker house <3

cc: @KabirGoel @natashaarya_ @Sauhard_Jain @nick_linck @theresidency @isaakfreeman

[Build the Future @btfcal]

Oops, we meant *9/26 :)

[Build the Future @btfcal]

Super excited for our next speaker on Tuesday 8/26: @AlfredoAndere, co-founder & CEO of @LatchBio!

LatchBio is building the “cloud for biology” to make biotech R&D faster & easier. It empowers scientists to access & analyse massive biology datasets without code.

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[Build the Future @btfcal]

Most recently, they also raised $28M as part of their Series A.

Alfredo was a Berkeley EECS student when he started the company with his co-founders—we’re super excited for this one! 🐻

DM us for auditing info 💌

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[Build the Future @btfcal]

s/o @thehousefund @CalHacks for working with us on this 🤝

[Build the Future @btfcal]

🥁 Launching the best space for builders at Berkeley 🥁

Berkeley Demo Sessions will bring together the best builders & creatives at Berkeley every Sunday—to work on whatever they’re passionate about, whether that’s a problem to tackle, a creative pursuit, or anything in between.

[Build the Future @btfcal]

All you need to do is show up with your ideas and tools—the rest is on us, and the vibes are sure to be immaculate.

Come & bring your most ambitious, curious friends, or make some here. 👯

https://t.co/9juBRjWyYp

[Build the Future @btfcal]

📢 This week @ BTF!

David Hsu, Founder & CEO @retool

We’re so excited for this—love the velocity at which Retool is shipping and growing 🚀

[Build the Future @btfcal]

@jfiance brain like berkeley 🫡