Build With Us.
Cambridge - NYC
Build With Us.
Cambridge - NYC
Cambridge - NYC
Cambridge - NYC
C10 Labs exists to build AI-native companies that solve humanity’s most complex challenges. Our mission is to transform frontier research into real-world systems that elevate healthcare, strengthen infrastructure, accelerate scientific progress, and unlock new economic opportunity. We bring together founders, corporates, and universities to engineer vertical expert systems—AI that does real work in the real world. Every venture we build moves us closer to a future where intelligence is abundant, accessible, and aligned with human progress.
C10 Labs born at MIT in May 2023, at a moment when some of the most significant technologies of our time—AI, biology, advanced computing, and programmable systems—were converging to create entirely new opportunities for entrepreneurs. We recognized that this convergence would trigger a seismic shift in how discoveries are made across every scientific discipline, opening the door for a new class of AI-native companies. In just 2.5 years, C10 has grown from a Kendall Square initiative into a multi-hub Applied AI venture platform spanning Boston and New York City. Along the way, we’ve built 25+ ventures, launched 22 enterprise pilots, and proven a new model of “Applied AI Venture Science” that turns frontier research into real-world impact.
Studio Build Track (Rolling Basis)
Our primary pathway is the Studio Build Track, where C10 partners directly with founders, principal investigators, and labs to co-build AI-native companies. In this model, we act as true co-founders—providing full-stack AI engineering, product development, venture design, commercialization support, and access to enterprise pilots to scale breakthrough ideas into enduring companies.
Typical Equity : ~ 50%
Founder Stock
Incubation Track (Cohorts Based)
As a secondary on-ramp, the 10-week Incubation Track helps founders and technical teams rapidly validate concepts, design AI-first products, and pressure-test market need. Teams gain access to C10’s advisors, mentors, and partner network, and the strongest ventures graduate into the full Studio Build Track for deeper co-build opportunities.
Typical Equity: > 2.5% to participate.
SAFE Based investment

Our Founder-in-Residence program brings exceptional operators, researchers, and domain experts into the heart of C10 to build AI-native companies from day one. FIRs work side-by-side with our studio team, access proprietary frameworks, and rapidly validate opportunities with real customers and data. We provide the technical backbone, ven
Our Founder-in-Residence program brings exceptional operators, researchers, and domain experts into the heart of C10 to build AI-native companies from day one. FIRs work side-by-side with our studio team, access proprietary frameworks, and rapidly validate opportunities with real customers and data. We provide the technical backbone, venture design, and pilot pathways—founders bring the insight and ambition to scale something bold.

We partner with forward-leaning enterprises who want to co-create AI expert systems, not buy generic tools. Corporate partners gain early access to cutting-edge ventures, co-development opportunities, and pilots built around their most critical operational challenges. Together, we turn industry pain points into defensible companies with shared upside.

C10 works directly with leading universities, labs, and principal investigators to translate frontier research into venture-scale applications. We offer a commercialization pathway that includes engineering, regulatory navigation, productization, and industry validation—accelerating the journey from breakthrough discovery to real-world impact.

Mission X is our initiative to tackle high-stakes, high-impact global challenges—healthcare, energy, infrastructure, and national competitiveness—through frontier AI. We build specialized ventures, mobilize partners, and align talent around missions that matter. This is where C10 pushes beyond venture building to shape the future of applied intelligence.
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We partner with you as true co-founders—bringing our full-stack capability from the ideation phase through engineering, AI development, productization, and commercialization. C10 helps shape the venture thesis, build the core product with our technical team, secure enterprise pilots and first revenues, and support founders all the way through Seed, Series A, and beyond. Our job is to compress years of company-building into months and give founders an unfair advantage from day one.
We welcome technical founders, domain experts, researchers, and operators who have deep insight into a problem space—especially in healthcare, energy, infrastructure, advanced manufacturing, and AI-bio. You don’t need a fully formed idea; you need conviction, velocity, and ambition.
Founders get access to a full-stack venture-building engine: AI engineering, product teams, regulatory guidance, fundraising support, mentors, advisors, customer access, and structured frameworks that compress 12–18 months of work into 12–18 weeks.
We use a transparent, founder-friendly model: founders retain meaningful ownership from the start, For studio built ventures C10 will aim to at least 50% equity and the balance is typically with Founders, Strategic Partners and Advisors. C10 invests studio resources and capital, and we grow equity together as the company hits milestones, validates technology, and secures external investment. answer to this item.
C10 gives founders immediate access to enterprise customers through our partnerships with hospitals, utilities, IPPs, corporates, government programs, and public–private innovation hubs. We accelerate traction by securing real pilots, real data, and real operational use cases early. In addition, founders tap into C10’s extensive network of hundreds of advisors, industry leaders, and domain experts across healthcare, energy, infrastructure, bio, and advanced manufacturing—ensuring every venture is built with deep insight and strong market pull.
We love to meet with founders so reach out with what you are interested in building and we will find time to meet.
One Broadway, 3rd Floor, Cambidge, MA 02142
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