We invest in the earliest stages then stay close: intros and technical help when you’re stuck. Building with AI and want investors like that? 👉 poolside.co/investment

Come hack Meridian 💫 We’re teaming up with @BuildOnStellar and @GuavaGlobal to bring hackers and founders to build on Stellar. Ship a project, compete for the prize pool and connect with the best teams on Stellar. 🛠 2 days of building, workshops & mentoring 🚀 Get your project in front of the Stellar ecosystem 📍 Warehouse ONE16, Lisbon 🗓 Oct 25–26 Apply 👇 hackmeridian.com/

Members get access to our two spaces in Lisbon, so they can build and scale alongside other founders building with AI. ➡️ Building with AI? Apply: poolside.co/apply

For a builder, the right intro at the right time changes everything. We work alongside founders from day one, from fundraising to finding first customers.

Remote gives you focus. Poolside gives you a community: founders building with AI, in Alvalade and Santos. ✨ Want in? poolside.co/apply

📚 Poolside portfolio update: @portals_fi has routed $1B+ and was a day-one launch partner for Base's tokenised equities. They spent this year rebuilding infrastructure nobody was asking them to rebuild. Glad to be along for it. ➡️ The full story: poolside.co/blog/portals-fi-…

✨ Meet Poolside members ✨ Circles is a French FemTech brand building 100% natural solutions for every stage of a woman's cycle. Mission: educate on the hormonal imbalance behind menstrual problems, and offer a holistic method. Get to know them → wearecircles.com

Building with AI? Tell us what you're working on ➡️ poolside.co/investment

Founders get access to our 2 coworking spaces in Lisbon, so they can build and scale with the support of a community.

What began with web3 founders has grown into something bigger. Today we back founders across tech, entertainment, and AI. €100M+ total funding raised. 110+ supported projects.

At Poolside, we invest at the earliest stages and work alongside founders: capital, introductions, and technical help when it counts.

💯 and everything moves very fast, so they learned to ship under pressure

If that's how you build, you'll fit right in. Join us: poolside.co/apply

3. Adapt quickly. Web3 moves fast. Narratives shift and yesterday's assumptions can become obsolete. That comfort with uncertainty is valuable when building in AI.

2. Build for a small, technical audience. Find the people who understand the problem deeply, build for them, and use their feedback to improve.

1. Ship in public Web3 taught founders to build in front of an audience, share progress early, and let users see what's coming. That translates well to AI, where the product and the market are evolving together.

A few founders at Poolside came from web3. Some of the habits they picked up are surprisingly useful for building AI products. 🧵

Every answer goes to a member already inside. A member invite helps but isn't required; strong applications get in without one. Want in? poolside.co/apply

Your favourite space: Alvalade, Santos, or mostly remote through Slack.