A venture studio
that co-founds
AI-native
companies.
We don't write checks. We ship the company. Relay 1 co-founds AI-native companies from idea to scale. We contribute the build (product, brand, GTM, automation) and stay in the work after launch. Founders bring the conviction and the capital strategy.
How we co-found.
We run the portfolio like a sports team. Same operators across every company, same standards, same weekly cadence.
We take 25 to 35% equity for the build itself. Same vesting cliff as you. Our names go on the charter the same day yours does.
One playbook across the portfolio: hiring, GTM, ops, finance. Every company starts inside a working studio, not from scratch.
We measure what shipped and what didn’t. The work compounds in writing, every week.
We are not allocators. We are the team building the product, the brand, and the GTM with you. Two operators in the work, every week.
What we've built.
SLOT 04 OPEN
Two founders. One studio.
Founder and Managing Partner of Relay 1. Software development degree. Multiple companies built, all operating inside the portfolio. Veteran.
Partner at Relay 1. Golden Door winner. $2.5M in personal sales in a single year at Performance Windows. Background in sales ops, with prior experience in IT operations.