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What's inside

Everything a solo founder actually needs.

Accelerator Readiness
A list of programmes that publish terms for applicants, plus guides for the forms solo founders actually fill in.
  • Program cards for YC, Antler, Techstars, and others
  • Guides for the YC application, the founder video, and a one-liner
  • Deadlines shown when the operator published one
  • Suggest a program if a current window is missing
Dev Token Access
Where to read credit programs before you can pay for API use yourself. JoinAI does not grant the credits.
  • Claude for Startups, AWS Activate, Google, Microsoft, NVIDIA — as listed
  • A guide to applying before revenue
  • Dollar amounts only when the operator published them
  • Apply on the operator’s site
Packaging & Pitch
Frameworks for saying what you are building in under two minutes.
  • A one-liner a stranger can repeat
  • Notes for the YC founder video
  • Problem, proof, and what you do not have yet
  • Post a draft in Community if you want a tear-down
Community & Peer Review
Threads where solo founders share drafts and weekly progress. No automatic matching.
  • Application and packaging critiques
  • Async check-ins you post yourself
  • Member projects after you sign in
  • Sample profiles on this site are fixtures
Resources

Guides worth reading.

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Packaging
The Solo Founder's One-Liner Formula That Actually Works
A craft framework for a sentence a stranger can repeat. Examples are illustrations, not alumni quotes.
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Accelerators
How to Write a YC Application as a Solo Founder
A solo-founder walkthrough of the current YC apply page, the official 1-minute founder video rules, and Paul Graham’s writing advice. Confirm every field on the live form before you submit.
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Dev Tokens
Getting API Credits Before Your First Dollar of Revenue
How to apply for Claude for Startups, OpenAI partner credits, AWS Activate, and Google for Startups Cloud — with official names, eligibility, and links. Amounts below are from those pages on 2026-09-15; re-check before you apply.
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Community

Solo, not isolated.

The hardest part of building alone is not the code — it is not knowing if you are on the right track. joinai.me is a place to compare notes with other solo founders.

Application critiques
Post a draft application or one-liner and ask for a tear-down. Feedback is from whoever replies, not a panel we assign.
Weekly async check-ins
Shipped, stuck, next — in a thread. No call required. This is a format, not a scheduled program.
Find your own pod
Look for two or three people at a similar stage. JoinAI does not match groups automatically.
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