# ODF helps more people start the best companies.

ODF is an intense one-week in-person experience focused on meeting collaborators, exploring ideas, and gaining conviction.

ODF28 kicks off in Q3 2026.

## Onboarding week IRL in SF, alumni for life.

Join a tight-knit community of founders and builders keen on supporting one another in doing their best work.

Onboarding Week in SF

- Befriend talented people at your stage
- 80-100 participants
- >50% technical
- Fellow community platform
- Get access to our 3,000+ member platform
- $800k+ in perks
- Mercury, AWS, Stripe Atlas, and more
- Non-dilutive

## More than 1,000 startups launched so far

[Loyal](https://loyalfordogs.com/), [Luma](https://lu.ma/), [Cal.com](https://cal.com/), [Lassie*](https://www.linkedin.com/company/lassie/), [atob](https://www.atob.com/), [Traba*](https://traba.work/), [Levels*](https://www.levelshealth.com/), [Partiful](https://partiful.com/), [Finch](https://tryfinch.com/), [Shepherd*](https://shepherdinsurance.com/), [Salsa*](https://www.salsa.dev/), [Roots](https://www.roots.homes/), [Rollfi](https://www.rollfi.xyz/), [Overflow](https://www.overflow.co/), [Roo](https://roo.vet/), [Tofu](https://www.tofuhq.com/), [Settle](https://www.settle.com/), [Pave](https://www.pave.com/), [Cal.ai](https://www.calai.app/) + hundreds more

*co-founders met via ODF

## Over $2B raised from the best

Khosla, Sequoia, a16z, Founder's Fund, General Catalyst, Benchmark, Index, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Bloomberg Beta, Sam Altman, Elad Gil + hundreds more.

## ODF changes trajectories

> "Meeting (my co-founder) Akshay was literally a gift from god."  
— Mike Shebat, Traba CEO (ODF6)

> "ODF helped me recruit our team, find our first beta customers, and build a community of support to get through the challenges of the founder to CEO transition."  
— Sasha Orloff, Puzzle CEO (ODF8)

> "ODF has been transformational for finding my co-founder and meeting like-minded individuals. It brings together people who are exceptional, ready to start a company and the mentorship needed."  
— Mohamed El Mahallawy, Shepherd Co-founder/CTO (ODF3)