Discover.Build.Launch.

What is Surge

TheDiscoveryLayerfortheNextMillionStartups

HubDiscover builders. Fund the future.

30Projects

13Raising

3Raised

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Ignites

Newest

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Category

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KYC

Hack

Live

NodePayBuildingLIVE · 203

DePIN·

Earn crypto by sharing your unused bandwidth and compute.

LIVE

203

NodePay · Streaming Now

Watch

3,160ignitions

FDV unlocked $3.0M · next $4M

ProofLayerBuilding

Following

ZK Infrastructure·

Shared ZK proving network for rollups and dApps.

Last 30 days

HIGH

168commits

145Klines

7devs

2,408ignitions

FDV unlocked $2.0M · next $3M

SolSocialBuilding

Social·

Token-gated social feeds with real-time on-chain activity.

Whitepaper

PRE-CODE

PDF

12 pages

Concept & arch

1,992ignitions

FDV unlocked $1.0M · next $2M

NeuroDexBuilding

Following

DeFi·

Neural network-powered DEX aggregator for optimal routing.

NeuroDex Pitch2:18

1,920ignitions

FDV unlocked $1.0M · next $2M

ChainGuardBuilding

Security·

Real-time smart contract monitoring and threat detection.

Last 30 days

HIGH

241commits

89Klines

5devs

2,780ignitions

FDV unlocked $2.5M · next $3M

PayFlowBuildingLIVE · 87

Following

Payments·

Instant cross-border payments with stablecoin rails.

LIVE

PayFlow · Streaming Now

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1,640ignitions

FDV unlocked $1.5M · next $2M

Who we are

A globally recognised hub for AI builders and innovators. Member of The AI Alliance.

Hackathons

Teams

Prototypes

AI-Native enterprise orchestration platform. Helps companies build, scale, and monetize AI solutions.

0.0k+

AI products deployed

R&D partners

Partners

Web3 Partners & Supporters

The Problem

The Startup Discovery Crisis

The Trigger:

AI coding tools turned millions of people into founders overnight — no co-founder, no team, no VC needed.

The Problem:

Each solo founder now competes for the same fixed pool of investor attention, early users, and funding.

The Gap:

No infrastructure exists to help real builders get discovered, validated, and funded before they burn out.

The Need:

Every solo founder needs three things: visibility to be discovered, users to validate, and capital to grow.

"AIdemocratizedbuilding.Millionsoffoundersneedvisibility,users&funding."

The Solution

Surge Platform

TheDiscoveryLayerfortheNextMillionStartups

Merit-based discovery. Community-validated fundraising. Enforced accountability.

Discovery Hub

Founders build verified profiles with revenue data, GitHub activity, pitch videos, and live streams. The merit layer.

Verified Revenue Data

GitHub Integration

Pitch Videos

Live Streaming

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Ignitions

Community allocates attention tokens to validate projects. 30-day rolling cycles ensure only active projects rise.

Attention Tokens

30-Day Rolling Cycles

Community Validation

Merit Ranking

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Get Funded

Community backs founders they believe in. Donate, earn perks and get early access to the products.

Community Donations

Earn Perks

Early Product Access

Founder Support

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How It Works

Five-step process

The Surge Flywheel

List on Hub

Founder creates verified profile with traction data

The Discovery Hub

Builder profiles

WhereBuildersMeetBelievers

8-Step Project Wizard

Core Identity (logo, name, tagline, category)

Media & Docs (pitch deck, whitepaper, video)

Links & Socials (GitHub OAuth, X, LinkedIn)

Team (founders, background, hackathon wins)

Roadmap (quarterly milestones & deliverables)

Revenue Sources (Stripe, DeFi Llama integration)

User Data (Google Analytics, Mixpanel)

Preview & Publish

Dynamic Media Hierarchy

Live Streaming

Pulsing LIVE badge, viewer count, instant engagement

Pitch Video

YouTube/Loom embed with play overlay and duration

GitHub Activity

Commit graph, LOC, weekly commits, active devs

Attached Docs

Pitch deck / whitepaper preview as fallback

Discovery: Filter by Category, Chain, GitHub Velocity, KYC status, Hackathon winners, Live streams

The Ignition Mechanic

IgnitestoCapital

Funding potential scales directly with Ignition momentum. Founders unlock higher caps by proving organic market demand first.

Phase 1

Validation

Founder lists the project to accumulate active Ignites.

Phase 2

Unlock

100 Ignites$10,000

300 Ignites$30,000

500+ Ignites$50,000

Phase 3

The Campaign

A 14-day “Micro-Round” begins. It utilizes an All-or-Nothing model; if the target is not reached, funds are automatically refunded.

Leadership Team

Battle-tested operators
and technologists

Pawel

CEO

Creator of lablab.ai, used by 240,000 AI developers

Built & managed over $100M revenue streams

15 years scaling software companies, launched and exited 2 AI startups

Joseph

CFO/CIO

Satellites & Robotics

TMT, Structured Finance; Real Estate, Gaming and Lodging

Private Alternatives/Special Situations

Andrea

COO

Global Commercialization & Partnerships Expertise

IT/Strategy Consulting

+ PhD

(AI/Neural nets)

Robin Janaway

CBDO

Ex-Senior executive (acceleration / NFTs)

Former CEO of Single Family office

Director of Virtual Asset Regulated Advisory. Extensive Trad-fi and web3 experience

Track Record: Built and scaled global AI communities, enterprise partnerships, global enterprise & venture creation and funding, AI research pipelines across multiple continents.

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Partners

Web3 Partners & Supporters