Discover.Build.Launch.
A globally recognised hub for AI builders and innovators. Member of The AI Alliance.
AI-Native enterprise orchestration platform. Helps companies build, scale, and monetize AI solutions.
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The founder supply shock.
new GitHub signups in 2025 — a new developer joins every second
of developers now use AI tools; 80% adopt Copilot in their first week
US solopreneurs · +69% now self-identify as "Founder" on LinkedIn
contributed to the US economy by solo operators
AIdemocratizedbuilding.Millionsoffoundersnowneedtobediscovered,validated,andfunded.
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A $1B opportunity in AI startup acceleration.
150,000 founders need exposure, funding, and infrastructure. No platform serves them today.
150K paying builders. $1B revenue ceiling. One platform. Three lines.
Thediscoverylayerforthenextmillionstartups.
Surge is where AI builders get discovered, validated, and funded.
Powered by LabLab's 200K+ builder community.
Verified founder profiles with live traction data
Community attention as a real-time signal
Open access to AI infrastructure and credits
Community raises tied to verified demand
The Capital Layer
Internet Capital Markets
Three capital rails for AI-native startups — with a fairness layer built in.
FAIRLAUNCH
Open AMM launch · No eligibility gate
Best for:
Early experiments
Community memes
Idea-stage projects
IGNITION
Presale with Ignite-tiered access
Best for:
Projects with traction
Verified founders
Active communities
GATED
Whitelist-only raise for verified backers
Best for:
Projects with strong demand
Oversubscribed communities
High-conviction backers
Three launches. One platform.
Fairlaunch for early experiments. Ignition for projects with traction. Gated for verified communities. Founders pick the rail that fits their stage.
Earned eligibility
Ignition launches unlock only when projects hit Ignite thresholds. The community decides who’s ready — not the platform.
Three scores, one allocation
When demand exceeds supply, allocation is decided by Backer Score: wallet reputation + social identity + staking commitment.
Multi-chain settlement
Solana, Base, and BNB Chain. Founders pick the rail that fits their community.
Today: token-native rails. Next: regulated partner-led capital rails.
All your media content in one tool — from social video to product visuals. 500K users, used by ByteDance, L'Oréal, VTEX.
Signal to launch
Magic was founded by three complementary founders with deep technical, product, and commercial expertise.
Verified Products. Real traction.
The Hub
Verified traction, not vanity metrics
Live revenue, GitHub commits, real user analytics. Numbers that can’t be faked.
KYC’d founders, not anonymous wallets
Real names, real LinkedIn profiles, real teams. Backers know who they’re backing.
A locked changelog, not silent edits
Every change is timestamped and public. No quiet roadmap rewrites after raising.
Live, every day
Founders pitch from their profile. Backers watch, ask questions, earn Ignites.
The Attention Layer
Ignitions
The closed-loop economy that turns attention into capital.
Attention that expires
Every Ignite lasts 30 days. Founders can’t coast on old hype — they have to keep earning support.
More Ignites, more capital
Active Ignites rank projects in real time — and unlock higher funding tiers as momentum grows.
Ignites through contribution
Backers earn Ignites through tasks, live streams, and referrals. Not by buying them.
Top Igniters get rewarded
Founders grant exclusive perks to their highest backers — lifetime deals, founder access, early drops.
Other platforms count followers. Surge counts conviction.
Free cloud credits. Zero paperwork.
AWS, NVIDIA, OpenAI, Vercel and 10+ partners give founders registered on Surge instant access to the tools they need — no applications, no waiting.
Marketplace
Claim your credits
AWS Activate
Cloud credits for compute, storage, and ML services. Perfect for training models and scaling infra.
NVIDIA Inception
GPU compute credits and DGX Cloud access for AI training workloads at scale.
OpenAI Credits
API credits for GPT-4o, o1, and Embeddings. Ship AI features on day one.
Vercel Pro
Pro plan credits with edge functions, analytics, and preview deployments for your team.
Supabase
Postgres database, auth, storage, and realtime subscriptions — fully managed.
Anthropic API
Claude API credits for building safe, steerable AI assistants and tools.
The Infrastructure Layer
Foundry
Every Surge project gets the AI stack, free.
Open access, no gatekeeping
Every project listed on Surge gets credits from top AI infra partners. No applications, no waitlists.
The stack that costs $50K, free
GPU compute, foundation models, cloud hosting, storage, and APIs. Bundled, not piecemeal.
Partners that matter
OpenAI, Anthropic, NVIDIA, AWS, Google Cloud, Vercel, Supabase, and more.
A revenue line, not a cost center
Surge earns referral fees and premium placement from partners. Builders get the credits, partners get the customers.
The Surge funnel.
Hub → Ignitions → Foundry → ICM. Every stage feeds the next. Every successful raise feeds the Hub.
Hub
Discovery layer
Verified founder profiles. The first interaction on Surge.
Real builders attract real backers
Ignitions
Attention layer
Backers signal demand. The best projects rise.
Demand unlocks resources
Foundry
Acceleration layer
Top projects unlock free AI infra credits.
Resources let founders ship and raise
ICM
Capital layer
Launch and raise capital. The final stage.
Successful raises become case studies. Case studies attract new builders. The funnel compounds.
Other launchpads scale linearly. Surge scales exponentially — because every win finances the next one.
One core engine. Two supporting lines.
Surge earns when builders win — not when tokens pump.
ICM Take Rate
5% on raises + 1% on trading.
The capital formation engine.
Capital Formation Take Rate
5% on every successful raise
Surge earns 5% of capital raised through Ignition and Gated launches. Founders only pay after they win.
Fairlaunches launch fee-free — the bonding curve creates a natural take-rate floor.
Trading & Settlement Fees
1% AMM fee on post-launch volume
Every project that successfully launches generates secondary trading volume. Surge earns swap fees on that volume, compounding with each successful launch.
The trading fee scales with platform velocity, not headcount.
Supporting Monetization
Hub Verification Layer
Paid verification + premium placement
Founders pay to verify their identity, traction, and team. Verification unlocks trust badges and premium placement on the Discovery feed. The Hub improves conversion, trust, and CAC efficiency for the core engine.
Foundry Marketplace
Infrastructure referral fees
AWS, NVIDIA, OpenAI, and 15+ partners list free credits on Surge. When founders graduate to paid infrastructure, Surge earns a referral share. Foundry doubles as a zero-CAC acquisition channel for the core engine.
A launchpad engine with software margins on top.
The platform is live. Builders are shipping.
Closed preview running. Open beta launches with Ignition Race Season 1.
Live walkthrough — Hub profiles, Ignitions in action, Foundry credits, and the launch flow.
Magic
All your media content in one tool — from social video to product visuals, built for brands
Veera
The Global NeoBank built Onchain: Onchain Earnings, Spending & Credit Layer
Own Network
Instant RWA settlement network powering Fasset’s regulated onchain banking
Canopy
From idea to onchain app in minutes
Strykr AI
Financial infrastructure for AI agents. One API for all markets, autonomous trading and payments
Zama Protocol
Confidential smart contract layer for encrypted transactions on public blockchains
Openbox AI
AI trust platform for monitoring, verifying, and controlling agent behavior
YOM
Decentralized GPU Edge Infrastructure: Ultra Low-Latency Compute
Xitadel
Onchain Debt Financing. Real Yield, No Dilution
Termix
The Unified Clearing and Settlement Layer for the Agent Economy
PerpTools
Analyze and trade perpetuals in DEXTools via AI agents
Perceptron Network
Building the decentralized backbone of the AI data economy
Not a roadmap. Not a waitlist. The platform is live and building.
From the first 100 launches to 1,000 a year.
| 2026Validate | 2027Scale | 2028Proven | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teams onboarded | 15,000 | 50,000 | 150,000 |
| % verified | 10% | 12% | 15% |
| Verified teams | 1,500 | 6,000 | 22,500 |
| % launch-ready | 20% | 20% | 20% |
| Launch-ready teams | 300 | 1,200 | 4,500 |
| % successfully launched | 33% | 20% | 22% |
| Successful launches/yr | 99 | 240 | 990 |
| Avg raise size | $100K | $150K | $200K |
| Avg trading volume / launch | $500K | $2M | $5M |
| Hub revenue(verified × $500–$1.5K avg spend) | $750K–$2.3M | $3M–$9M | $11.3M–$33.8M |
| Foundry revenue(launch-ready × $400–$2K avg referral) | $120K–$600K | $480K–$2.4M | $1.8M–$9M |
| ICM revenue(launches × [5% raise take + 1% trading fee]) | $990K | $6.6M | $59.4M |
| Annual revenue | $1.9M–$3.8M | $10M–$18M | $73M–$102M |
2026 success rate (33%) reflects the curated closed preview. Steady-state target is 20%, in line with comparable launchpad platforms.
Validation in 2026. Scale by 2028.
Where Surge sits.
Pump-style platforms proved volume. Venture platforms proved curation. Surge combines discovery, proof, launch, and capital formation in one loop.
Each of these platforms has 1–2 of Surge’s four layers. None have all four.
Pump-style platforms proved volume. Venture platforms proved curation. Surge combines discovery, proof, launch, and capital formation in one loop.
Battle-tested operators
and technologists
Pawel
CEO
Joseph
CFO/CIO
Andrea
COO
Robin Janaway
CBDO
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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