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ABOUT

It started in San Francisco.

Founders Keepers was started by Ibrahim Ahmed and Abdullah Riaz, two engineers building startups of their own.

A hackathon took us to San Francisco. What stayed with us was everything around it.

People building side by side. The right person always a conversation away. Ambition nobody found unusual, because everyone around us was building something.

Then we came home to Dallas. The founders were here. So were the investors, and the talent. But the events we found were built for networking and pitching, not for building, and the people who should have known each other mostly didn’t.

So we started the community we’d been looking for. We expected a small first night. Around 120 people came.

Ibrahim & AbdullahCo-founders, Founders Keepers

A builder on the floor against the wall, laptop on his knees

WHAT IT IS

A community, not a program.

A place to work together, share what you’re making, and meet other founders and builders.

Two speakers on stage, the thank-you slide behind them
Builders at a long table, turned toward each other mid-conversation
Two speakers in front of the opening slides

  1. No application.

    If you’re building in DFW, or about to start, there’s a seat for you. Bring the thing you’re working on.

  2. Not a fund.

    We don’t invest in companies. We bring the people building them together.

  3. Not an accelerator.

    No cohort to get into and nothing to graduate from. Just the work, and everyone else doing it.