DROPOUTS

Drop everything. Build

A house in Mexico City where you live, eat and build with people as obsessed as you. A bed, three meals a day and a table full of laptops. You bring the obsession.

Apply to Cohort 01 18 spots. Reviewed first come, first served.
01MANIFESTO

DON'T BUILD THE PRODUCT.

BUILD THE MACHINE THAT BUILDS IT.

START. MAINTAIN. GROW.

THE MACHINE THAT BUILDS THE MACHINES IS A BUILDER.

THIS HOUSE IS THE FACTORY.

02THE DEAL

What's included

A bed

Shared rooms, a locker, the whole house.

Three meals a day

Real cooking, unlimited specialty coffee.

Internet that holds

Mesh across the whole house, desks with monitors.

Workspace 24/7

Work rooms across three floors.

AI credits for everything

Unlimited Claude, voice and video models, the latest of everything. No limits.

Constant opportunities

Funds, founders and guests coming through the house all the time.

The people

You live with founders and hackers actually building.

CDMX

The best city in the world to build in right now.

03FOCUS

Where we push hardest

You already bring product. Go-to-market and business is where we push hardest. The intersection is the house.

Business
Go-to-Market
Product & Tech
DROPOUTS
04SELECTION

How to get in

01

Apply

5 minutes, no résumé.

02

Call

20 minutes with a founder from the house.

03

Trial week

You live and build with us.

04

You move in.

Selection funnel: 1,000 apply, 124 get a call, 30 do a trial week, 2 move in — a 0.2% acceptance rate.

We don't accept everyone. That's the point.

Apply to Cohort 01
05FAQ

Questions

Do I need to have dropped out?
Not to apply. But once you're in, yes — you drop everything and go all in. The commitment starts after you're accepted, not before.
How much does it cost?
Nothing. There is no price — bed, meals and AI credits included. You bring the obsession.
Where exactly is the house?
CDMX. The address is shared with the accepted.
06APPLICATION

The application is its own game.

Fourteen straight questions — the kind that show how you think, not where you studied. No résumé, no cover letter. Fifteen minutes if you know yourself.

14 QUESTIONS~15 MINNO RÉSUMÉREPLY IN 72H
Start your application 18 spots. Reviewed first come, first served.