The world’s largest startup campus, hosting 30+ resident programs including F/ai, a 20-company AI cohort backed by major labs and VCs with $1M+ in compute credits.
- The offer:
- $1M per company
- Location:
- Paris, France
- Equity:
- Equity-free
What you need to qualify
- A clearly AI-native product.
- A strong founder team with deep technical or research expertise.
- Early traction or a credible path to strong commercialization, targeting EUR 1 million in revenue within six months.
- A solid global ambition from day one.
- Station F describes the programme as built for top startups targeting EUR 1M in revenue within 6 months.
Eligibility
- Eligible stages
- All stages
- Countries
- Global, subject to the provider’s eligibility and approval
How to apply
- 1
Understand that F/ai is recommendation-led
Station F selects the batch through recommendations rather than an open call. Its own guidance is that it wants founders able to navigate their way in through one of the 24 participating organizations.
- 2
Build a relationship with a partner organisation
There are 16 programme partners and 8 investor partners, including Microsoft, Meta, Mistral AI, Google, AWS, Hugging Face, OpenAI, Anthropic, AMD, Sequoia Capital, General Catalyst and Lightspeed. Reach out to the startup programme leads at the larger companies and directly to the investor partners.
- 3
Leave your contact details with Station F
If you have no route through a partner, Station F asks founders to leave their contact details on its F/ai form, and says the team actively reviews that pool.
- 4
Start early
Station F's own advice is that the earlier you start building relationships and visibility, the better your chances for the next batch.
- 5
Watch for the next round
Applications for the current round are closed. The next batch starts on September 15, 2026 and runs from September to December 2026, and now includes a week in San Francisco with partners at their US headquarters.