Bangalore · Co-living for founders
The highest-signal founder environment in India.
asd is a curated hacker house in Bangalore where early-stage founders live and work together. Every admission is made to raise the collective bar. Proximity and community compound into faster company-building.
What it is
A house built around one question: does this person raise the room?
asd runs on a simple thesis. The people you are around every day shape what you build, how fast you move, and what you think is possible. Most environments optimise for comfort or square footage. This one optimises for quality of peers.
Residents share living space, meals, and working hours. Programming, events, and community structure are designed to accelerate the companies inside the house — not just provide a pleasant place to live.
How it works
- Selective admission. Each cohort is curated. Every application is read. The bar is what determines the value.
- Monthly co-living. Pay monthly, live with founders building at the same stage. Revenue-based — no equity.
- Shared infrastructure. Common working space, events, and direct access to peers in the same stage.
- Bangalore network. Situated at the centre of India's fastest-growing startup ecosystem.
Who we admit
Early-stage founders actively building a startup.
Likely technical or technical-adjacent. Pre-seed or seed stage. Based in or relocating to Bangalore. Cares more about the quality of the people in the room than the thread count of the sheets.
- Pre-seed or seed stage, actively building
- Technical or technical-adjacent founder
- Based in or relocating to Bangalore
- Values density of ambition over comfort amenities
- Can contribute to the collective quality of the house
What we stand for
Signal over noise
Every admission decision is made to raise the collective quality of the room. No tourists.
Bias to action
Residents are builders, not dreamers. The house runs at the pace of people who ship.
Long-term relationships
The network built here outlasts the residency. First cohort is the most important product decision.
Candor
Honest feedback, no performance. The people around the table tell you what they actually think.
First cohort
The first cohort is the most important product decision.
We are building the first cohort now. If you are a pre-seed or seed-stage founder based in or moving to Bangalore, apply. We read every application.
Send an applicationapply@asd.house — no form, just tell us what you are building.