Build 2036

Build 2036
A speculative building club for people who want to shape the future, not inherit it.

We live in an age of information paralysis. Theses and hot takes arrive faster than we can process and almost none of them get properly debated or stress-tested. So we absorb the noise, nod along, and get back to work. We say AGI is coming and the future is agentic, then spend our days building AI PowerPoint automations; tools for anthropocentric communication in a world that's supposed to be leaving that behind. There's a gap between what we read and what we do, and it exists because we don't have rooms to challenge ideas and decide which futures are actually worth building toward.
This is the room.
Each month, we gather around a single provocative thesis about where the world is heading in the next 5–10 years. We read. We debate. You build.
Our first session takes on Citrini Research's "The 2028 Global Intelligence Crisis," a speculative memo from the future describing how AI reshapes the economy in 24 months, alongside a rebuttal written from the same starting assumptions that reaches the opposite conclusion (The 2028 Global Intelligence Boom). Two futures, same seeds. You'll come having read both. We'll figure out together which one we actually believe, and what to do about it.
Who this is for
The people who are going to build the things that define the next decade. The ones who already see the shifts before they become consensus, who can trace second and third order consequences from today's seeds to tomorrow's inevitabilities, and who understand that sharpening this kind of thinking isn't a luxury but a prerequisite for anyone who wants to be in a position to shape what happens next.
If you're technically ambitious, instinctively contrarian, and want a room of peers to push you harder than you push yourself, this is it.
What is Entrepreneurs First?
EF turns exceptional individuals into funded founders. Some might have an early idea, others may need a cofounder. What matters is their potential. We back these founders first, then give them a bridge to Silicon Valley. To date, our companies are worth > $16B.
How do you apply?
Click the link and fill in the very brief application form.
Next Steps
We will accept applications on a rolling basis. The first session will take place in the London office on the 30th of April.