NATIVE

Founding season · Boston

The networkfor the AI‑nativegeneration.

AI is changing how work gets done.
Don't just learn about it.

Build with it.

Join students, founders, startups and working operators solving real problems with AI — across campuses and cities.

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Students · Founders · Startups · Operators

For universitiesSponsor a cohort of students into NATIVE. Founding Campus program now open.

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01Not a course

This isn't anotherAI course.

You can learn how to prompt anywhere.

NATIVE is where you use AI to do real work.

  1. 01Build something.
  2. 02Meet ambitious people.
  3. 03Work on real problems.
  4. 04Compete for cash.
  5. 05Show what you can do.

And leave college with more than proficient in ChatGPT on your résumé.

02Native Build Night

One night.One challenge.Every campus.

Once a month, NATIVE members around the country get the same challenge.

01The brief

A company or operator brings a real problem.

02The kit

You bring your laptop.

03The team

Find a team.

04The night

Then build.

Where it happens

  • At universities.
  • Inside startup offices.
  • Across NATIVE city chapters.
  • Online for anyone who can't make it in person.

The best builds compete nationally.

Win

Cash prizes.

Rise

National rankings.

Prove

Real work.

Find the next Build Night
03The Native Challenge

Build Night is onlythe beginning.

Every month, members have the opportunity to take the challenge further, submit their work and compete against builders across the NATIVE network.

  • Winning builds get recognized.
  • Top builders rise through the rankings.
  • And companies get to see what you can actually do.
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Rankings open with the first Challenge.

Not your GPA.Not another certificate.Your work.

04Proof of work

Your NATIVE profilegrows with you.

  • Builds completed.01
  • Challenges entered.02
  • Finalist finishes.03
  • Challenge wins.04
  • Teams.05
  • Leadership.06
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Eventually, employers shouldn't have to guess whether you know how to work with AI.

You can show them.

05For universities

Prepare students for anAI‑native workforce byletting them experience one.

Your students are already using AI.

The bigger question is whether they're learning how to use it to do valuable work.

NATIVE gives students repeated hands-on experience solving real business problems alongside students from other universities, startups and working professionals.

Universities sponsor students into the network. Students do the rest.

How sponsorship works

  1. 01Sponsor

    Sponsor a cohort.

    Your university sponsors students into NATIVE each academic year. Sponsor 25, 50, 100 or more.

  2. 02Build

    They build. Every month.

    Build Nights, national challenges, local mixers and weekly office hours with real companies, operators and students from other universities.

  3. 03Keep

    It doesn't expire.

    Sponsored students keep their basic NATIVE membership after the sponsored year. The network follows them into their careers.

Sponsored students get access to

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    Monthly NATIVE Build Nights.

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    National AI build challenges.

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    Cash-prize competitions.

  • 04

    Working operators and company partners.

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    Weekly office hours.

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    Monthly local mixers.

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    Show & Tell across the network.

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    Cross-campus community.

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    Leadership opportunities.

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    A growing body of proof-of-work.

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    Membership that outlasts the sponsored year.

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    Measurable participation and engagement.

Founding campuses · Sponsorship now open

Become a Founding NATIVE Campus.

Bring NATIVE to your campus
06Chapters

Your campus.Your chapter.

NATIVE isn't run from some corporate headquarters.

Students build it.

Campus Leads

One per university.

Every participating university has student Campus Leads responsible for growing NATIVE locally.

City Leads

Many campuses. One city.

Cities bring multiple campuses together through City Leads.

  • 01Run Build Nights.
  • 02Bring students together.
  • 03Meet founders and operators.
  • 04Build relationships across universities.
  • 05Create something people on your campus want to be part of.

Now selecting

Want to lead NATIVE at your school?

We're selecting founding Campus Leads.

Apply to lead NATIVE
07After graduation

And it doesn't endat graduation.

NATIVE isn't a college club.

It's a network you enter in college and grow with throughout your career.

Today's members become tomorrow's

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Operators.

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Founders.

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Mentors.

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Hiring managers.

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Challenge partners.

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City leaders.

08For companies

Don't tell the next generationhow AI is changing work.Give them something to build.

NATIVE partners with companies to bring real-world problems into the network.

  1. 01

    Bring a challenge.

    A real problem from your business becomes the monthly brief.

  2. 02

    Host a Build Night.

    Open your office. Meet builders on your turf.

  3. 03

    Put up a prize.

    Cash gets attention. Great work gets your attention.

  4. 04

    Judge the work.

    See exactly how the next generation thinks and ships.

  5. 05

    Meet the builders.

    Finalists, winners, and the people who surprised you.

And get an early look at emerging AI‑native talent.

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Founding campuses · Boston first

BOSTON

It starts here.

42.3601° N71.0589° W

Boston is the first NATIVE city.

Founding Campuses across the region sponsor students who build together at campuses, startup offices and NATIVE Build Nights throughout the city.

Then we're taking it everywhere.

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The future of workisn't something you study.It's something you build.

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