FOMO (noun)
A referral-based network of founders, builders, and investors across San Francisco, New York, London, Munich, and Paris.
This month has been a turning point for FOMO. Behind the scenes, we’ve been revamping — refining how we operate, who we build with, and how we deliver value. This newsletter is the first glimpse of what’s next.
You’ll be hearing a lot more from us.
Upcoming events.
SF:
CAYU AI: Women’s Day Hackathon
Not just celebrating founders.
Building them.
Hosted at Silkroad Innovation Hub, builders will learn agentic coding and ship real web and mobile apps powered by autonomous AI agents.
VIRTUAL:
Medeloop Startup Sprint
5 months of research.
Compressed into 5 minutes.
Medeloop is opening its research analytics platform for 6 days, giving 100 researchers access to large-scale U.S. healthcare data (Stanford Medicine Research Data Repository) to test real hypotheses. Fast.
$10,000 cash for the teams who push it the furthest.
In case you missed it.
We kicked off February Hackathon Month with the Columbia AI for Good Hackathon:
100 of NYC’s sharpest builders shipping products tackling real accessibility barriers.
The goal wasn’t to win the hackathon. It was to build something that lasts.
Teams shipped tools focused on inclusion, access, and real-world usability, and the most common feedback we heard?
“This doesn’t feel like a hackathon project. This is real. I will launch it for my community in Africa.”
“I come from a non-technical background and shipped my first app in 2 hours. Since then, I’ve attended Women in AI events and am ready to build!”
That’s the bar.
Then: Zero to Demo with the ULC Entrepreneur Society in London.
7 hours.
70 builders.
0 fluff.
A high-pressure execution sprint designed to turn raw ideas into shipped MVPs, fast.
With tools and support from Lovable, ElevenLabs, Matchbox, MentorMates, and Google Cloud Platform, over 30 working MVPs were submitted, many by first-time hackers.
One builder called it “eye-opening.”
Another said, “I didn’t know I could build this much in four hours.”
That’s the point.
We don’t run events.
We build rooms where people ship.
If you believe distribution + talent density = your edge, we should partner.
Cool opportunities, don’t miss out.
Hiring? Email us at [email protected], and we’ll share it with the FOMO network.
SF:
Corgi is hiring Engineers
Medeloop is hiring Data Engineers and Software Engineers
a16z is hiring Events & Community Partners
NYC:
Limy AI is hiring Growth Manager Leads
Inside FOMO.
The Bridge is FOMO’s internal talent engine.
We track what our members are building and looking for to match them directly with high-growth startups that need them.
Not job board energy.
Curated, warm, targeted intros.
If you’re building and want to join a startup, or hiring and want access to pre-vetted, high-agency talent, The Bridge is where it happens.
Opportunities like the ones above (and more) will live inside The Bridge.
Gain early access:
Launching soon.
If someone in your circle should be building with us, forward this to them.