AFS × THB Builders Collective · 111 Days

Ship the AI layer no one has built yet.

111 days inside Azaan's office. Build the agent OS that runs THB's Builders Collective.

The Split

Everyone can prompt a model now. Almost nobody can ship what happens after the prompt. This residency lives in that gap.

Prompt Engineers

System Builders

Ships a demo

Ships production

Trusts the output

Designs for trust

Needs the spec first

Finds the broken workflow first

What you leave with

Five production agents that real operators use every week. Documentation and handoff that outlasts you. And your name on the infrastructure layer of Builders Collective.

Who this is for

01You've shipped LLM systems beyond prompting — tools, retrieval, agent loops, failure handling.
02You think in triggers, state, memory, and guardrails before you write a line.
03You design for trust — automation people actually adopt, not fear.
04You want your name on real, working infrastructure, in public, for 111 days.

This isn't for you if

→ Your agents only work in demos.
→ You need detailed specs before you can move.
→ You build mystery magic — workflows nobody else can debug or trust.
→ You can't commit to 111 continuous days in Bengaluru.

Why it works

01Full access to a live operation and a nine-year-old second brain, not a sandbox.
02Direct access to Azaan and the co-builder team, not a manager relaying requirements.
03Five real agents, real operators, weekly iteration — not a portfolio project.
04Visibility through THB and Fully Opinionated the moment it ships.

How the program works

Map first. Everything else after.

Days 1–14

Map

Get inside the ops. Learn how the place actually works, not how it's supposed to. Map what's manual, repetitive, and should never need a human again.

Days 15–28

Architect

Design the agent OS before you write a line of code. Triggers, state, memory, permissions, failure modes. Lock the patterns, then build.

Days 29–90

Ship

Five agents in production. Real operators. Weekly iteration. Prototype fast, harden what works, kill what doesn't.

Days 91–111

Hand-off

Monitoring, eval loops, documentation. The system survives beyond your presence.

What you get

Real infrastructure

Five production agents with your name on them.

Direct access

Azaan and the co-builder team in the room, not a manager.

Distribution

Visibility through THB and Fully Opinionated the moment it ships.

The network

Night School, founders, the collective.

What we ask

✓Ship things that don't break.
✓Design for trust, not just function.
✓Document the handoff. The system outlives you.
✓One update a week, minimum.
✓Commit fully for 111 continuous days in Bengaluru.

The Terms

Duration: 111 days. Full-time, in Bengaluru. Starts August 15th, 2026.
Seats: Two. Filled once — when both are taken, the page closes.
The investment: 50% borne by you to show your conviction. 50% covered by The Hub to show our belief.
Application: Same form as the Human Residency — we'll tag your entry to this track.
Stack: Powered by Neo Sapien. Every resident runs Neo 1 — always-on AI capture, notes, and memory.

"The agent OS doesn't exist yet. Whoever builds it will have built the infrastructure layer for how a new kind of community operates."

— Azaan Feroz Sait

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