Judgment
Make better choices under uncertainty: which market, customer, wedge, and next experiment deserve your time.
Bayes Founder Fellowship · Founding Cohort
Build the proof that gives you the courage to leap.
A selective, hybrid 40-week Fellowship for technical people who want to turn first-principles thinking into a business customers will pay for.
The point of the work
Not a startup theatre. A practice for finding what is true, then acting on it.
Insight
Get close enough to a customer’s work to see the constraints, urgencies, and unspoken alternatives that matter.
Distribution
Learn to earn attention, start conversations, ask for commitment, and build commercial momentum.
Curriculum
Forty weeks of work that compounds.
The programme follows the real sequence of building: choose a problem, earn the right to build, find a path to customers, and decide from evidence.
Founder foundations & opportunity
Build your founder operating system, map the market, and turn broad interests into a sharp opportunity thesis.
- Founder OS
- market map
- opportunity thesis
Customer truth & problem choice
Run disciplined discovery, observe real workflows, and identify a painful problem with an identifiable buyer.
- Customer interviews
- workflow evidence
- ideal customer profile
Product, wedge & validation
Choose a narrow wedge, build what is needed to learn, and test the willingness to pay behind it.
- Focused prototype
- experiments
- pricing hypothesis
Distribution & commercial proof
Develop positioning, launch, outreach, sales conversations, and the habits that turn attention into revenue.
- Positioning
- go-to-market plan
- customer pipeline
Delivery, evidence & the next bet
Serve early customers, collect the evidence that matters, and decide what to pursue with a clear operating plan.
- Customer proof
- Bayesian decision memo
- 90-day roadmap
Detailed week-by-week sessions, readings, assignments, and the live calendar are released in the Founding Cohort brochure and admitted-fellow handbook.
Format & commitment
Designed around a serious working life—not around passive consumption.
Expect around five hours of structured live instruction, critique, and feedback each week, across 40 weeks. The real leverage comes from the work between sessions: customer conversations, building, testing, outreach, and reflection.
Hybrid delivery for Mumbai & PuneFounder-led critique and peer accountabilityBuild and sell alongside the programmeConfirmed calendar supplied before onboarding
Who should apply
Technical enough to ship. Curious enough to change your mind.
The Fellowship is for people who want to work from reality rather than just talk about startups. You do not need a finished idea. You do need the ability to make, the willingness to contact users, and the time to follow through.
- Software or product engineers, STEM graduates, and final-year technical students
- Typically 21–30, based in or able to participate from Mumbai or Pune
- A practical grasp of systems and the ability to ship or learn to ship quickly
- Enough weekly capacity to do customer-facing work between live sessions
This is not a coding bootcamp, degree programme, placement service, or a promise of a startup outcome.
What completion means
Leave with evidence—not merely enthusiasm.
Graduation is tied to commercial proof and a clear decision. The current standard is:
Two paying B2B customersor₹40,000 collected commercial revenue
Alongside this, fellows produce a Bayesian decision memo or a 90-day operational roadmap: an honest account of the evidence, the uncertainty, and the next best move.
Tuition, scholarships & refunds
Make the commercial commitment clear before you apply.
Founding Cohort tuition
₹2,50,000Current tuition anchor. Final tuition and due dates appear in your offer letter.Payment plan
₹5,000 + 6 instalments₹5,000 seat deposit, then ₹36,665 and five monthly instalments of ₹41,667. The deposit is credited toward tuition.Scholarship support
Available by reviewRequest consideration in your application. Need is assessed separately from capability and fit.Refund policy
Current terms provide a 14-day, 100% money-back window beginning after Day 1. The exact terms—including any physical kit deduction—must be reviewed in the offer letter before accepting a seat.
What Bayes will not ask for
No equity. No loan or debt-financing arrangement. No placement, funding, or revenue guarantee.
Admissions
A selective, human process.
We look for evidence of agency, not polished founder theatre. The process is designed to help both sides decide whether the work is a fit.
- 01
Learn
Read the programme details, download the brochure, and attend an applicant briefing when dates are announced.
- 02
Apply
Share your technical trajectory, evidence of agency, current context, and—if needed—your scholarship request.
- 03
Diagnose
A founder-led 30–40 minute conversation tests the problem, your working style, and whether Bayes is the right fit.
- 04
Accept
Successful applicants receive an offer. A ₹5,000 seat-confirmation deposit is due within 48 hours and is credited toward tuition.
- 05
Prepare
Complete onboarding, receive the cohort handbook, and arrive ready to build, speak to customers, and be challenged.
Application deadline, briefing dates, and the next cohort start date: to be announced.
Applicant brochure
Everything you need to assess the Fellowship properly.
The brochure will include the full week-by-week curriculum, confirmed dates, teaching team, cohort calendar, complete fee terms, and application checklist.
Frequently asked questions
Questions worth answering before you commit.
Who is the Fellowship for?
The Founding Cohort is designed primarily for software and product engineers, STEM graduates, and final-year technical students—especially people able to build, learn quickly, and speak directly with potential customers. The current focus is Mumbai and Pune.
Is this full-time?
No. It is a 40-week, part-time Fellowship with about five hours of structured live work each week. Fellows should also protect meaningful time outside sessions for customer conversations, building, selling, and experiments.
What will I leave with?
The Fellowship is built toward commercial evidence, not a certificate alone. Graduation is tied to either two paying B2B customers or ₹40,000 in collected commercial revenue, alongside a documented Bayesian decision memo or 90-day operating roadmap.
What does the curriculum cover?
It moves from opportunity selection and customer discovery through product validation, positioning, distribution, sales, delivery, retention, and an evidence-backed next decision. The detailed weekly plan belongs in the cohort brochure and handbook.
How selective is admission?
Admission is selective. The team assesses practical systems competence, agency, capacity for the weekly work, willingness to contact users, and the fit between your ambitions and the programme—not just pedigree.
What is the tuition?
The current Founding Cohort tuition anchor is ₹2,50,000. The documented payment plan is a ₹5,000 seat deposit credited to tuition, a first net instalment of ₹36,665, then five monthly instalments of ₹41,667. Your offer letter is the final source of truth.
Are scholarships available?
Yes. Scholarship consideration can be requested in the application and is assessed separately from your ability to succeed in the programme. Awards depend on calibre, need, and cohort economics.
Is there a refund policy?
Current cohort terms describe a 14-day, 100% money-back window starting after Day 1. Any physical welcome-kit deduction, noted as ₹2,500 in the current terms unless returned unused and pristine, must be confirmed in the signed offer letter before payment.
Do I give up equity or take a loan?
No. Bayes does not take equity, and the Fellowship is intentionally not structured as a debt or loan-financing product.
Does Bayes guarantee funding, a job, or revenue?
No. Bayes does not promise placement, funding, or commercial outcomes. The work is designed to give you a better decision, stronger evidence, and a more capable operating practice; the outcome still depends on the fellow and the market.
What is included beyond the live sessions?
The programme includes guided teaching, critique, feedback, and the Fellowship community. Planned offline events may be included for admitted fellows; confirmed locations, dates, and inclusions will be listed in the cohort handbook.
When does the next cohort start?
The Founding Cohort dates, briefing schedule, and application deadline are to be announced. Register interest or start an application to receive the confirmed timetable when it is published.
Founding Cohort
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