Don't wait for college to start building

$150.99, once, and only if you're accepted; applying is free. There are no hidden fees, no upsells, and no materials costs. Reduced regional pricing applies automatically in select countries, and refund terms are published on the refund policy page.

Rishabh Dagli and Shresht Chopra — two 17-year-old founders who build and ship their own projects, including batch0 itself. They personally review applications and run the live sessions. Fall 2026 is the founding cohort; we do not claim an alumni track record.

High schoolers, ages 13–18. It's fully online, so you can join from anywhere you can make the live sessions (they're scheduled on U.S. Eastern time). Bring a real idea, a half-formed hunch, or nothing at all — the first sessions exist to help you find and refine your idea. No startup experience required.

Plan for 5–10 focused hours a week, the way you would a serious extracurricular. The live calendar on the parent page lists sessions and office hours in U.S. Eastern time; the rest is independent work toward your weekly deliverable. Session links and calendar downloads are in Events; readings and workbooks are in Course. If you miss a session, use the course materials and ask the team about catching up.

Yes. Sessions, feedback, and demo day happen online, with live sessions inside Batch0. Cohort 2 runs Dec 14, 2026 – Feb 12, 2027. You can join from anywhere; sessions are scheduled on U.S. Eastern time.

Rishabh and Shresht lead the cohort. Guest mentors and investors are not promised as part of tuition. Live sessions are staff-led with moderated written Q&A.

Every program space — batch0 Chat and session chat — is moderated by the batch0 team under published community guidelines. Mentors, investors and other adults outside the batch0 team can't message students privately: they talk with students only where the team can read along, in channels like #general and, for a student's assigned mentors, their team and cohort channels. Students can message each other, and the batch0 team, privately; nobody else reads those conversations unless someone in one reports a message, which hands it to the team. Anyone can report a message, sessions may be recorded, and anything concerning goes straight to hello@batch0.org, where a human (a parent can be that human) gets a reply within a couple of days. Read the community guidelines →

A staff-hosted showcase of submitted student demos or narrated decks, with moderated written Q&A. Students do not take a live microphone or share their screens. Outside guests, funding and prizes are not promised.

No. You own 100% of your idea, your work, and your company, before, during, and after the cohort. No equity, no IP claims, no royalties. Sponsorship, if offered, is a non-dilutive grant.

Our team reads every application. We admit students who show they'll actually do the work; clear thinking about a problem beats a long résumé. Cohort 2 is capped at 24 students, reviewed on a rolling basis.