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Keep your job. Keep your IP. Ship what you build at night.

Building a product alongside your job? We help with product, engineering, sales or brand. You keep your IP.

For builders with a working product or a near-working one. Looking for company AI services? Explore Services.

Cohort 1 is not open yet. Join the waitlist to hear when terms and capacity are ready.

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You bring the product. We fill the gap.

  1. Your working idea

    Keep your job and keep building.

  2. The missing skill

    Product, engineering, sales or brand.

  3. Your next release

    Hands-on help to get it out into the world.

Cohort 1 is a waitlist. Revenue share or equity terms are agreed in writing; your IP stays yours.

The deal, in plain English

Your IP
Yours, always. We never take assignment.
What Ideolyst gets
Revenue share on what we help sell, or an option that converts to equity when you incorporate. Set per builder, in writing.
Fees
None.
If you leave your job
Nothing changes. You incorporate; the option converts or the revenue share continues as agreed.

Full terms are shared with cohort 1 and reviewed with your own counsel. We won't accept a product that overlaps with your current employer's business.

The problem we exist for

Most accelerators require you to quit first. Antler and Entrepreneur First run full-time cohorts. The demand is obvious. The missing piece is a partner who will do real work on your product before you can afford to leave, and who doesn't ask you to pay for it.

What we fill in

If you’re the engineer

  • Positioning and pricing.
  • First ten customer conversations.
  • Brand, site and launch.

If you’re the seller

  • Product definition.
  • Engineering to the first shippable version.
  • Infrastructure and AI build if the product needs it.
your night-time build becomes your company

Ideolyst · IP: yours

How the waitlist works

  1. Join (two minutes, form below).
  2. We open cohort 1 when terms and capacity are ready, and contact waitlist members first, in order of joining.
  3. That contact is a conversation about your product and the gap, then terms in writing if we both want to proceed.

Who we're looking for (cohort 1)

  • A working product or a demo someone outside your friends has used.
  • Clear on what you can't do yourself.
  • Not building something your employer could claim.
  • Based anywhere; working hours overlap with India or the US.

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Don't include customer data, credentials or documents. We'll sign an NDA first.

Straight answers

Can I join while employed full-time?

Yes. That is who the program is for.

Do I give up my IP?

No. You keep it. We take revenue share or an option.

Are there any fees?

None.

When does cohort 1 start?

When terms are drafted and we have capacity. Waitlist members hear first.

Will you list my product publicly?

Only with your consent, and only once it is live. No employer sees it from us.

Is this an accelerator?

No cohort deadlines, no demo day, no quitting requirement. It is hands-on work on your product.

Last reviewed 2026-10-24