Hardware First Residency Bring your project. Let’s take it closer to a product.
Eight hardware builders. Six focused days.
Applications closed
See what you get
Who’s doing it.
HostHardware & mentorship
PCB Cupid
Hardware guidance and mentorship.
HostEcosystem & connections
Projects by Laksh
Mentors and industry connections.
Venue partnerStay, food & workspace
The Founding Co.
Hosting the stay, meals and shared workspace in Hyderabad.
Supported by
Partners
The tools. The people. The space.
01Lab infrastructure
Laser cutting by SillyCut
02PCB & design support
PCB fabrication by LionCircuits
03Firmware & engineering
04Six days of focused building
Build alongside seven other selected builders.
1–6 November 2026, Hyderabad.
05Industry & mentors
Engineers, specialists and ecosystem partners.
PCB Cupid × Projects by Laksh
06Stay & food covered
Living, meals and workspace on site.
Hosted by The Founding Co.
Meet your mentors.
Hardware, software, robotics and manufacturing.
Founder,
PCB Cupid Democratizing hardware with an open-source ecosystem for hands-on building.
Founder, MakerBrains
Teaching electronics, coding and AI through practical projects, kits and tutorials.
Co-Founder & CEO, Vector Technics
Motors, ESCs and power distribution systems for unmanned platforms.
Bharath Reddy
Founder, Mitti Robotics
Drones for firefighting and disaster response.
What we expect from you
Come ready to build, contribute, collaborate, and make meaningful progress.
A working hardware model, however rough or incomplete. Not just an idea.
The components, boards, schematics and designs your project needs.
Experiment, troubleshoot, and help fellow builders. Eight people share one workspace.
A refundable deposit of ₹5,000 is required to participate.
What building hardware looks like together.
Help builders move beyond the lab.
Hardware builders need more than tools and workspace. They need engineers, mentors, labs, manufacturing expertise, industry connections, and people willing to back them.
If you can offer your time, expertise, equipment, components, services, or financial support, we’d love to hear from you.
Partner with Hardware FirstFAQ’s
1–6 November 2026.
Hyderabad, India, at The Founding Co.
Eight.
Hardware builders who already have a working model and need engineering, fabrication, mentorship, or industry support to take it closer to a real product.
The goal is to make meaningful progress from a working project towards a real product. A finished product in six days is not guaranteed.
Lab access, mentorship, engineering support, industry connections, stay, food and workspace.
No. Travel costs are not covered.
No. No cash grant and no unlimited component budget.
No. Components, fabrication, resources and credits depend on availability.
A refundable deposit of ₹5,000 is required to participate.
24 October 2026.
By email.
Applications closed.
Apply for demo day- Residency
- 01–06 November 2026
- Location
- Hyderabad, India
- Application deadline
- 24 October 2026
- Selection
- Eight selected builders