E0 Labs
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some reactions are inevitable.

we catalyze the when and how. the only question is what you're working on and why.

a global deeptech community. a student-focused incubator. remote, with roots in NYC.

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read the proof

the name

E0 has two representations.

E0 chemistry
standard electrode potential. the strength that drives a reaction forward.
E0 physics
the ground state. the baseline that every excited state is measured from.

our thesis, set as a proof

on capability at the frontier of deep technology

conjecture 1. at the frontier of deep tech, capability is independent of credentials.

axiom. curiosity precedes credentials.

lemma 1. the binding constraint is access, not aptitude.

lemma 2. the instruments of the frontier are cheaper than they have ever been.

genome $95,263,072 2001 $525 2022
orbital launch $54,500/kg Shuttle $2,720/kg Falcon 9 · 2018 comparison
GPU access owned hardware on-demand cloud EC2 GPUs · since 2010

lemma 3. a room of obsessed peers compresses the distance from curious to capable.

theorem. let curiosity precede credentials, and let the binding constraint be access. access is now cheap, and a room of obsessed peers supplies what remains. then nothing in the path from curious to capable requires a credential to have been granted first. a credential is a lagging record of capability at the frontier, rather than a prerequisite.

corollary 1. your age is not a variable in the proof.

corollary 2. the people the system calls unqualified are often closest to the problem.

historical examples: NHGRI sequencing costs · NASA launch-cost comparison · AWS cloud GPUs. sequencing figures use NHGRI production-cost benchmarks. launch figures compare full-payload cost per kilogram to low Earth orbit; cloud access is an availability example, not a price comparison.

our partners

Oak HC/FT
Rho
Entrepreneurs First
21st Ventures

five frontiers

  1. 01

    neuro / biotech

    interfaces to the brain, edits to the genome. biology as an engineering substrate.

    primary focus — now

  2. 02

    spacetech

    propulsion, guidance, smallsats. getting mass off the rock and keeping it alive.

  3. 03

    physical AI

    intelligence with a body. manipulation and control that survive contact with the floor.

  4. 04

    materials science

    alloys, ceramics, superconductors. every other frontier is rate-limited by what it can be built out of.

  5. 05

    quantum

    computation where the universe stops being classical. qubits, error correction, cold machines.

not b2b saas.

phases

  1. E2

    residencies

    further resources·funding·residencies

    where we're working toward

  2. E1

    incubator

    PhD & peer-to-peer student mentorship·warm VC introductions·peer community·partner perks

    November 2026 – January 2027 · remote · no fees or equity

  3. E0

    community

    Discord·member directory·NYC events & meetups

E1 / inaugural cohort

no fees. no equity.

three months.
something worth starting.

when
November 2026 – January 2027
time
at least 7 hours a week
terms
no fees. no equity.
where
mainly remote; NYC events encouraged

no separate application. we select from community registration responses. you don't need an existing project or company. come ready to found and build a meaningful deeptech project for demo day, alongside your education. shortlist notices are planned for mid-October 2026.

more about the cohort

the research branch

RABBIT random acts of bold, brilliant internet trails rigorous deep tech research conducted by us. nothing is outsourced to AI and the end-to-end process is clearly mapped out. follow the trail

from the E0 blog

all essays

  1. why we're building E0

    school gives you people, ideas, and time to learn. we want to help you build with them.

    building E0 / E0 Labs / 3 min read

already in motion.

  1. question
  2. experiment
  3. prototype
  4. feedback
repeat. learn. build again.

who this is for

  • students exploring difficult ideas
  • researchers, builders & engineers
  • founders, mentors & investors
  • deeptech people, anywhere in the world

what you bring

  • drive
  • persistence
  • obsession
  • a willingness to start something meaningful

before you begin

full faq
01who is E0 for?

E⁰ / the community. open to anyone exploring or working in deeptech, anywhere in the world: students, researchers, builders, engineers, founders, mentors, and investors. register as an official E0 Labs member, add yourself to the directory, and meet the community.

E¹ / the E0 Labs incubator. for ambitious young deeptech builders, primarily undergraduates and others still in school or around ages 14–25. our frontiers include neuro/biotech, space, physical AI, materials science, and quantum.

02how do i join the community?

fill out our community registration form, then introduce yourself on Discord. add yourself to the community directory so people can find your work, and browse the directory to find collaborators.

03how do you select the incubator cohort?

there is no separate application. we review the responses members submitted when joining E0, shortlist candidates, and contact them to arrange interviews. shortlist notices are planned for mid-October 2026.

04when does it run, and how much time should i put in?

the inaugural cohort runs for around three months, from November 2026 through the end of January 2027. the minimum commitment is seven hours a week, roughly an hour a day. you can put in more time if you want.

05are there fees or equity terms?

the inaugural incubator has no fees and takes no equity.

join E0 Labs

tell us what you're curious about and what you want to build. we also use community registration responses to shortlist the inaugural incubator cohort.

open the Discord

not sure you fit? write to us — info@e0labs.com