But at the mansion in San Francisco, eight of the 10 companies in HF0’s first batch this year were working on A.I.-based apps. Even a year ago, when HF0 hosted a batch of fellows at a hotel in Miami, six out of the eight companies represented were cryptocurrency start-ups. ![]() gospel had not yet spread in 2021, when Fontenot and his two co-founders, Emily Liu and Evan Stites-Clayton, started the accelerator. And this year at the Archbishop’s Mansion in San Francisco, the home of the fellows, almost everyone has been monastically focused on what has become the city’s newest religion: artificial intelligence. Dave Fontenot, one of HF0’s founders, was inspired by the two years he spent living in monasteries in his 20s: While monastery life was materially ascetic, he found that it was luxurious in the freedom it gave residents to focus on the things that really mattered. Their experience, which culminates in a demonstration day, is supposed to be the most productive three months of the fellows’ lives. ![]() HF0, or Hacker Fellowship Zero, is a start-up accelerator that provides 12-week residencies for batches of fellows from 10 different start-ups. Produced by Jack D’Isidoro and Elisheba IttoopĮngineered by Sophia Lanman and David Mason Listen and follow The Daily Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher
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