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About The Program

A First Of Its KindFounder Residency.

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About PEAK6

The Most Successful Firm You've Never Heard Of.

PEAK6 was started 29 years ago by Jenny Just and Matt Hulsizer as an options trading firm. They've since operated without a single down year, and have taken those proceeds to start, invest in, and turn around more than 15 businesses. Today, the PEAK6 portfolio of founded companies includes multiple multi-billion dollar companies.

We're founder-led and operated to this day. Meaning we know all too well the grit and resilience it takes to win, and that access to the right networks and distribution can better your odds.

Trials filters for that grit and resilience. And provides founders with direct access to that network and distribution.

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About The Program

Better Playbook.Better Rules.

We’re quietly one of the top AI investors (CoreWeave, Apptronik) and operators in the game. We know we’ve entered a new era where the only moats are capital, distribution, and velocity. Trials gives founders direct access to build within those moats.

We’re not like any other fund you’re familiar with. We deploy our own, PEAK6-earned and operated capital. No fund cycles or LP terms here. So we invest in what we want, how we want to. Taking big swings, and doing it with a deep love of the game.

Unlike other EIR programs, we want you to own more than we do by the time you exit. Like we said, we invest how we want. So Trials gives founders better deal terms, plus a $100k annual salary while you build.

Trials isn’t an accelerator or incubator. There are no cohorts or demo days. It’s a 12-month commitment to building real businesses with real revenue and real customers. It will look different for every founder.

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Austin, Texas office building
Austin, Texas

Work from our offices in Austin, Texas where you will be surrounded by real customers and collaborators.

2010 East 6th St, Austin, TX 78702 →
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Build With Trials

Trials Don'tBreak Founders.They Make Them.

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