Stage
The Showcase
Vetted founders pitch to a room of 250 elite engineers.
Invite-only · San Francisco
Where engineers meet breakout founders.
FYSK is an invite-only, in-person showcase connecting top engineers with vetted, high-growth founders — the same rooms where people joined Anthropic, Cursor, and OpenEvidence early.
Our approach
Curation over scale. Signal over noise.
We measure our impact by the quality of the people we connect, not the number of introductions we make. Every founder is known by our team, nominated by an alum, or vetted by an investor we trust.
That curation is the whole point: a high-signal room where the most talented engineers meet breakout founders — before the rest of the market catches on.
The experience
Three opportunities to reshape your career.
Network
Curated Dinners
Intimate SF dinners where the real introductions happen.
Discussion
Founder Panels
Off-the-record stories and strategy from breakout builders.
The proof
The rooms where careers change.
200+x
Equity outcomes for engineers who joined alumni like Anthropic, Cursor & Writer early
250
Hand-picked engineers & operators in every room
100%
Founders vetted by our team, an alum, or a trusted investor
“The founders are unusually transparent at FYSK. They'll share unreleased products, revenue growth, and financings long before they're public.”
“It's amazing to me that I was able to make a career transition after only spending a couple of hours at FYSK. By far the most natural and talent filled networking event I've been to.”
“The startup pre-filtering was the most valuable part to me. I was able to meet many talented founders, and like-minded people who are also looking for startup jobs.”
For engineers
Explore every founder we've featured.
Pitch library
Watch the founder pitches on YouTube
A growing library of on-stage presentations — from the founders of Cursor, Anthropic, Exa, and dozens more. Missed a showcase? Start here.
Founder directory
Every founder who's taken the stage
Browse the full roster of startups we've featured — what they're building, who's hiring, and the roles they're filling right now.
The team
The nucleus of the network.
Jen Yip
Founder“The Gertrude Stein of Silicon Valley”
David King
CreatorSinger, emcee, podcaster
Henry Su
ConductorEnforcer of deadlines, PowerPoint wizard
Lars Hornburg
CatalystProfessional vibe broker