Phoenix · Tucson · Flagstaff · Cohort 01 — Fall 2026

Build the next great
Arizona technology company.

12 weeks. $50k of services and $200k in perks. World-class mentors. Direct access to the customers, capital, and talent that make Arizona the fastest-growing tech market in the country.

$50k

Services

12 wks

Cohort Program

60+

AZ Mentors

$200k+

In Partner Perks

Arizona desert at golden hour
Why Arizona

The market the coasts overlooked.

TSMC. Intel. Taiwan Semi. ASU's #1 innovation ranking. A new generation of operators are building from the desert — closer to customers, with a fraction of the burn.

#1

Most Innovative University (ASU, 10 yrs running)

$200B+

Semiconductor investment underway

7.4M

Arizonans — fastest-growing state economy

320

Days of sun. Zero coastal tax.

The 12-week playbook

A structured sprint from customer discovery to Demo Day — designed for B2B and deep-tech founders building from Arizona.

01

Discover

Two weeks of customer discovery across Arizona's enterprise base — Banner, ASU, Honeywell, Axon.

02

Validate

Tighten the wedge. Build pricing, positioning, and a repeatable sales motion.

03

Ship

Production launch with paying Arizona customers. Investor data room ready.

04

Raise

Demo Day in Phoenix to 200+ regional and coastal investors. Warm intros to our LP network.

Sectors we back

We invest where Arizona has a structural advantage.

Climate & WaterSemiconductorsHealthtechAerospace & DefenseFintechAI InfrastructureMobilityBio & MedTech

In partnership with

ASUTGenGPECAxonHoneywellBanner Health
The terms

$50k of services and $200k in perks for 5%

Standard for every company in the cohort.

  • $50k of services + $200k in perks
  • 12 weeks in Phoenix (hybrid allowed weeks 3–9)
  • Office space at our Roosevelt Row campus
  • 60+ operator and investor mentors
  • Demo Day to 200+ investors
  • Lifetime alumni network across 50+ AZ companies
Receipts, not promises

What founders & operators say.

From the leaders and rooms we've worked with across the AZ Accelerator network.

"Amazing thought leader and communicator — he will 100x many companies. He has done amazing things for a lot of my clients."

Daymond John

Shark, Shark Tank · Founder, FUBU

"Presents a powerful mental model for leading and innovating through extreme uncertainty."

Ash Maurya

Author, Running Lean · Creator of Lean Canvas

"He didn't just deliver a talk — he installed a new mindset in 4,000 leaders in 45 minutes."

VP, Global Events

Daimler

"The mindset + systems combination is the most leveraged work I've ever done as a founder."

Founder & CEO

Series B SaaS

"Two days with the team unlocked a strategy we'd been circling for eighteen months."

Board Chair

National Nonprofit

"The rare advisor who can hold the vision and the next move at the same time."

Repeat Client

PE-backed CEO

Applications close March 15

12 spots. Founders building from Arizona — or willing to move here for 12 weeks.