Conviction Embed
Embed is the AI accelerator run by Conviction, the venture firm founded by Sarah Guo. It invests $250K in each of 10 to 12 very early AI teams per cohort and adds more than $1M in compute and cloud credits. Solo founders, unincorporated teams and teams that have already raised can all apply. The program includes a mandatory retreat in San Francisco and ends with an angel and VC demo day.
At a glance
Conviction Embed key facts
- Investment
- $250K
- Deal terms
- $250K on an uncapped, no-discount MFN SAFE, or at the price of a round raised in the last 60 days. Credits include $350K AWS, $350K Azure and $500K+ in other compute and inference credits (OpenAI, Anthropic, Baseten, Pinecone, Vercel, Weights & Biases), plus early access to Mistral models. Earlier cohorts invested $150K.
- Duration
- About 2 months (September retreat to November demo day)
- Format
- Hybrid
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, United States
- Cohort locations
- San Francisco, United States
- Stage
- idea, pre-seed, seed
- Sectors
- ai
- Application cycle
- Periodic cohorts with rolling admissions during each application month
Verified November 4, 2026 against the sources below. Terms change; confirm on the official site before applying.
Timing
The 7th cohort has a mandatory San Francisco retreat on September 11–13 and demo day on November 12 (2026). Admissions were rolling over the application month. No dates for the 8th cohort have been published. A third-party guide says the 6th cohort's applications closed February 23, 2026.
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Notable alumni
- Cognition
- Physical Intelligence
- Pika Labs
- Listen Labs
- Reflection
FAQ
Applying to Conviction Embed
- How much does Conviction Embed invest?
- Conviction Embed's standard deal: $250K on an uncapped, no-discount MFN SAFE, or at the price of a round raised in the last 60 days. Credits include $350K AWS, $350K Azure and $500K+ in other compute and inference credits (OpenAI, Anthropic, Baseten, Pinecone, Vercel, Weights & Biases), plus early access to Mistral models. Earlier cohorts invested $150K.
- When is the Conviction Embed application deadline?
- Application cycle: Periodic cohorts with rolling admissions during each application month. The 7th cohort has a mandatory San Francisco retreat on September 11–13 and demo day on November 12 (2026). Admissions were rolling over the application month. No dates for the 8th cohort have been published. A third-party guide says the 6th cohort's applications closed February 23, 2026.
- Where is Conviction Embed based?
- Conviction Embed is headquartered in San Francisco, United States. The program runs hybrid.
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