College student? Get paid to build what your campus actually uses.
Design launch and grow an idea on campus through a paid fellowship-style program.
We'll ask you to create a quick A1Zap profile before the full packet opens.
We're hiring Campus Social Builders.
We're working with a small group of students to launch projects on campus and turn them into real communities. Both tracks come with hands-on support across product, growth, and distribution.
Maker Track
For students who want to create and launch a project on campus.
Launch something from scratch or scale an existing idea
Iterate based on real student feedback
Grow usage and make it a "must-have" campus tool
We'll ask you to create a quick A1Zap profile before the full packet opens.
Creator Track
For students who want to grow and distribute a project through content.
Run an Instagram account around the project
Create content that drives signups and usage
Inherit and scale existing projects
We'll ask you to create a quick A1Zap profile before the full packet opens.
Both tracks are part of a paid fellowship-style program, with support from our team across product, growth, and distribution.
The Team
A1Zap is built by people who have done this before.
Our founders previously built Forage, growing it to 10M+ users, partnering with 5,000+ universities and hundreds of Fortune 500 companies, and taking it through a successful exit.
We are also 2x Y Combinator founders, and are now working alongside a broader team of builders, creators, and operators helping launch and scale products like RMR across campuses.
In short, A1Zap is built by a team that has done this before.
Pasha Rayan
Co-Founder & CEO
Previously CTO and co-founder of Forage, a venture-backed education company (YC, Lightspeed, Blackbird) that helped over 5 million students learn about 100+ tier-1 enterprises.
Pennie Li
Co-Founder & CTO
Early engineer at Forage across engineering, product, and growth over 6 years. Former CTO of Truffle, a consumer food tracking app. Studied CS and Commerce at UNSW.
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YC W25 Batch
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Want to learn more about what we're building? Read about A1Zap