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Akatos House
Coworking space · Near Uptown Waterloo · akatos.com
Waterloo's first founder residency, a house near Uptown Waterloo where builders live and work on their companies, with showcases and talks open to the region.
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About
Akatos calls itself Waterloo's first founder residency. It brings builders under one roof in a house near Uptown Waterloo, and it opened in September 2025. The house's address is not public.
Its residents and friends demo their work at a showcase each term, held at Builders Club and Communitech. Akatos says that since it opened, five of its teams have been funded by Y Combinator, three by Pear VC and two by FR8.
To hear about what it runs, leave your email on akatos.com. Its events are on its Luma calendar, and its showcases take a few demos from founders outside the house.
What it offers
A showcase each term, where residents and other Waterloo founders pitch and demo to founders, investors and guests
The Akatos Arena with Builders Club: two weeks of evening build sessions and weekend coworking, ending in a Demo Day. The $100 buy-in is refunded if you ship and demo
Fireside chats with founders, some of them invite-only, at the house or online
Talks with Builders Club, such as Off the Record: Getting Into YC
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Startups listed by Akatos House
Nuum Robotics
Snake-like robots that can navigate deep inside complex machinery, enabling access to areas humans and rigid robots can’t reach.
Akatos House
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