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Tanooki Labs

ACCELERATORS + INCUBATORS

Give founders a team they can turn to.

Bring practical product and technical support into your program. From office hours to hands-on building, we help founders make decisions and take the next step.

Talk about your project

Help that meets founders where they are.

Give your cohort access to people who can work through a question, teach a skill, or help build the product.

Office hours

Product scope, architecture, hiring questions, and AI prototypes.

Workshops + hackathons

Hands-on sessions where founders build, learn, and choose a next step.

Help when a team gets stuck

Focused product, design, or engineering support.

Continued building

Sprint Zero or a Pod for companies that need a delivery team.

7 products.14 months.

Built together at Q Labs.

OUR ROOTS · Q LABS

We started inside an incubator.

Eric and Dave met at Q Labs, an innovation lab inside AOL Ventures. The team launched seven products in fourteen months, working across product, design, engineering, and launch.

Meet Eric and Dave →

Build support around your program.

Choose a rhythm that fits the cohort and a clear path for founders who need more help.

  1. Understand the cohort

    Look at the founders, their products, and the questions they face.

  2. Choose the format

    Combine office hours, workshops, hackathons, and focused support.

  3. Work with the founders

    Make progress on actual product questions and builds.

  4. Keep the next step clear

    Help teams continue independently or with a delivery team.

Practical support before, during, and after the program.

  1. Office hours
  2. Hands-on sessions
  3. Focused support
  4. Continued building

Experience with founders from leading programs.

We’ve worked with companies from ERA, Techstars, and Y Combinator.

Program-wide support

Office hours and hands-on sessions available to the cohort.

Focused founder support

Time with a team to work through a specific product question.

A path beyond the program

Continued advice or delivery support as the company develops.

Support can be arranged with the program, with individual companies, or through a combination of both.

See how Pods work →

What would help your next cohort?

Tell us about your program and the support your founders need.