Cohort 2 applications now open.

Six Weeks, One Goal: Go from idea to reality.

Alif Sessions is an online 6-week cohort for anyone who wants to go from idea to product to customer.

Mentors

Hosted by the best in the space.

Hear about exactly what went into building some of the most viral products of our generation — directly from the people that built them.

Haroon Mokhtarzada

CEO, RocketMoney

A serial entrepreneur and angel investor, he most recently cofounded Rocket Money (formerly Truebill), which was acquired for $1.2 billion.

Nasser Chanda

CEO, Accounting Seed

Took Paymerang from $40M to a $475M acquisition by Corpay in 2024, and now he's the CEO of Accounting Seed.

Kenan Saleh

Investment Partner, a16z

Cofounder of Replit

Built and sold two companies, including Halo Cars to Lyft. Now invests in the next generation of startups at Andreessen Horowitz.

Sujude Dalieh

Head of Growth, Replit

Former operator and investor who worked across product and venture, and now driving growth at Replit.

Blake Anderson

Founder, Cal AI

Self-taught builder who has launched multiple viral AI apps generating millions in revenue. Co-founded Cal AI, which was recently acquired by MyFitnessPal.

Nader Khalil

Director, NVIDIA

A repeat founder who built and sold Brev.dev to NVIDIA, after a prior fintech exit. Previously worked on cloud infrastructure at Workday.

Baxate Carter

Founding Engineer, NVIDIA Brev

A founding engineer at Brev.dev before its acquisition by NVIDIA, documenting his journey to over 800K people.

Rishard Rameez

CEO, Zown

A repeat entrepreneur who turned a viral Reddit post about predatory real estate commissions into one of Canada’s fastest-growing AI-powered brokerages.

Yasser Elsaid

Founder, Chatbase

Bootstrapped Chatbase to ~$9M ARR, powering AI chatbots for thousands of businesses on their own data.

Tabassum Pasha

Cofounder, Waive

Built an AI platform automating clinic workflows for some of the largest healthcare providers in Canada, scaling it to 7-figure ARR.

Omar Waseem

CEO, Alif

After starting out as the CMO at Fei ($2B DAO merge), Omar was the first growth hire at Founders, Inc. where he led marketing for the fund + studio. Today, he's the founder of Alif.

You have the "what", you just need the "how".

Come with an idea and an open mind.

You have something unique you want to show the world, we'll help you think through it in a structured and professional way. We help you articulate your dreams so you can chase them.

Leave with a real product, real users, and a real community.

Over the six weeks you'll build your idea, get meaningful feedback from real users, and make lifelong friends who are on the same journey as you.

Find your channel, without the guesswork.

We'll help you identify where your customers actually live — and build a repeatable way to reach them every wee

We'll help you identify where your customers actually live — and build a repeatable way to reach them every week.

Format

Program Details

Format

6-Week Cohort (remote)

Access

Lifetime Content

Support

Office Hours, Mentors, & 1:1's.

Office Hours, Mentorships, & 1:1's.

Office Hours & 1:1's

Office Hours, Mentorship, & 1:1's.

Price

$1799

Cohort 2 applications are now open.

Cohort 2 applications are now open.

FAQ

FAQ

What you need to know

What you need
to know

What does Alif do?

Do I need to give up equity?

Will I receive funding?

Can I do this while working a full-time job?

Is there a refund policy?

Do I need to be an engineer to join?

Do I have to be in San Francisco?

I’m a solo founder. Is this for me?

What if I’m not ready to launch by Week 6?

Text a Sessions Mentor with any questions you have.

Not sure about applying to Sessions? Chat with a program mentor to see if you're a fit.

Not sure about applying to Sessions? Chat with a program mentor to see if you're a fit.

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