Investment and sustainability advisory firm VAIA has announced the launch of Vaia Agentic AI Residency, which provides an equity-free fully paid mentorship programme for budding AI startups, builders or operators. The programme charges no fee and takes zero equity in participants’ ventures.

The first phase of the nine-week immersive programme will select up to eight builders. The participants will live together in a fully furnished residence and receive support and credits for cloud and AI services.