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San Antonio · Builder Program
Build something real.
An AI-native cohort program connecting San Antonio talent to industry pain points — and the capital that funds them.
The Program
Workshop. Bridge. Demo Day. Seven weeks of focused build, mentorship, and access — ending in a room of accredited investors.
Workshop
Free, industry-themed build weekend. Underwriter keynote opens with real pain points. Builders ship working prototypes with AI tools — Cursor, Claude, Codex, Gemini.
Bridge
Committed builders work from DevSA's downtown coworking. Sponsor office hour, pitch coaching from our investor partners, peer review, investor mixer, dress rehearsal.
Demo Day
Curated pitches to an accredited investor audience and partner capital across Texas. Warm room. Follow-up conversations continue organically.
Cohort Verticals
San Antonio's economic engines. One cohort per vertical, themed by industry-authored painpoints.
Cybersecurity
Anchor vertical
Where SA's tech economy concentrates. 16th Air Force, USAA, JBSA, and the deep contractor ecosystem that surrounds them.
Health · Science
On deck
UT Health, BAMC, military health, the South Texas Medical Center. Regulated, payer-driven, ripe for AI-native tooling.
Aerospace
Planned
Port San Antonio anchors one of the world's largest MRO hubs. Boeing, StandardAero, and Lockheed move airframes through scheduling, supply chain, and documentation work begging for AI-native operators.
Agents + Workflows
Meta layer
The meta layer cutting across every vertical. Builders shipping agentic loops, domain RAG, and system-to-system glue that move AI from prototype into production work.
Cohort cadence and dates announced as underwriters confirm.
Why Now
Three structural shifts make this moment possible.
AI tools collapsed the build cycle.
Workshop-week prototypes are demo-day credible. Cursor, Claude, Codex, Gemini.
San Antonio's verticals are under-served.
Cyber, military, health and science, regulated industries — where SA leads, national accelerators skip.
The infrastructure already operates.
An accredited investor network plus DevSA's coworking and 20+ tech groups. Digital Canvas is the program layer on top.
Three Doors
Pick your entry. Digital Canvas works for builders, underwriters, and investors — each with their own onramp.
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The community, capital, and operations that already power San Antonio's tech ecosystem.
Community · Venue · Audience
Investor Network · Pitch Coaching
Program Operator · Underwriter Sales · Media
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Made by 434 Media
Production with receipts. The same standard goes into every cohort.
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