// A venture formation network

Find the wedge.
Build the proof.
Share the upside.

First Wedge turns real problems into narrow wedges, ships prototypes, runs pilots, captures evidence, and decides — scale, spin out, or stop. One platform. Three connected arms.

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// Three connected arms
Studio

Forms and ships AI-native companies. From wedge to spinout with capital, operators, and a working thesis on day one.

Build with Studio
Enterprise

Runs internal AI pilots for teams inside real companies. Private workspace, evidence-first, scale or spinout at the end.

Bring us a problem
Guild

The network of builders, operators, designers, domain experts, local partners, legal, finance and fundraising who staff every wedge.

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// Current work
Selected active projects across Studio, Enterprise, and Guild.
Studio
Project Vesper
Autonomous reconciliation for mid-market logistics.
Phase: Signal
Enterprise
Northwind Pilot
AI-assisted freight invoice matching inside a mid-market forwarder.
Phase: Pilot
Guild
Local Partner Rollup
Standing up regional partners across three markets.
Phase: Framing
// The First Wedge Method
  1. Step 01
    Framing
  2. Step 02
    Sprint
  3. Step 03
    Pilot
  4. Step 04
    Signal
  5. Step 05
    Decision
  6. Step 06
    Scale · Spinout · Stop
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Studio

Build a company with us

Bring a narrow wedge, a real problem, or a working prototype.

Apply to Studio
Enterprise

Run an internal AI pilot

Six weeks. Named workflow. Kill criteria and success metric agreed up front.

Start a pilot
Guild

Contribute to a wedge

Builders, operators, domain experts, local partners, GTM, legal, finance.

Join the Guild