UT Austin.
Chapter 02.
“Coming to the Forty Acres. The movement is already here.”
What this chapter will be.
“40,000 students. Countless ideas dying in group chats. Chapter 02 exists to change that.”
A dedicated builder lab on the UT Austin campus. Open late. Built for people who ship things. Currently being secured.
A curated cohort of UT Austin builders — every major, every background, one standard. The people you will build your first company with are already on your campus.
Chapter 02 connects UT Austin to every other Comet Foundry campus globally. Your co-founder might be at UTD. Your first hire might be at MIT. The network is the asset.
Four Labs.
Every chapter runs all four. No exceptions. No substitutions. This is what's coming to UT Austin.
Build Lab
Make things.
Weekend build sprints, prototyping sessions, and open workshop hours with the hardware bench and dev tools. Show up with an idea, leave with a v1.
Think Lab
Have an opinion.
Mentorship, research discussions, and 1:1 feedback sessions. Bring a half-formed argument and leave with a sharper one — preferably a controversial one.
Network Lab
Meet people.
Demo nights, founder dinners, and industry partnerships. The useful kind of networking — the kind where you actually stay in touch.
After Hours
Touch grass. 😂
Informal hangouts, game nights, and the community that makes the other three labs worth showing up for. Occasionally, we go outside.
One Semester. Three Phases.
The first open house. Meet the community. Form teams. Pitch ideas. Everything starts here.
COMING SOONBuild. Ship. Learn. Iterate. Critique nights. Peer feedback. Scale. This is where the work happens.
COMING SOONShow what you made. Tell your story. Celebrate. The room where it all ships.
COMING SOONThe team is forming.
Chapter 02 leadership is currently forming. These are the roles that will run this chapter once we open. If you are a UT Austin student who wants to be a founding officer — this is how that happens.
Nothing built here yet.
That is not a problem. It is an opportunity.
The first build from Chapter 02 will be listed right here. It could be yours.