Open to Innovators Worldwide

The World Needs
What You Can Build.

IEC finds the world's most brilliant young engineers, scientists, physicists, and entrepreneurs and gives them the AI tools, mentorship, and co-founding partnership to build solutions that matter.

Your idea. Our infrastructure. A partnership built to last.

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No cost to apply  ·  Equity partnership  ·  Every country welcome

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Who We Are For

Brilliant minds who never had the right co-founder.

Young Black engineers in Lagos with ideas that could transform agriculture. Physicists in Cairo who see solutions no one has built yet. Scientists in Kingston who have been waiting for someone to back them. Entrepreneurs in Nairobi who just need the tools.

IEC is the co-founder, the infrastructure, and the community they have been waiting for. We do not care where you are from. We care about what you can build.

Engineers
Civil, electrical, mechanical, software — builders who make things work.
Scientists
Physicists, chemists, biologists — people who see what others overlook.
Entrepreneurs
Founders in waiting who know there is a better way but need the runway.
Builders
Anyone with a real idea and the drive to see it exist in the world.

What IEC Brings

Everything you need to go from idea to income.

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AI Infrastructure

Access to frontier AI models — Claude, GPT, and Aira, our AI operating system — that most builders worldwide cannot afford or access. The tools that collapse years into weeks.

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Weekly Mentorship

Every week, your group meets live with Matthias Williams — an entrepreneur with 20+ years of building real businesses. Not a lecture. A working session.

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Your Co-Founding Group

You are matched with 2 to 3 builders who complement your skills and share your drive. A private team, a private channel, and a shared mission.

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Idea to Solution

We help you take the idea that has been living in your head and turn it into something real — a product, a service, a company that solves a problem and generates income.

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A Global Network

Join a community of builders from every corner of the world. Share knowledge, open doors, and build something that reaches beyond your city and your country.

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Equity Partnership

IEC co-founds your venture. We hold a stake that decreases as you grow. You own more as you build more. Full terms shared upon acceptance.

How It Works

Three steps from application to building.

01
Apply
Tell us who you are, where you are from, and what you want to build. We review every application personally. No algorithm. No auto-rejection.
02
Join Your Group
If accepted, you are matched with 2 to 3 builders who complement your skills. You get a private Telegram group, an introduction to Aira, and your first weekly meetup date.
03
Build and Earn
Weekly live sessions with Matthias. AI tools in your corner 24/7. You build the solution you have been imagining — and you own equity in what you create.

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Bring Your Idea.

Every application is reviewed personally. Cohorts are small by design. If you are accepted, you will hear from us directly.

Private  ·  Reviewed personally  ·  Open worldwide