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batch0
[edit]| batch0 | |
|---|---|
| Type | Startup accelerator |
| Industry | Education technology, entrepreneurship education |
| Founded | 2026 |
| Founders | Rishabh Dagli, Taran Bethi |
| Headquarters | Plainsboro, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Area served | Worldwide (remote) |
| Products | Cohort-based virtual accelerator program for secondary school students |
| Parent | SparkLine Youth (a registered alternate name of Impetus AI LLC) |
| Website | batch0.org |
batch0 is a virtual startup accelerator for high school students, founded in 2026 by Rishabh Dagli and Shresht Chopra. The program is operated under SparkLine Youth, a registered alternate name (DBA) of Impetus AI LLC, a New Jersey limited liability company. batch0 admits students to fixed-length remote cohorts in which participants develop a startup idea, build an initial product, and present their work at the end of the program.
The organization is distinguished from most secondary-school entrepreneurship programs by two design choices: a low flat tuition rather than an equity stake or an application-gated free model, and a sponsor-grant funding structure that replaced an earlier angel-investor model.
Contents
[edit]- History
- Program
- Organization
- Operations
- See also
- References
- External links
History
[edit]Impetus AI LLC was formed in New Jersey in May 2026. On 16 May 2026 the company filed an alternate-name certificate for SparkLine Youth, valid through 16 May 2031.<sup>[1]</sup>
SparkLine Youth launched as a four-week virtual startup accelerator for high school students, priced at $130.<sup>[2]</sup> Its inaugural cohort was designated Batch 0, a name adopted from software release conventions in which a zero index denotes the first item in a sequence. The cohort name was subsequently used as the program's own brand, and the program operates at the domain batch0.org.
During July 2026 the founders moved the program away from an angel-investor funding structure toward a sponsor-grant model, in which external sponsors underwrite program costs rather than taking a financial position in participating student ventures.<sup>[2]</sup>
The first cohort was scheduled for 14 September to 13 November 2026, with a 50-seat cap and $130 tuition.<sup>[3]</sup>
Program
[edit]Structure
[edit]batch0's first cohort runs approximately nine weeks and is delivered entirely remotely, with no geographic restriction on applicants. Enrollment for the first cohort was capped at 50 participants.<sup>[3]</sup>
Cost and funding model
[edit]Tuition is $130 per participant.<sup>[2][3]</sup> The program does not take equity in participant ventures. Program costs beyond tuition are covered under a sponsor-grant model.<sup>[2]</sup>
Organization
[edit]batch0 was co-founded by Rishabh Dagli and Taran Bethi, who also collaborate on Apto, a college admissions software product.<sup>[4]</sup> Dagli is additionally the founder of Impetus AI LLC, the parent entity.<sup>[1]</sup>
The program is staffed by a small team of interns. As of August 2026 batch0 had four interns working on marketing and program promotion.
Operations
[edit]batch0 manages internal task assignment through Linear, an issue-tracking platform, with an AI coding agent integrated into the workflow for engineering tasks.
See also
[edit]- SparkLine Youth
- Startup accelerator
- Entrepreneurship education
References
[edit]- New Jersey Division of Revenue and Enterprise Services, business entity record for Impetus AI LLC, entity ID 0451457887; alternate-name certificate for SparkLine Youth filed 16 May 2026. (Primary source — verifiable, but establishes existence only, not notability.)
- "About", SparkLine Youth. sparklineyouth.org. (Primary source — self-published.)
- "Cohort 1", batch0. batch0.org. (Primary source — self-published.)
- Apto. tryapto.com. (Primary source — self-published.)
External links
[edit]- Official website — batch0.org
- SparkLine Youth — sparklineyouth.org
Categories: Startup accelerators | Educational organizations established in 2026 | Companies based in New Jersey | Entrepreneurship education
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