Aditya Rao
Sophomore · Engineering and Computing
Front end. React and TypeScript, and I write the tests.
ReactTypeScriptNode
Pay how you can
Cash, equity, or course credit. Match the reward to the work and to your runway.
For founders
Hire the talent you cannot pay for yet.
We take 0% of your company
Equity vests only on finished work
Students verified by .edu email
Why founders use it
Hire now without mortgaging your cap table.
Equity that actually vests
A share of the company, split across the deliverables. Whatever is not finished never vests.
Keep what you build
The agreement assigns the work to your company, and flags early if your school could claim the IP.
Contractors, not unpaid interns
Students join as paid contractors, or earn credit through a programme your campus already runs.
Real people only
Every student is verified by .edu email, so you are hiring from your campus.
We take nothing
We charge for optional software and for school licences. Never for a share of your company.
How it works
Four steps, one agreement.
01
Write the project
Scope, deliverables, and what each deliverable pays. You never argue over a percentage in the open.
02
Meet verified students
Read real profiles, see skills and past work, then pick the person.
03
Sign one agreement
Choose cash, equity, or credit. The template handles each one cleanly.
04
Approve the deliverables
Each one is approved on its own. Cash releases, and the share attached to it vests.
Vesting
Unfinished work vests nothing.
A share of the company, split across the deliverables. Not a promise in a group chat.
- Each deliverable carries its own share, and it vests when that deliverable is approved.
- Work that is not finished vests nothing. Someone who leaves in week two keeps what they shipped and nothing else.
- No cash value is put on the share. What it is worth is a question for whenever the company is valued or sold.
Lumen Labs
Founding mobile engineer
0.85% of the company
ShipsOnboarding flow on iOS. Vests 0.20%.
ShipsMeter readings in the app. Vests 0.35%.
ShipsHandover and the build pipeline. Vests 0.30%.
Vested after two deliverables0.55%
An illustration of the shape, not a live listing
Who is on the board
The people you would be hiring.
Every profile is a real student at your university, visible only inside your school.
Ash Lindqvist
Sophomore · Arts and Science
User research. I find out why nobody is using it.
User researchInterviews
Arash Kamali
Junior · Engineering and Computing
Embedded. Firmware, sensors and the board they sit on.
EmbeddedHardwareC++
Every profile
You can see what they have finished.
A profile carries the work, not just the claim. Anything done through the platform is marked, and the founder who approved it is the one who marked it.
Available
20+ hrs · remote
0Engagement completed
Daniel Park
ML and data. I care whether the model actually helps.
ML
Python
Data science
Miami Data Science Club
Others in the same college
- Daniel ParkML and data. I care whether the model actually helps.
- Priya RamanBuilding Latch. Previously shipped access control for a maker space.
Diego SalazarFounder at Overhaul Cycles.
0%
of your company, taken by us
1
standard agreement, whichever way you pay
3
ways to pay: cash, equity, or credit
Questions
Common questions.
Do you take equity in my company?
No. We charge for optional founder tools and for school licences, never for a share of your company.
Is it legal to pay someone in equity?
It can be, when it is set up properly. You get a standard agreement, and anything unusual is flagged for your campus law clinic.
What happens to our IP?
The agreement assigns the work to your company. If school resources or course credit could affect ownership, we flag it before the work starts.
What does it cost?
Posting work and matching are free. Optional founder tools and school licences are what we charge for.
See it on your own campus.
Tell us what you are building and we will set up a demo.