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Create your builder profile and step into a room of people who ship in public.
Turn your projects, hackathon work, and open-source contributions into proof founders can trust.
Proof-backed profile
Easy as one, two, three.
Join the community
You’re in. Start shipping.
Create your builder profile and step into a room of people who ship in public.
Connect Claude and Cursor so founders see how you actually build — not just what you shipped.
Founder brief
A founder just picked up your profile. Your agent traces and shipped work are ready to review.
When a startup needs someone like you, you get notified — warm intros from work you already did.
Explore DevLabs' proof-backed talent pool, review real builder signals, and start conversations before you commit.
Simple plans for startups hiring builders
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What's included
For startups actively hiring. More profiles, full signal, no gatekeeping.
$20/mo
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What's included
END-TO-END HIRING
DevLabs manages the entire process - from search to signed offer.
$499 deposit
Success-based pricing on hire
What's included
Custom hiring ledger
The Custom plan is built around a single idea: DevLabs is accountable for the outcome, not just the search.
Upfront deposit
$499
On successful hire
50% of first month's salary
Deposit on hire
Credited back in full
If no hire
Deposit is non-refundable
The $499 deposit is credited toward your success fee if a hire is made. It covers our team's time in the search process.
Built in the room
Hacker houses, hackathons, and founder programs where builders ship in public, meet collaborators, and get seen by startup teams.
San Francisco · Hacker house
100 builders
$10k in prizes
The builder manifesto
A home for early builders working on ideas that start small but dream big.
We've poured our hearts into building something bigger than an organization.
Ideas born in dorm rooms. In basements. In garages.
Those small ideas?
They're the ones we help turn into something real.
For years, we've worked to build DevLabs into a space where young founders feel unstoppable. Because when you're young, the sky isn't the limit - it's just the beginning.
The fastest way to grow is to feel the energy of a room full of people who are just as crazy enough to try.
DevLabs is on a mission to become the launchpad for the next 100 student startups.
From hackathons to Arizona's first hacker house.
From $0 in funding to over $100,000 invested in builders.
We've come a long way. But we're just getting started.
Welcome to DevLabs, early bird.
You're about to have the ride of your life.
Build. Ship. Repeat.
Community impact
The community is not an audience. It is the programs, people, and capital behind the next thing a builder ships.
$150K+
raised to support builder programs, prizes, and ambitious projects.
2,000+
builders in the community
25+
events and builder programs
50+
projects shipped through our programs
Built here, discovered here
My internship at Pretorin was a wild and super productive summer. Isaac was very satisfied with my work, and I exceeded his expectations across the metrics he was measuring in a founding engineer. DevLabs helped connect me with that opportunity.
Pranav had a great experience at Pretorin after getting connected through DevLabs, working closely with the team and gaining real startup engineering experience.
Pranav Intern, Pretorin
Prasanna joined Supermemory as a Research Engineer after being hired through DevHouse, a DevLabs event. He is enjoying the role and working on meaningful research engineering problems.
Prasanna Moorthy Research Engineer, Supermemory
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