Astera Residency
Startup fellowship · run by Astera Institute · Berkeley · United States · Global
Salaried residency for people building open, public-interest science and technology projects that no company would fund.
Apply on the programme's own siteAstera Residency terms
Read from the programme's own page on September 13, 2026, and re-read every morning. A figure nobody states is left empty rather than estimated.
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