Run a company
born intelligent.
Lead an AI-native venture with a clear operating mandate and meaningful ownership on venture-specific terms. Inspect the customer evidence, implemented capabilities and decision rights before you commit.
Experience the operating model. Then inspect the proposed mandate. The CEO Seat demonstrates how an agentic-native company prepares work, stops at its authority boundary and returns consequential decisions to its leader. It is a simulation—not evidence of Venture 02's performance.
Your company does not
wait for morning.
A living company continues the reversible work inside a mandate you set. You return to the decision, the dissent and the record—not an approval queue.
Enter The Autonomy Window
Evidence before you
bet your career.
Your company. A shared core.
The studio builds.
During incubation, the venture is wholly studio-owned.
- Design and validation
- Reusable operating core
assigned at incorporation
licensed to the venture
The venture owns.
- Product, codebase and brand
- Customer relationships and data
- Venture-trained models
Evidence you can examine
Ask which assumptions have been tested, what real customers have done and what remains unresolved. Simulated cohorts are not proof of demand; an open diligence question is not a passed gate.
A defined operating core
Review which agent roles are implemented, their permissions and the available operating evidence before committing. A diagram is not proof of deployment.
A company that owns its business
The published model assigns venture-specific IP at incorporation while the studio retains and licenses the reusable core. Verify the actual transfer and licence in executed documents.
Ownership that tracks outcomes
Review the proposed ownership, vesting schedule, outcome gates and protection if the venture stops. The complete cap table matters more than a headline percentage.
Know the whole deal.
The studio’s published model combines meaningful CEO ownership with human responsibility for the business. It is a model to diligence, not a standard contract or confirmation of a live mandate.
Discuss the opportunity with Fabien Lopez. Confirm availability, readiness evidence and the full written terms before committing time, money or a career move.
Operators,
not caretakers.
Check us before
we check you.
Every number we publish carries a named source and a date. When a claim fails that standard we withdraw it in public and log why. If you are going to bet a career on us, start with the evidence that makes us look worst.
The questions you
would rather not have to ask.
How much equity does a Living Scale Up CEO receive?
The published model provides meaningful ownership on venture-specific terms. No fixed CEO percentage or complete current cap table is established by this page. Confirm the studio, CEO, option pool and investor positions in writing before committing.
How does vesting work?
Vesting is venture-specific. Review any time-based schedule, outcome gates, cliff, acceleration and leaver provisions together. Earlier examples are not a substitute for the terms agreed for your mandate.
What happens if you kill the venture I am leading?
Agree the stop provisions before starting: treatment of vested and unvested equity, any cash protection, access to IP and data, and responsibility for external communication. This page does not guarantee a cash bridge or a future role.
Who owns the IP?
The published studio model separates incubation ownership, venture-specific IP assignment at incorporation and licensing of the reusable operating core. It does not establish that any particular transfer has occurred. Executed documents determine ownership, licence scope and continuity rights.
Which venture is on offer?
BuddyLeader is the first venture and is led by co-founder and CEO Jonas Cosendai. Venture 02 mandate availability, readiness evidence and complete terms require confirmation with the studio. The earlier September 2026 target is not confirmation that applications are open.
Why join a studio instead of founding my own company?
Compare the support you need with the ownership and independence you want. LSU proposes venture design, assumption testing, an operating-core approach and specialist collaboration. Check which capabilities and customer evidence exist for the specific venture; incorporation or simulation alone does not prove demand.
What happens after I apply?
Start a conversation with the studio about your operating experience and interests. If there is a mutual fit, examine the opportunity, available customer evidence, implemented capabilities and written terms. No response time, open mandate or appointment is guaranteed by this page.
Do I need to be in Switzerland?
Discuss location, remote work and eligibility for the specific mandate. The studio is based in Switzerland; work permissions depend on your circumstances and the role. Obtain current guidance from the relevant authorities before making relocation decisions.
Bring one to life.
Send a track record, a point of view, and why this venture. Fabien reads every one personally and replies within five working days — including the noes.