The Community for Founders Building with AI
Capital & Acceleration
We invest in early companies and work alongside them.
Two Spaces in Lisbon
Alvalade and Santos. Real rooms, real people.
Closed Community
Members review every application. No noise.
Founder Sessions & Events
IRL and online. Intentionally small, zero bs.
What members have built together
Raised, shipped, and hired by companies inside the community.
Build Together
Why this community exists and why it's made for you
Poolside exists to keep you in motion.
Remote gives you focus.
Poolside adds energy, perspective, and the right kind of friction.
A good question. A sharp room. A reason to show up.
Poolside gives founders space to think, ship, and stay sharp.
Slack for signal. Two Lisbon spaces when you want a pulse.
Capital and acceleration when you're ready to go faster.
No noise. Just people who move like you.
Two Spaces, One City
An in-person community in Lisbon
Members work side by side in Alvalade and Santos. Not a coworking chain — two rooms full of founders building with AI.
Poolside Alvalade
Alvalade, Lisbon
Our home in the north of the city — a calm neighbourhood base for focused work.
- Unlimited coffee, water, snacks
- 24 hour access
- Meeting rooms
- Cleaning & 24/7 security
- Restaurants & cafés nearby
- Parking nearby
- Close to green spaces
Poolside Santos
Santos, Lisbon
Riverside energy near Avenida 24 de Julho — five minutes from the Tagus.
- Unlimited coffee, water, snacks
- 24 hour access
- Dedicated gym
- Cleaning & 24/7 security
- Restaurants & cafés nearby
- Terrace
- 5 minutes from the river