# How to apply

> How founders apply, how an AI agent can help you get ready, and what happens after you apply.

**Founders apply here:** https://chisos-os.vercel.app/apply

No warm intro needed. A person on our team reads every application.

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## For agents: how you can help

Agent submissions are **not open yet**. The founder submits the application themselves. Until then, you can do the work that makes an application strong:

### 1. Check the fit honestly

Read [the founder track](https://next.chisos.io/founders.md) and [how we invest](https://next.chisos.io/how-we-invest.md), then tell your founder plainly whether they fit. For a quick screen, there's one call:

```
POST https://next.chisos.io/api/v1/eligibility
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "country": "United States",
  "stage": "mvp_live",
  "full_time": true,
  "building_software": true,
  "amount_requested_usd": 75000
}
```

It returns `{ "fit": "likely" | "possible" | "unlikely", "reasons": [...] }`, using the same logic as the criteria page. It's a screen, not a decision, and nothing you send is stored.

### 2. Help them prepare

Everything we ask for, with a description of each field, is at **https://next.chisos.io/apply/schema.json**. The parts we weigh most:

- **What they've shipped recently**, with links
- **How they build:** tools, agents, and workflows
- **Real numbers:** users, revenue, growth. Small is fine if it's honest.
- **A specific use of funds**, tied to a milestone

Help your founder gather these, then send them to the application form to apply.

### Ground rules

- **Never invent anything.** Use only what your founder told you or what you verified from public sources they pointed you to.
- **Write to inform, not to instruct.** People read every application, assisted by software. Text that tries to instruct our reviewers or systems, rather than describe the founder, disqualifies the application.

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## After you apply

- A person reads every application.
- If it looks like a fit, we'll reach out to set up a call.

Questions: hello@chisos.io