For Investors, Partners & Fellow Clubs · September 2026

Hult AI Collective

The gate is open.
Building the operator class for the post-hype AI economy.

Spring 2026 never closed an investor deal - we were still proving the pipeline.
September 2026 opens partnerships for real: talent screening, sponsor events,
fellow-club networks, and a path from Hult students into serious tech roles.

Review SP26 Archive ↓ Open a Partnership →
Investment Thesis

Every technology cycle follows the same arc: speculative capital inflates valuations, consolidation follows, and the individuals who built durable competencies during the expansion phase disproportionately capture value on the other side.

The AI market is approaching its inflection point. When it arrives, organisations won't need more strategists theorising about transformation - they will need operators who can implement it.

The gap is structural. Computer science graduates build infrastructure. Traditional business graduates lack technical fluency. Neither profile meets the emerging demand for professionals who can architect an agentic workflow on Monday and present its commercial implications to a board on Wednesday.

HAC exists to close that gap - and to run a screened talent pipeline from Hult into roles where shipping systems matters more than slide decks.

We are producing a new archetype - the technical business operator - through applied, portfolio-verified training in multi-agent systems, retrieval-augmented generation, and production automation. Every member graduates with deployed code, not coursework. Partners get early access to that screened cohort.

"Capital follows execution speed, not theoretical sophistication. We produce the fastest implementers in the building."
SP26 Archive

What We Built Last Semester

Event projects. Scaled outputs. Portfolio development. Archived for the new academic year.

Completed 01

Finance Conference

Expanding the luck surface area for our members by connecting technical operators with institutional capital. Creating pathways where quantitative finance insights intersect directly with our applied agentic operations.

Completed 02

Marketing Infrastructure

A focused deployment of custom domains and digital presence architecture. Equipping our cohort with professional, self-hosted portfolios to verify their technical competence to external stakeholders.

Completed 03

HFL Capstone Hackathon

A flagship competitive build session where teams architected, deployed, and presented agentic workflows. Tested rapid technical execution and commercial viability under strict time constraints.

View HAC GitHub → Demo Day Recordings - Coming Soon
Engagement Pathways · AY26-27

How to Get Involved

Six pathways. Investors, sponsors, fellow clubs, and operators welcome.

01

Access the Talent Pipeline

HAC members train as technical co-founders, developer relations engineers, and AI implementation leads - a profile distinct from both traditional MBAs and computer science graduates.

We screen for shipping discipline: public GitHub, documented projects, and verified session output. Partners hiring for strong tech roles get early introductions to students who have already proven they can execute.

Enquire about talent access →
02

Talent Screening & Observation

Monthly build sessions. Two hours. Each member delivers a functional prototype by session close.

These are engineering sessions, not pitch rehearsals. Investors and operators can observe firsthand - no polished demo, just live builds. Use sessions as an informal screen before formal recruiting conversations.

Request a seat →
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Partner Clubs & Event Network

September 2026 opens HAC to fellow societies and friend-led clubs across campus and beyond. Co-host workshops, share audiences, and plug into a network of events already happening among builders we trust.

If your club runs tech, product, finance, or founder programming - we want the calendar mutual.

Propose a co-hosted event →
04

Sponsor Events

Underwrite a workshop, hackathon, or open co-working night. Sponsors receive brand presence, priority access to member talent profiles, and session recordings ahead of public release.

API credits, cloud credits, or cash underwriting all accelerate member output directly.

Sponsor an event →
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Investment Thesis Alignment

We are not raising a fund. We are producing the operators post-hype capital needs: people who implement agentic systems, RAG products, and production automation under commercial constraints.

If your thesis depends on finding those people early - before they graduate into crowded pipelines - HAC is the screening room.

Talk thesis →
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Sponsor Infrastructure

HAC operates with minimal overhead - no dedicated compute clusters, no enterprise licensing. API credits, cloud infrastructure, or tooling licences directly accelerate member output.

Sponsors receive priority access to member talent profiles and session recordings one week ahead of public availability.

Contact Kartavya Jharwal →
Leadership

Who's Building This

Kartavya Jharwal

Founder · President

Architecting HAC as institutional infrastructure for the post-hype AI economy - a structured environment where business students develop verified technical competence before the market demands it at scale.

kartavya.tech ↗ LinkedIn ↗ kjharwal@student.hult.edu

Professor Nikhil Soi

Faculty Advisor

Provides strategic oversight and institutional sponsorship. Directs HAC's pedagogical framework toward durable competencies that extend beyond current-cycle AI tooling.

Hult Faculty Profile - Coming Soon
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Board Seat · Trial Phase
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Board Seat · Trial Phase
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Board Seat · Trial Phase
Approved Student Organization
Hult International Business School, London
Operational Transparency

Verified Output

Updated after every session. All output is publicly auditable.

February 2026 · Session 01
Deliverable: Multi-agent research system - 3 functional prototypes deployed in session
Repository: hultaicollective/session-01-agents - publishing soon
Recording: Session recording - available March 1
Participants: 3 members
March-April 2026 · SP26 Archive
Deliverable: Finance Conference, custom-domain workshops, HFL Capstone Hackathon
Status: Semester archived · AY26-27 partnerships now open
Full SP26 Archive - Coming Soon

The work is public.
The door is open.

Every repository is live. Every session is recorded.
Every outcome is verifiable. We have nothing to hide.

If you are sourcing operators for AI implementation,
screening Hult talent for strong tech roles,
or building with fellow clubs this academic year -
September 2026 is when the gate opens.

Start a Conversation → Join WhatsApp ↗ View GitHub ↗

Direct enquiries: Kartavya Jharwal

kjharwal@student.hult.edu · kartavya.tech