Yuba is a sounding board and a reliable, ever-present virtual co-founder for early-stage African founders. At its core, Yuba is an ecosystem of cohorts of specialized AI Venture Builders that combine the unique strengths of purpose-built AI Agents to supercharge your entrepreneurial journey.

Yuba is NOT another AI model. Our AI Agents have been engineered and trained to both interpret proven entrepreneurship frameworks and simulate the thinking process of trusted industry experts and world-class venture builders, thus delivering tailored, relevant, and context-biased actionable insights at every step of the process.

No. You do not need to worry about your prompting skills. By design, the system helps you narrow down to the core issue. You just need to have a formulated problem statement to start with.

No problem. You can leverage the Problem Predictor feature to get started and eventually formulate one before you move forward.

At the heart of the Yuba ecosystem is a meticulously designed and integrated workflow of four modules, Problem Discovery, Value Proposition Design, MVP & Business Model Development, and Market Validation, that progressively guide founders through the critical stages of building a venture. Each stage unlocks sequentially, ensuring a rigorous, evidence-based approach and actionable output. It's a self-directed process, and at any given stage, Yuba provides on-demand expert guidance from our vetted Venture Builders.

If you are an early-stage African Founder within the Pre-idea and Market Validation spectrum, Yuba is built for you. If you have validated your market, but still wish to run additional validation, Yuba is for you. If you're a professional who's exploring entrepreneurship but is not yet ready to test the waters with both legs, Yuba is for you. If you are outside of the continent and exploring building something in Africa, this is the right platform for you. And if you are an ESO, a university, or any other form of institution running entrepreneurship programs, we built Yuba for you.

Yes. Yuba offers the basic structure for all, and organizations can request customization to match desired operational needs.

As many as they wish. There is no limit to the number of programs organizations can run on Yuba. The structure is flexible, down to the level of cohorts.

As many as they wish. There is no limit to the number of programs organizations can run on Yuba. The structure is flexible, down to the level of cohorts.

You can unlock the pro features by upgrading from either purchasing credits yourself or by invitation from an organization whose program you're a part of, in which case, they would grant you credits to access the pro features.

Yes. Someone else can buy credits and allocate them directly to you.

The Free plan includes only 30 credits and will allow you help you explore features in the Problem Discovery Module. Credits in this plan expire within two weeks if not used.

Yuba Venture Builders are carefully vetted individuals with either general knowledge that transfers across industries or deep expertise in a particular field or industry. In addition to the requirement to have been a founder or be one in the moment, it is this industry expertise and knowledge that qualify them to advise ventures, grounding their guidance and insights in the African context.

No. Venture Builders are available for booking at an extra cost beyond the paid features. Founders accessing Yuba as part of a program can book and access Venture Builders as instructed by their program management.

Absolutely. Organizations can onboard as many people, including coaches and venture Builders, onto their admin account as they wish, and manage access based on roles.

You own the data and any work you do, unless you decide to share it with anyone else, or give visibility to other people, such as venture builders, coaches, and their likes. If you are a part of a program on Yuba, however, your program manager and others that the program deems necessary will have direct access to your work by default. Coaches, Venture Builders, and Program managers can access your projects only in View Mode.

Yes, you can. Whether you are exploring and validating problems or working through advanced projects, Yuba automatically saves your work, which you can access at any time, going forward.

Yes, you can join Yuba as either a solo founder or as a Team.