A business identifies a real operational problem and funds the student's FDE training. You describe what's broken — not what technology to buy. Good Combinator helps convert the problem into an appropriate solution.
The student completes the 12-week FDE (Forward Deployed Engineer) program while working on your challenge, paid directly by you at a wage you configure.
You receive a practical digital solution designed around your predefined business problem — document intelligence, scheduling assistants, guest concierges, knowledge bases, and more.
The student leaves with skills, evidence, certification, and a meaningful employer relationship. Many sponsorships become employment conversations.
Every sponsorship has up to three components — FDE tuition, student wages you configure, and optional deployment hardware. These are estimates, not prices.
Default assumptions: $20/hr × 20 hrs/week × 12 weeks. Hardware uses a $5,000 planning allowance when needed; actual cost depends on the solution. Wages are paid directly by the sponsor.