Reniala Lab pairs AI-native founders in Madagascar with diaspora operators who have built abroad — turning local insight into viable companies.
A small team in Antananarivo can now reach capability that used to require money and proximity. What took a funded startup a year takes an AI-native founder a month.
Networks, market access, trust, operating discipline — the unscalable layer is still missing. No model can open a door or vouch for a founder.
We pair AI-native founders with a curated bench of senior operators — Malagasy diaspora and beyond — who have built companies where the founders want to go.
Tsiry is a contained, measurable pilot — not a new institution. 3–5 founders, 8–10 weeks, weekly operator sessions, AI-native company design, customer discovery, and a public demo day.
3–5 founders with deep local insight and the will to build AI-native.
Weekly operator sessions, AI-native workflows, CTO-in-residence.
~30 customer interviews, prototypes, revenue hypotheses.
Public demo day, plus a post-pilot report with findings.
You have deep local insight and the will to build AI-native. Tsiry gives you operator sessions, an AI toolchain, and a demo day audience — no cash fee to join.
Express interest →Sponsor a cohort or a founder seat — or contribute credits, tools, and introductions. Named across demo day, communications, and the post-pilot report. Results in one quarter, not promises.
Start the conversation →2–4 hours a month for one cohort. Mentor a founder, run a session in your specialty, open one door. Hours of judgment, not a donation — with first look at the deal flow.
Join the bench →Reniala means "mother of the forest." The world calls the baobab the upside-down tree — its branches look like roots thrown at the sky. But it only looks upside down. The baobab is built precisely for where it grows: storing water through the dry season, outlasting everything around it for a thousand years.
That's the thesis. Companies built in Madagascar don't need to look like companies built in San Francisco. They need to be built for where they grow.
Whether you're a founder, a sponsor, or an operator with hours to give — write to Eric directly. No forms, no funnels.
eric@pelios.io