The Founders programme

50 people · applications open · rolling selection

The mic is free. Not discounted, not a paid early-access deal: free, for fifty people who genuinely share what this project is about. In return we ask for very little — and nothing ongoing.

Talas isn't looking for early customers. It's looking for people who want this thing to exist, and who'll tell us what's wrong with it once it's in their hands. A repairable mic that nobody talks about repairing is just another mic.

1What we ask of you

Two things — a promise between us, not a contract:

Feedback on the mic. At least once, in any form: a note, an audio file, a message. What you liked, what bugged you, what you'd have done differently.
A shout-out, once. A post, a mention, a credit on a track, a word on a show — you choose how.

Nothing ongoing. After that, you're completely free. If you go quiet, nobody will chase you: the project can wait.

2What you get

What	Details
The mic, completely free	A Talas One from the first production run. Founders get theirs first, to test it and talk about it.
Early access to Veza	Every version — alpha, beta, release candidate — before the public.
Public credit	Your alias is enough. In the documentation, on the community page and in the Talas Sessions to come.
Your name in its logbook	The logbook of your mic reads “Founder #N — alias”.

3How it works

No interview, no video call. That wouldn't square with the anonymity the project stands for — yours or ours.
An answer within a month, at the latest.
The mics ship with the first production run. Until that run exists, we're choosing people, not shipping anything yet. Where things stand.
Rolling selection: there's no deadline. We read applications as they come in, until we have fifty.

4Apply

Six questions. It takes five minutes, and the last one matters most.

Your alias or handle

Your email

That's where we'll reply. We won't use it for anything else.

Your country

Optional. We'd like the fifty to come from further afield than France.

A link to your work

Optional, but nothing speaks for you better.

Why you? three lines is plenty

0/600

You're mostly… Creative — I record, produce, release Technical — electronics, code, firmware, Veza Both — I won't choose

Your answers are used only to assess your application. They're stored on our own Listmonk server in France and deleted if you ask. Exactly what we do with them.

5What won't get in

Better to say it here than in an unexplained rejection: corporate or marketing profiles, influencer accounts with no real connection to the project, and anonymous applications with no trace of any work. It isn't a judgement — the programme runs on trust, and trust needs something to hold on to.

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