I visited a coworking space where startup founders with tiny teams pay $9K a month to be around each other

Inside the Series HQ office.

Agnes Applegate/BI I visited an NYC coworking space, where startups spend up to $9,000 a month for a spot.

There was a private chef, a robot, and a love for in-person work.

Most of the companies had fewer than 10 employees.

I've been following and interviewing tiny team founders for the last year.

As part of my ongoing research, I popped into the Series HQ workspace last month to observe how these founders are running their small teams.

As the elevator doors opened on the top floor of the Chelsea office building, the Series HQ office manager, a 21-year-old NYU student, greeted me.

Balancing on a skateboard, the tall, young, and very casually dressed Gen Zer fit right in among the cohort of founders he works for.

Most of the founders at Series HQ are either straight out of college or under 30, with many of their startups being in early funding rounds.

"I do honestly think if you're 35 or 40 thinking about starting a company now, it's probably too late," Nathaneo Johnson, the 22-year-old Series cofounder, said.

He recognizes that as a "harsh belief" but thinks the average founder age at Series HQ reflects a growing community of young entrepreneurs .

Series itself was launched in 2024 by Johnson and Sean Hargrow as an AI social networking app for iMessage.

After they both graduated from Yale and raised $5.1 million in pre-seed funding , the pair signed a lease for over 10,000 square feet of office space.

They tacked on "HQ" to distinguish between the coworking space and the business.