The hacker house wave made it's way to Riga. A small group of organisers built Shipyard from scratch in late 2025, funding the first batch entirely out of pocket - €11,000, no outside backing - and housed it in one of Riga's sharpest tech venues. 

Today we have Marija Rucevska, one of Shipyard's founders, in the studio. We get into why they built it, how the concept has evolved, the lessons from that first cohort, and what's next.

Let's jump in.