Foundations
Four weeks of practical AI foundations: prompting, creative AI, app prototyping, and automation. You’ll use AI with confidence and build your first working solutions. No technical background required.
Next cohort · Jan 4, 2027
AI Launchpad Series
Go from using AI to building with AI in 10 weeks
Built for people, not programmers. A community-powered cohort where you learn alongside expert mentors and the AI tools shaping the future. No technical background required, and scholarships so cost is never a barrier.
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No code requiredVirtualCohort-basedHands-onGlobally open
The journey
Three parts. One launchpad.
Each part builds on the last. Learn the tools, build real projects, then ship something the world can use.
Build & Agents
Four weeks of advanced prompting, AI-assisted development, workflows, APIs, and agent concepts. This is where you move from AI user to AI builder.
Build Challenge
Two weeks turning a real problem into an AI-powered prototype, with support from mentors and peers. You finish with something you built and can show. See what the 2026 cohort shipped →
Ten professional tracks
One learning journey, built around your world
Everyone learns the same core skills together. Your track applies them to the problems and workflows that matter most to you. Not sure which fits? Pick the closest match. You can change it before the cohort starts.
Education
Lesson planning, research, content creation, student support, and educational tools.
Healthcare & wellbeing
Responsible AI for research, workflows, communication, education, and healthcare operations.
Finance
Research, analysis, reporting, productivity, automation, and financial workflows.
Small business & entrepreneurship
Validate ideas, automate operations, prototype products, and create content.
Nonprofits & social impact
Outreach, operations, grant research, communications, community engagement, and service delivery.
Product & technology
Research, product discovery, prototyping, documentation, and experimentation.
Marketing, content & creative
Generative AI across writing, images, presentations, audio, video, and research.
Operations & project management
Automate repetitive work, improve decision support, and raise team productivity.
Career & professional development
Practical skills, projects, and portfolio evidence you can discuss in interviews.
General / explorers
Practical AI skills for your work, personal projects, or future career.
What to expect
A hands-on, build-first experience
Designed to fit into a working week without overwhelming it.
Program format
Primarily asynchronous, so you learn at your own pace. One live 75-minute session each week for hands-on learning and discussion, plus one office hours session to get help and go deeper.
Weekly commitment
Roughly five to eight hours a week, mostly asynchronous, with one 75-minute live session (recorded) and weekly office hours.
How you learn
Short, focused modules. Practical real-world examples. Immediate application of every concept rather than theory you file away.
What you build
One deliverable every week. Small practical projects based on that week’s learning, producing outputs you can actually use or show.
Community experience
A supportive, peer-driven environment. You learn alongside others building at the same time, with feedback, encouragement, and shared momentum.
Your weekly rhythm
A 75-minute expert-led session. A hands-on assignment released the same day. Async peer support all week. Submit by Sunday, then level up.
What you’ll build
Real projects, every week
Each week you ship something tangible. By the end you have a portfolio of AI-powered work, not a certificate and a folder of notes.
AI-powered prompts
Craft prompts that get dramatically better results across multiple AI platforms.
Creative content
Generate visuals, voiceovers and multimedia without a studio.
No-code apps
Turn a spreadsheet into a working app in under an hour.
Automated workflows
Build automations that handle the repetitive work for you.
Vibe-coded software
Describe your app in plain English and watch it build itself.
AI agents
Create agents that research, summarize, and take action on their own.
Inside Part 1
Four weeks, four things you can actually do
Every week pairs a live expert session with a hands-on project you ship.
Foundations & prompt engineering
Go from confusion to confidence with the prompt framework that changes everything.
Content, creativity & voice
Create studio-quality visuals, voiceovers and multimedia from a prompt.
No-code app building
Turn a spreadsheet into a working app, with no developers involved.
Automation & workflows
Build workflows that handle repetitive tasks while you focus on what matters.
By the end of Part 1 you have
A prompt framework that works on any tool
AI-generated creative work in your portfolio
A no-code app built from scratch
An automated workflow running for you
Confidence across 10+ AI platforms
A community of builders
Who it’s for
Built for people, not programmers
Educators
Teachers who want to bring AI into the classroom responsibly.
Nonprofit professionals
People doing more with less, who need leverage rather than headcount.
Small business owners
Owners ready to automate the busywork and grow.
Career changers
People exploring where the AI opportunity actually is.
Community leaders
Organizers building for their own neighborhoods.
Anyone curious
Zero technical background required. That’s the point.
✓ You keep hearing about AI but aren’t sure where to begin.
✓ You already use ChatGPT or Copilot and want to go beyond prompting.
✓ You want to automate repetitive work, or you have an idea for an app and don’t know how to build it.
✓ You learn better with structure, accountability, experts, and a community.
✓ You don’t have a coding background. You do need to be willing to experiment, build, and learn.
January 2027 cohort
Learn from people who build AI for a living
Divya Sabade
AI Product Leader, Educator & Mentor
Tezan Sahu
Senior Applied Scientist, Microsoft
Robelen Ryan
Founder, CodexLab · AI & Vibe Coding
Ricardo Luiz
AI & Product Director
Wall of love
What 2026 learners are saying
Shared with permission from the Spring and Summer 2026 cohort feedback forms.
“I had been curious about AI since last year, watching the space move faster than almost anything I had seen before. New tools, new terminology every month, across chat, voice, image, video.”
Built my first AI agentSaved time
“Honestly, going in, I could talk about AI all day. That’s my job. But I’d never actually built any of it myself, and that changed fast.”
Built my first AI appBuilt my first AI agent
“Biggest breakthrough: effective prompting is definitely on the list. I loved the chain of thought session and material. Favorite project: Emojify. I built this in the cohort. Fun app and my friends' kids used it!”
Automated workSaved time
“I always considered myself an AI practitioner. I had explored a bunch of AI tools and was comfortable using them. But I couldn’t yet think like a system builder. AI Launchpad Part 2 changed that.”
Built my first AI agentBuilt a portfolio
“I learned a lot and got a tremendous sense of satisfaction and achievement. I had been wanting to learn automations and agents, but I just wasn’t able to on my own.”
Built my first AI agentSaved time
“It was a wonderful short journey with Part 1 for me. Although I was aware of the capabilities of AI to an extent, I was surprised to see it in action while learning and using it in this Launchpad.”
Built my first AI appAutomated work
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This mission runs on community, not tuition
AI Launchpad is kept within reach of every learner, funded by people who believe access to AI education should be a right rather than a privilege. Every contribution funds learner scholarships, tools, and mentorship.
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January 2027 applications open soon
The next cohort begins January 4, 2027. Join the list and you’ll hear the moment applications open. The 2026 series is complete, and you can see what that cohort built.