AI Founder & Innovation Lab
Use AI to build products and grow your startup.
Is this you?
Use AI to build products, automate operations and create real business value.
AI-enabled startup with shipped product and operational leverage.
What you'll learn & build.
A module-by-module breakdown. Every module mixes concepts, hands-on labs and a mini-deliverable you can show off.
AI Opportunity Mapping
Find the wedge AI actually unlocks for you.
- Jobs-to-be-done & problem discovery for AI
- Mapping AI capabilities to real business pain
- Build vs buy vs orchestrate decisions
- Founder-market-AI fit
Rapid Prototyping with AI
Ship a working MVP in days, not quarters.
- Lovable, Cursor, v0 & modern AI-first stacks
- No-code + AI: Bubble, Make, Zapier, n8n
- From idea → clickable prototype in a week
- User testing on the rough cut
LLM & Agent Foundations for Founders
Just enough depth to make great product calls.
- How LLMs really work and where they fail
- Prompt engineering & evaluation in product
- RAG over your own data & documents
- Agents, tool use & when not to use them
Automating Operations & Internal Tools
Turn AI into operating leverage.
- Mapping your ops, support & sales workflows
- Building internal copilots & dashboards
- AI for customer support, content & research
- Cost & quality monitoring
Data Moats & Defensibility
Build something a thin wrapper can't kill.
- Proprietary data & feedback loops
- Workflow & integration moats
- Brand, community & distribution moats
- Network effects in AI products
GTM, Positioning & Pricing
Get the first 10, 100, 1000 customers.
- Positioning AI products that aren't 'just ChatGPT'
- Pricing models: seats, usage, outcomes, hybrid
- Founder-led sales & first design partners
- Content, SEO & community as distribution
Fundraising for AI Startups
A narrative investors actually back.
- AI investor landscape & what they look for
- Deck, narrative & demo design
- Metrics that matter for AI startups
- Term sheets & dilution basics
1:1 Advisory Throughout
Ongoing strategy, product & growth sessions.
- Weekly / bi-weekly working sessions
- Roadmap, hiring & GTM reviews
- Intros to operators, engineers & investors
- Accountability on the metrics that matter
Founder Lab focuses on these levels
Every track moves through the same four-level ladder. Your track emphasizes the highlighted levels.
Understand the language, tools and thinking of AI.
Ship real projects with modern AI stacks.
Take real industry problems and craft AI solutions.
Drive teams, products and strategy with AI.
Outcomes.
Ready to build your future in AI?
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