The AI Builder Bootcamp

4.6 (227)

Harold Dijkstra

3 years on Maven (36 cohorts)

Kieran Ball

Your guide to building with AI

Learn to build, automate and delegate with AI (for non-technical professionals)

In 3 weeks, you’ll learn how to turn real challenges from your work into products, automations and AI-powered systems.

We'll help you to become someone who has the confidence to look at a problem and think: “I can figure out how to build a solution for that.

This is a big unlock if you previously always had to wait for others to build your ideas ⚡️

Becoming an AI Builder is more than just learning how to vibe code. It’s about expanding what you can do by yourself, to solve problems and pursue opportunities by building your own AI-powered solutions.

👉 Learn how to build with AI: turn ideas into working apps, internal tools and AI-powered products.
👉 Learn how to automate with AI: connect tools, data and workflows to eliminate repetitive work.
👉Learn how to delegate to AI: use agents and tools like Claude Cowork to take on increasingly complex work.

The goal isn’t to master one tool

We teach you the skills and mental models to decide what to build, how to build it, and which AI building blocks to use.

Following our proven method, you'll leave with real projects, a practical understanding of how AI-powered software works, and the confidence to keep building long after the bootcamp ends.

What you’ll learn

This is bootcamp is very hands-on, because you learn the most from doing. Through daily bite-sized lessons, you’ll learn how to:

Learn how to decide what you should build, automate or delegate to AI
Use AI as your building partner to figure out how to solve your challenges
Learn to control scope and turn rough ideas into clear plans you can execute

Build full-stack products with interfaces, databases, authentication and AI functionality
Go from idea to working product, without needing to know how to code
Learn how to test, iterate, secure and publish real products

Turn manual processes into automated workflows that connect your tools and data
Build reliable, predictable automations to streamline your work
Learn where traditional automation works best, and when AI should take over.

Build agents that can reason, use tools and work autonomously
Learn when to use automations versus agents
Connect AI to the tools and context it needs to perform real work

Teach Claude how you work by creating reusable skills for recurring tasks
Use Claude Cowork to delegate larger, multi-step pieces of work
Learn how to give AI the right context, instructions and responsibility

Learn to choose the right tools and approach for the problem you want to solve
Connect your solutions to external tools and services using APIs and MCPs
Develop skills that transfer across tools, so you’re not dependent on one platform

Learn directly from Harold & Kieran

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Who this course is for

This course is for you, if you're coming from a non-technical background and can't code (like product managers, marketers and designers)
For ambitious professionals who want to expand what they can do themselves with AI and move faster at work.
For you, if you want to learn the complete AI Builder toolkit, from vibe coding and automation to agents and AI delegation.

What's included

Live sessions

Learn directly from Harold Dijkstra & Kieran Ball in a real-time, interactive format.

Bite-sized lessons

You learn the most from doing, so our program is packed with bite-sized lessons to help you getting the reps in

Lifetime access

Go back to course content and recordings whenever you need to.

Community of peers

Stay accountable and share insights with like-minded professionals.

Certificate of completion

Share your new skills with your employer or on LinkedIn.

Maven Guarantee

Your purchase is backed by the Maven Guarantee.

Course syllabus

5 live sessions • 76 lessons

Week 1

Sep 7—Sep 13

Turn your AI assistant into your building partner

Sep
7
Kick-off: Getting Started With Vibe Coding
Mon 9/76:30 PM—8:00 PM (UTC)

6 more items

Build your first AI-powered tool

6 items

Getting started with building full-stack products

5 items

Frontend to Backend: building the core functionality of your product

Sep
10
How To Build Full-Stack Products with Lovable
Thu 9/106:30 PM—8:00 PM (UTC)

6 more items

Test, launch and monetize your product

5 items

Week 2

Sep 14—Sep 20

How to automate your work with AI

Sep
14
Intro To Claude Code For Non-Technical Professionals
Mon 9/146:30 PM—8:00 PM (UTC)

6 more items

From automations to AI Agents

5 items

Connect your AI to your other tools and data sources

5 items

Turn your expertise into AI skills

Sep
17
Building And Deploying Your Own Products With Claude Code
Thu 9/176:30 PM—8:00 PM (UTC)

5 more items

Delegate your work to Claude Cowork

5 items

Schedule

Live sessions

3 hrs / week

5 engaging live sessions to learn how to build with AI:

Mon, Sep 7
6:30 PM—8:00 PM (UTC)
Thu, Sep 10
6:30 PM—8:00 PM (UTC)
Mon, Sep 14
6:30 PM—8:00 PM (UTC)

Projects

3-6 hrs / week

Practice with our bite-sized lessons (30 mins a day)

Async content

2-4 hrs / week

This bootcamp is not a theoretical course, because we believe you'll learn the most from doing 💪

Testimonials

Jenny built a prototype of a customer interview tool for their consumer research teams at Microsoft. Two years later, Jenny shared that the idea is completely implemented now and has saved them over $2M already!
Jennifer Reece
AI Researcher
Katt's product got acquired three months after the bootcamp. The newsletter she built on the back of that acquisition story grew to 11K subscribers and recently got acquired too.
Katt Risen
Project manager turned into creator
Ike built the first version for his startup idea by himself, to help assemble his founding team. A year later, he messaged that his company was incorporated and officially up and running.
Ike Khurgel
Founder
Megan can't stop building tools for special education after learning these new skills, and won two hackathons since
Megan Hsu
Special Education Administrator
Coming out the bootcamp, Sourabh built a product that got featured on national television in Canada, leading to 100K visitors a day in the weeks after that.
Sourabh Banerjee
Project Manager