What you need to do before you build your AI prototype

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Boston Consulting Group (BCG)

Nous Group

Ruby Pryor

Founder of Rex

You’ll learn how to frame a clear problem statement so your prototype is anchored to a real user or business need.

Define the problem your AI prototype will solve

You’ll learn how to write sharp objectives and testable hypotheses, giving your prototype a clear purpose.

Set objectives and hypotheses to test

You’ll learn how to write a concise brief for your prototyping tool and decide on the right level of fidelity.

Prepare a prototyping brief and test method

Have you seen other PMs leveraging AI to ship prototypes at lightning speed , but when you try it yourself:- Basic tutorials leave you stuck on simple examples ?- Technical obstacles slow your momentum ?- Debugging feels impossible without coding experience ?- You're unsure which AI tools actually deliver value ? You know mastering AI prototyping could transform your workflow. But the path from curiosity to confidence isn't clear. With AI, you can build functional prototypes in minutes. The challenge with AI prototyping isn't getting started — it's understanding what these tools can and can't do. That’s why this cohort is designed to expose you to essential AI prototyping tools and their unique capabilities. You'll learn to debug issues (even without coding experience) to stay productive and deliver real value. And our community will be here to give you the support, guidance, and accountability you’ll need to finally stick with it. In just 4 weeks, you'll go from zero experience to shipping multiple prototypes -- from interactive prototypes to accompany your PRD, to personalized tools that boost your productivity. Now imagine if you could: ✅ Ship prototypes in hours without getting stuck in an infinite loop ✅ Learn how software applications work by building them ✅ Build personalized software to fit your exact needs ✅ Master advanced concepts like integrations to supercharge your prototypes Getting started is easy. 1️⃣ Begin with my 5-day email course to build your first AI prototype this week (sign up below!) 2️⃣ Join the 4-week cohort to master AI prototyping tools, debug common issues, and integrate with other apps in minutes&nbsp; 🔥 All alumni can stay up to date with our private community, 1:1 support, and more! 📣 Live sessions are at 1PM EST! 🎉&nbsp;Bonus:&nbsp;When you enroll in this course, you’ll receive $1,395 in free credits to level up your workflow with Superhuman, Linear, Sprig, Dovetail &amp; Gamma PLUS one month sponsored with Replit Core &amp; Bolt Pro (see FAQ for details) Interested in an enterprise license so your whole team or company can take the course? Please reach out directly to colin@techforproduct.com

Convert your PRD to a prototype in minutes

Course syllabus

Get 1:1 help with your prototypes and questions

Office Hours

Live, interactive sessions where we dive deeper into AI prototyping and go through scenarios

Live Sessions

Complete a weekly project to apply what you've learned

Weekly projects

Course schedule

Senior Product Managers who want to leverage AI to iterate faster

Product Leaders who want to get first-hand experience with how AI is transforming product development

UX Designers who want to translate their designs into functional prototypes the same day

Who is this course for

What you’ll get out of this course

Master cutting-edge AI tools like Bolt, V0, Replit, and Claude to accelerate your development process. You'll learn practical workflows that go beyond basic prompts to create functional prototypes.

Learn to use AI prototyping tools

Get hands-on experience building real-world applications, from simple MVPs to complex features. Through guided projects, you'll develop a portfolio of working prototypes that demonstrate tangible AI development skills.

Build 5+ prototypes in 4 weeks

Develop a mental model of how modern applications are structured and how different components work together. This foundation helps you make better architectural decisions and communicate more effectively with developers.

Build a fundamental understanding of how software works

Learn systematic approaches to troubleshoot common AI coding issues and improve your prototype quality. You'll master techniques for error handling, prompt optimization, and code refinement that help you build production-ready features.

Discover 6 strategies for debugging to get high-value apps

Connect your prototypes to popular platforms and APIs without complex setup. You'll learn streamlined integration patterns that work with tools like Slack, Google Sheets, and your existing product stack.

Integrate with your favorite tools in minutes

Get direct access to an experienced PM and builder (me!) who can help you resolve technical and product challenges.

Weekly office hours and Q&A

Build your first AI prototype next week -- even if you have no coding skills

Colin Matthews

Sold my first SaaS in 2021. Product Manager, 8500+ students, featured by Lenny.

Cohort 6

Cohort 7

🗓️ Reserve Your Spot for cohort 10 starting → September 8 Why This Bootcamp? You’ve got an idea. You’ve seen the AI hype.But you don’t want to just watch others build cool stuff, you want to build your own. This bootcamp is built exactly for you: ✅ You don’t need a tech background✅ You don’t need hours a day✅ You don’t need to know how to code Our Prototyping with AI Bootcamp is your beginner-friendly gateway into building real apps, products and prototypes - without ever writing code. ✳️ Join us and SHIP YOUR FIRST APP in just 2.5 weeks✳️ Or if you have the time, you can build a small portfolio of app prototypes by following our guided daily builds ⭐ BONUS 1: Lifetime Access to Our Private AI Builders Community→ Join a growing network of non-tech professional builders like you.→ Get peer support, accountability and behind-the-scenes updates on the latest AI tools and trends. Even after the bootcamp ends.🧠 Stay sharp. Stay inspired. Stay connected. ⭐ BONUS 2: Unlock Exclusive Advanced Tutorials After You GraduateOnce you finish the bootcamp, you’ll get access to bonus lessons like:→ How to Build a Mobile App with Bolt→ Intro to MCP with Claude …and more advanced workflows to keep you growing.📚 Keep leveling up, even after our final showcase

Join 1200+ non-tech professionals who’ve turned their ideas into working apps 

In the first week we are going to dive into the fundamentals of coding with AI: 🚀 Intro to Prototyping with AI✴️ Claude Artifacts🧱 Replit Agent

Week 1: 

Next, you are going to learn how to build custom products with AI: ▶️ Cursor🅱️ Bolt❇️ Supabase❤️ Lovable0️⃣ v0

Week 2:

Time to demo your product. In 2.5 weeks from idea to working MVP, without writing any code! 🚀 🎉 Demo Day

Week 3:

This bootcamp is perfect if you’re a non-techie (PM, ops, marketing, sales, design) who wants to start building with AI.

This bootcamp is perfect if you want to learn real AI skills and tools not just prompt hacks.

This bootcamp is perfect if you’ve never shipped a product, and want to change that.

This bootcamp is perfect if you’re curious about tools like Lovable, Supabase or Replit but don’t know where to start.

This bootcamp is perfect if You’ve got ideas but rely on engineers to build them.

Is This Bootcamp Right for You? 

What You’ll Learn and Build

Transform your ideas into real products using AI tools:✅ v0 (custom frontends)✅ Supabase (auth + database)✅ Replit (AI agents + backend logic)✅ Bolt (mobile apps)✅ Lovable (easy and fast UIs)And you’ll leave understanding how they all fit together.

Learn to Prototype & Build Apps. Without Writing Code
 

You won’t just learn, you’ll build.<ul><li>7+ guided mini apps</li><li>1–2 full prototypes of your own idea</li><li>Bonus: learn how to deploy and showcase your work</li></ul>

Leave With a Small Portfolio of Apps

This isn’t a lonely online course. It’s a community.<ul><li>Live sessions with our expert instructors</li><li>Direct support from Ciara, Harold and our mentors</li><li>Slack community + async help whenever you’re stuck</li><li>Build Weekend Sprint with async support from our experts</li></ul>

Get Expert Help and Real Support: 3 x Office Hour Sessions 
 

<ul><li>We don’t teach tools in isolation.</li><li>We designed our curriculum so you can take the skills you learn and apply them to any AI tool.</li><li>You’ll learn reusable workflows, prompting strategies and the mental models.</li></ul>

Gain Skills You Can Use Anywhere

Reserve your spot now: Sept 8th • Live + async

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Build Your First Real App with AI In Just 2.5 Weeks (No Coding Skills Needed)

Harold Dijkstra

Co-host of the Prototyping with AI Bootcamp

Ciara Wearen

Cohort 9

Cohort 10

✅ Why invest in learning with me? I’m a Lead PM at Booking.com, and one of the first tech PMs there, with over 10 years in the field. Before moving into product, I was a Software Developer and earned a PhD in Computer Science. I’ve worked on both sides and know exactly what technical understanding PMs need - and don't. I'll teach you exactly what matters (and why) for driving products forward. You'll get the technical and AI-building fluency needed to drive your team, no coding, no database internals, no load balancers. ✅ What can better technical understanding do for your career? From a survey of 650 PMs, 56% want to speak the same language as their engineers to communicate effectively, and build trust. 61% want to estimate features on their own, so they can plan better and deliver on time. And today, technical understanding also lets you quickly AI-prototype features to show it to real users. Finally, if you want to land a Big Tech PM role, tech skills are critical. ✅ What makes this course different? ➡️ The course is 20% theory and 80% hands-on:&nbsp;you’ll solve over 200 exercises, because that’s how real skills stick. (Try two free lessons below to learn new things even if you don’t enroll) ➡️ The course naturally offers you two very related skills: Tech foundation (part 1) allows you to lead your team more effectively. Then, if you think about it - AI is... just a non-human version of your team :) That's why in part 2 you apply Tech concepts to create features yourself. This enables you to understand tech even deeper and later turn your ideas into clickable features in minutes/hours (check 2 examples below: Spotify Clone and Cost Split App). In student's words: "Interestingly, the AI part is also incredibly useful even if you’re not the one doing the prototyping yourself.&nbsp;I started using the right technical terms and began to think a bit like an algorithm (which helps in finding a common language with developers and engineers)." ➡️ You can join even if you have zero knowledge about tech or AI-building ➡️ Over 1,500 students have already completed the course online or in person, on this platform and others. See reviews below. ➡️ Even more valuable practice: all alumni get a 100%-off voucher for one of the other ProductDo simulators worth up to 400$. ✅ The course structure explained 1️⃣&nbsp;Live session: Tech 101sWe start with a Tech 101 live session.In just 2 hours, you’ll learn (and immediately apply) the core concepts every PM should know: Frontend, Backend, Services, APIs. If you only did this session, you’d already have the essentials down. 2️⃣ Practice Tech Core (50+ exercises)Time to roll up your sleeves. You’ll work through a story-driven series of exercises based on real-life scenarios. You’ll build a Taxi app and along the way you’ll master tech topics with your virtual colleagues: Daniel the bossy CEO, Jane the guiding Principal PM, Ivar the eager Jr. PM (who always needs help), Helen, your sharp Engineering Manager, and more. Curious if this hands-on style suits you?Grab the free resource below, which is one full lesson from the API chapter, and see if solving 200+ exercises like this one sounds fun. 3️⃣ Live session: building a product architecture togetherOnce you’ve mastered the theory and practiced solo, we'll meet up again.You’ll team up with other PMs to design an architecture, APIs, and more for a product idea. Students love this collaborative part! 4️⃣ Practice AI-prototyping (50+ exercises)Back to hands-on mode this time with an AI-prototyping simulator.- Start by cloning UI with simple prompts, then add more UI features.- Next, bring in the database — suddenly it starts to feel real.- Layer on backend logic to make it smarter.- Finally, integrate an external API like OpenAI so your app becomes even more powerful. 🤖 Two examples of what you can do with AI:- In 5 mins: the Spotify clone: now in another 10 mins I can imitate "Concerts nearby" feature and show to stakeholders instead of slides: https://productdo-spotify-clone-interface-demo.replit.app/- In 3 hours: Fully functional CostSplit full-stack app: https://cost-split-mobile-demo-no-auth.replit.app/ (this app is part of the course, you'll build it yourself). Want a taste? Grab another free resource below; it's the full lesson on UI feature creation. After this, you'll be able to add a feature to your Spotify clone all by yourself! 5️⃣ Live session: building a product from scratch using AINow we bring it all together. I’ll walk you through building a complete app, step by step. You’ll break into groups to handle the UI, backend, databases, APIs, and more. It’s going to be a lot of fun. 6️⃣ Bonus- You’ll unlock advanced simulator chapters, allowing you to continue progressing at your own pace.- We have one more workshop reserved for any other topics the group wants to dive into, plus an extended Q&amp;A.- Additionally, you’ll receive complimentary access to one of the other ProductDo simulators worth up to 400$. ✅ Prerequisites to join the course- No prior tech or AI experience needed- If you want to participate in the AI-prototyping part, you need a Replit account (25$ for a month should be more than enough)- Be ready to set aside 2 hours for the live workshops and 3-4 hours during the week for self-practice. Only through practice can you really learn; there is no way around it.

The technical understanding a successful PM needs - nothing more.

Live workshops where we solve practical exercises together and in groups

Live workshops

Hands-on practice in the Simulators ("Tech for PMs" and then "Full-Stack AI Prototyping"), where you learn by doing

Simulator practice

Just send me a DM message in the Maven chat

Questions for the author

Non-tech Product/Program Managers who want to communicate effectively with their teams and assess the real complexity of projects

PMs, designers, and marketers to prototype features in minutes/hours or even start their own side project

Entrepreneurs/founders who want to build confidence in a tech-driven world, create an MVP on their own, and hire the right team later

Understand all core concepts of tech and lead the team with "what/why" without getting into "how"

Tech fluency to lead your team effectively

Build the ability to gauge development complexity, keeping your plans realistic and your launches on track

The skills to accurately estimate project scope and timelines

Get ready for Big Tech PM interview questions like “Can you design the architecture for a Tinder/WhatsApp/Uber/etc?”

Preparation to handle technical interviews

Clone your product’s UI, add interactive features, and wire up backend logic. All without writing code.

The ability to turn ideas into clickable prototypes

Use AI to create full-stack apps (UI, backend, database, APIs) in just hours or days. No engineering background or coding needed.

The power to build an MVP or start a side project on your own

Two related skills in one course: master tech to speak the same language with your team. Use it to AI-prototype features or a side project.

Cohort Aug'25

Vladimir Kalmykov | Lead PM @ Booking.com

Lead PM @ Booking.com, PhD, 1500+ PMs learned Tech with me

Cohort June'25

Oct'25

🚨 Independent offering. This course is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or related to any of the instructor’s current or past employers. This course is a practical roadmap for PMs who want to go from "I understand what RAG is" to "I shipped an AI product that customers love." Over 4 weeks of hands-on, interactive sessions, you'll bridge the gap between AI knowledge and shipping success. This is best suited for PMs who have at least a theoretical grasp on the latest AI concepts (RAG, MCP, Evals) and who have played around with prototyping tools like Replit, Bolt but are looking to bring AI features from prototype to production inside their companies. At the end of this course, you’ll leave able to:&nbsp; - Build and deploy functional AI agents for your personal and team workflows. - Define Your H1/H2 AI Roadmap, and lead AI product strategy with confidence and credibility. - Evaluate AI product performance with robust metrics beyond simple accuracy, or toxicity.&nbsp;After years of building AI products, I’ve noticed something surprising: every PM building with generative AI obsesses over crafting better prompts and using the latest LLM, yet almost no one masters the hidden lever behind every exceptional AI product: evaluations. - Take prototypes to production with clear implementation plans. - Collaborate effectively with AI engineers, executives and stakeholders.&nbsp; - Learn how to identify and hire great AI PMs for your team. --- WHAT TO EXPECT 1. We’ll prototype an AI product (I.e. use code gen with Cursor / Replit + langgraph/crew) to build an agentic application/system, relevant to your work or life. If you don’t have an idea, I’ll provide one/walk through one. We’ll build it together. 2. We’ll breakdown how code gen agents work to understand the inner workings of an AI product/feature (main components).Evals are the hidden lever behind every exceptional AI product. We’ll explore this in practice by running evals on your prototype and iterating on the prompt. 3. We’ll talk about best practices for getting to production, what to think about when you have real user data, how to work together with an AI team.&nbsp; 4. We’ll turn your prototype + eval system + learnings into an “AI strategy doc/artifact” that you could use to convey this ai feature to others on your team/stakeholders --- This course will be very hands-on – you’ll build real tools, evaluation frameworks, and develop implementation plans!&nbsp; - 4 week live sprint: 8 interactive live sessions packed with vibe-coding labs, eval workshops, and peer feedback loopsAll sessions will be recorded and available to students asynchronously. - Built by and led by a current practitioner – I’m sharing the playbook I use as Head of Product at Arize AI (supports companies like Uber, Instacart, Discord, Reddit) and Spotify to help hundreds of engineers launch AI-powered products. - I'll also host a dedicated Slack community where you can communicate with me and other participants.&nbsp; - All sessions will be recorded and available to students asynchronously. This is not a theoretical course about AI concepts—it's a practical roadmap for product managers who want to go from "I understand what RAG is" to "I shipped an AI product that customers love." Over 4 weeks of hands-on, interactive sessions, you'll bridge the gap between AI knowledge and shipping success.

Design, prototype, and ship AI-powered products that delight customers

We'll help you get Cursor set up, but some familiarity with coding/debugging will go a long way here (i.e. being able to read python code)

Familiarity with code recommended (but not required)

We will have sessions twice a week for 4 weeks until the last week, for a total of 7 sessions.

Mondays and Wednesdays

There will be assignments after each session to reinforce what you learned in the lesson.

Course schedule


Product Managers familiar with AI terms and concepts (LLMs, RAG, etc.) that wants to move beyond prompting to building actual AI products

PMs transitioning to AI-focused roles who see AI product leadership as their career differentiator in the next 1-2 years

Product Leaders and Executives responsible for AI strategy who need practical frameworks for evaluating and implementing AI initiatives

What makes this course unique


This course will be focused on outcomes. I've intentionally limited enrollment to ensure personalized attention during live building sessions, direct feedback on your specific AI product challenges, and meaningful connections with fellow AI-focused PMs.

Hands-On Learning in a Limited-Size Cohort

Create real AI agents and products you can use immediately—no theoretical exercises. You'll master the techniques needed to build agents that solve real problems and continuously improve over. We'll be using low code tools like Bolt, Replit and write code with Cursor

Learn by building - Live during the lesson

Each lesson includes templates and frameworks you can use the next day at your job. Learn the end-to-end process for taking AI products from concept to shipping success, including agent building, evaluation frameworks, implementation planning, and product strategy.

Apply immediately to your work

Move from prototype to production with detailed guidance on what changes when scaling AI. You'll learn strategies for maintaining quality at scale with evals while managing cost, latency, and performance constraints.

Focus on the full lifecycle

&nbsp;Learn the critical skill of designing and implementing evals that CPOs at OpenAI and Anthropic identify as essential. While everyone else is obsessing over prompts, I'll show you why evaluation frameworks are the true differentiator in AI product development.

Master evals as a PM

Analyze the best AI products on the market to identify patterns that create exceptional experiences. You'll develop frameworks for identifying high-value AI opportunities and aligning your organization around AI.

Develop AI product intuition

This isn't theory from someone who "used to" build AI products. I'm actively working with companies like Uber and Instacart to implement and improve their AI systems. Everything I teach comes from the frontlines of AI product building.

Built by someone shipping real AI products right now

Connect with like-minded professionals transitioning into AI product roles, creating a valuable network for future collaboration.

Community of peers﻿


Build, evaluate, and ship successful AI products with real-world frameworks and hands-on experience to become an advanced AI product leader

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What you need to do before you build your AI prototype