The Bootstrapping AI Framework: 0 to 100,000 Users

Hosted by Jason Tan

Thu, Jul 2, 2026

10:30 PM UTC (45 minutes)

Virtual (Zoom)

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52 students

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What you'll learn

Scale adoption for AI products

I will show you how to scale adoption for AI products with no VC funding and a marketing team.

Use your engineering skills for marketing

Build free, tiny tools and AI agents to solve specific problems, organically attracting and converting users.

Grow and market without the content treadmill

Skip social media. Partner with others and integrate into bigger platforms to "borrow" their audiences.

Why this topic matters

Mastering this framework frees founders from the VC hamster wheel and expensive marketing agencies. It allows you to retain control and equity while proving real market demand. Professionally, it elevates you into a growth-driven PM who controls both the product roadmap and user adoption. Students leave with zero-dollar growth loops to immediately acquire their first 100, then 1,000 users.

You'll learn from

Jason Tan

Bootstrapped AI Founder | Author & Speaker | AI Product & Business Advisor

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Substack

I am the Chief AI Officer at Ascendnce. We build AI agents that scale revenue without adding headcount, automating real operations like lead research and email triage.

Previously, I grew Engage AI to 100,000 users and built pricing systems for major insurers. After 20 years in data science, I prefer execution over theory. I map business workflows to prove financial cases and build actual technology.

In this course, I teach engineers and corporate employees this approach. You will learn to identify expensive bottlenecks, work backwards, and rapidly prototype a functional AI product. You leave with the frameworks and a working AI prototype to become an internal product leader.

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