Gain foundational understanding and build your personal AI operating system.
Stop relearning AI every month. In 3 weeks, turn your existing AI usage into a durable operating system -- across ChatGPT, Claude Code, CLI/embedded agents, and whatever comes next.
This is not prompting basics. It's for people already using AI who feel a gap between what they get out of AI today and actual mastery.
AI Fluency means having a "theory of mind" for how models, agents, tools, context, workflows, and hype cycles work -- so you can steer, debug, know what's worth using, and how to use it well.
The course centers around 3 pillars:
1. Gain a foundational understanding of how LLMs and agents work that will keep you ahead of the game moving forward. It's durable literacy.
2. Build a personal AI tech stack around your particular personality and workflows that will make using AI low-friction, high-trust, and high-impact across tools.
3. Develop an intentional set of habits to help you build muscle over time, because it's your reflexive ability to reach for and use AI that will make this all matter.
If you already use AI but feel like things could be easier, faster, better, then this course is for you.
What you’ll learn
Build permanent AI muscle, master the foundations of how AI actually works, and adopt future-proof tactics for the highest quality outputs.
You'll learn about the cognitive architecture that underpins not just LLMs, but the way that products and apps are built around them.
These patterns will work across AI models and will continue working as systems evolve.
If you don’t understand those layers, you’ll keep blaming the model, chasing tools, and starting from scratch.
You’ll learn how models actually work (tokens, attention, context windows), enabling a durable system for steering outcomes across tools.
I'll give you systems, shortcuts, and methods for making it second nature -- we'll build your AI muscle.
Build permanent AI muscle through systems and mental models
Gain key frameworks for model steering, result and context engineering, and the tooling to make it easier over time.
Build a compounding loop where each output improves the next. Output quality becomes a process, not luck.
A framework for the future of work that ties it all together: Orchestration, Supervision, Delivery.
You'll know why non-engineers should use Claude Code, how you should judge new tools, and methods for integrating AI into your workflows.
Feel in command of the future rather than chasing fake Zapier or n8n workflows that overpromise and underdeliver.
You’ll understand what an agent is (and isn’t), when workflows beat agents, and how to supervise agentic work so autonomy isn't chaos.
You'll master the art of progressive refinement, building complex outputs and systems, and be able to leverage all of this to be top .5%...
... whether that's at work, with a hobby, with a side project, or with something personal.
You'll walk away with a suite of surrounding tools -- pocket models, specialists, optimizers -- to give you Iron-Man-like AI capability.
Plus, methods for evaluating new models, agents, and tools as they come so you know what to adopt and what to ignore.
Learn directly from Sherveen
Sherveen Mashayekhi
Founder & CEO of Free Agency. AI Product Leader, Investor, & Applied Researcher.
Who this course is for
This is for ambitious professionals who already use AI weekly (or daily), and want reliability and leverage.
That includes founders, operators, product leaders, PMs, engineers, analysts, designers, finance, and GTM leaders.
No technical experience required. This is primarily aimed at non-technical individuals, though engineers also love this course.
Prerequisites
This course is NOT for you if...
• you want a PDF of “50 magic prompts” • you’re not curious about how AI actually works • you already live inside arXiv
If you are non-technical...
This course is made for you. We'll mostly stay outside of coding tools, except guided projects where they'll be useful even in your context.
If you're already good at using AI...
... but you still want a foundational understanding of how LLMs and agents work, you'll enjoy this course (a lot)!
What's included
Live sessions
Learn directly from Sherveen Mashayekhi in a real-time, interactive format.
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.
Projects to put theory into practice
Real-world projects help turn lessons into permanent muscle.
Real-time Q&A and seminar-style teaching
Ask questions during the course -- Sherveen wants it to be interactive!
Up to date course material
All teaching is updated in real-time as new models + products release.
Maven Guarantee
Your purchase is backed by the Maven Guarantee.
Course syllabus
11 live sessions • 8 lessons • 8 projects
Week 1
Apr
27
Inside the Black Box: How LLMs & Transformers Really Think
Apr
28
Token-Use Mindset: Future-Proof Mental Models for AI
Apr
29
Agents Masterclass: What, How, Today's Reality, Tomorrow's Possibilities
Projects: Models & Conversations
Projects: Advanced AI Use Cases
May
1
Optional: Office Hours
Week 2
May
4
Your Personal AI Tech Stack: Integration & Implementation
May
5
Scaffold and Context Engineering: Advanced Concepts
May
6
Building with AI: From Personal Software to Market-ready Applications
Projects: Agents & Workflows
May
8
Optional: Office Hours
Free resources
Schedule
Live sessions
4 hrs / week
Mon, Apr 27
5:00 PM—6:00 PM (UTC)
Tue, Apr 28
5:00 PM—6:00 PM (UTC)
Wed, Apr 29
5:00 PM—6:00 PM (UTC)
Projects
4 hrs / week
Async content
4 hrs / week
Testimonials
Within 1.5 weeks, this course propelled me from "AI curious" to "AI confident" that I'd give it a 20 out of 10 rating if I could. It's one thing to be knowledgeable, but Sherveen has the perfect combination of credibility, enthusiasm, and generosity (especially with time and resources) that made this my best AI learning experience thus far. If you're lucky enough to chance upon this course and slots are still open — run, don't walk. It's 100% worth it.
Nicola V.
Lead PMI took Sherveen’s AI Fluency Bootcamp and it ended up being one of the most formative courses I’ve done. What clicked for me is that Sherveen doesn’t just teach a single, tool-specific playbook (like “build an agent in ChatGPT”). He gives you a real mental model for the whole ecosystem: how transformers/LLMs fit together with foundation models, coding agents, and the product layers (the scaffolding) built on top of them. Beyond the fundamentals, I also picked up a few practical habits - especially around speech-to-text and generally improving how I communicate with machines - that changed how I work day to day. I’ve recommended the course repeatedly, and I’m planning to keep following his work as I go deeper into AI product and development.
Adam W.
Senior PM
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