Learn to build with AI. From zero.
I'm a surgeon. With no technical background, in one year I built 13 products using AI as my mentor. Here I teach you exactly how, step by step.
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- 13
- products built in 1 year
- 0
- technical background at the start
- 100%
- learned with AI as mentor
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Learn by playing — no signup.
This is how a lesson feels here: you don't read about AI, you touch it. A real simulation, straight from Module 0.
Tokenizador: ve cómo la IA parte tu texto
18
Tokens
10
Palabras
63
Caracteres
1.8
Tokens / palabra
Aproximación visual: los modelos no ven letras ni palabras, ven tokens (fragmentos). Por eso a veces cuentan mal las letras de una palabra — literalmente no las ven.
Explore the Academy
Everything you get, in one place.
The full course
13 modules, 60+ lessons — from zero to launched.
Open →🚀Your own project
AI suggests one from your interests; build it step by step.
Open →📡Personal Tech Radar
AI news tied to YOUR project, with how to apply it.
Open →💬Community
A builders' forum: share progress, ask, help others.
Open →✨Showcase
Real projects built by the community.
Open →📝Blog
Guides to learn to build with AI.
Open →How it works
The path you walk in the Academy.
Understand the terrain
What AI, models and software really are — no jargon.
Master the tools
Claude, Cursor, Codex, the 2026 model landscape, and prompting.
Land YOUR project
AI suggests a project from your interests — it becomes your thread.
Build it, module by module
Backend, database, AI features, services — each module adds a real piece.
Close each module with an exam
Applied-comprehension quizzes; 80% to pass. No passive scrolling.
Launch, and get certified
Ship your project, earn your certificate, and show it in the Showcase.
And you're never alone: a builders' community, a Tech Radar tied to your project, and a Showcase to present what you build.
Why this is different
Not taught by a guru. Taught by someone who did it.
I operate by day. I build the rest of the time. I don't come from programming: I learned to build with AI the same way I'll teach you. No filler theory, no 60 tools you never use. Just the real path, broken down, so you build what you imagine too. Doctor-Coded.
From an idea to a product people actually use.
The right idea
How to spot a real problem worth solving, and validate it before writing a single line.
Build with AI
Your stack and your method: using AI as a copilot to go from idea to a working prototype, without being a career coder.
A real product
From prototype to product: auth, payments, database, design. What separates a demo from something people use and pay for.
Launch and grow
Ship it, get your first users, improve with data. Build in public, marketing and community.
What's inside
A community and a complete system to learn by doing.
Community
A tribe of builders backing each other. Feed, questions answered, wins shared.
Step-by-step courses
From zero to your first product, broken down, clear and actionable. With progress and achievements.
Live sessions
We build together in real time. You see the real process, not toy examples.
1:1 mentorship
Direct support for your project. We unblock what's holding you back.
Weekly Tech News
What matters in AI each week, filtered and applicable — no noise.
My real stack
The same tools and flows I used to build 13 products. No secrets.
What they say
People who started from zero.
“I'd never written code. In weeks I had my first app working and shipped.”
“I stopped feeling lost among a thousand tools. Finally a clear path.”
“The best part isn't that it teaches AI — it teaches you to think like a builder.”
Plans
Start free. Upgrade when you're ready.
Builder
- ✓All courses, step by step
- ✓Live sessions
- ✓Gamification + certificates
- ✓Your progress and achievements
- ✓Full community
Mentorship
limited spots
- ✓Everything in Builder
- ✓3 monthly 60-min 1:1 calls (start, midpoint, end)
- ✓Review of your project
- ✓Direct support on Discord/WhatsApp
The best time to start building is now.
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Who teaches you
Not theory. You learn from the one who built it.
I'm César, an IMSS surgeon. In July 2025 I couldn't code. A year later I had 13 real products live on the internet, built using AI as my mentor. The Academy is exactly that path, laid out for you to walk it.
13
products shipped
1
year, from zero
0
programming degrees