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Cohort #3 - Build to Learn AI

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"Build to Learn AI" is a 4-week cohort where you use AI with purpose every single day and walk into Demo Day having built something real.

You don't need to be technical. You don't need a project idea on Day 1. You need to commit to using AI meaningfully 15-30 minutes a day and the willingness to show up.

📅 29th August – 26th September 2026

15 builders · Daily check-ins · Saturday Show & Tell

No lectures. No certificates.

Just you, building.

Fellow cohort members, building.

And your cohort guide - building too!

The Greatest Era of Building Wonderful things is upon us.

Will be inside the ground in the Building XI...

OR watching it from the stands as a spectator...

Here's what happened in past two cohorts

Two cohorts. 20 builders. 16 projects shipped.

Zero lines of code written by hand. Zero refunds.

Every one of these was built by someone non-technical, in four weeks, alongside their full-time job:

Club 60: a multilingual companion app for senior citizens: reminders, one-touch SOS, health tips, memory games. Built by a VP at an IT company, for her mother-in-law.

Gather & Grains: a weekly meal planner with 100+ recipes, auto-generated grocery list, and a night-before prep checklist. Built by an architect in Dubai who wasn't sure she could build anything at all.

Cakeday: a personalised birthday poster generator with Google sign-in and custom avatars. Built by a banking professional who started at "complete beginner."

A delegation agent: photograph a handwritten task list, and it structures the tasks, emails the EA, and logs everything for pattern analysis. Turned 45 minutes of every morning into seconds.

NutriQids · INGRI Lens · Noteflix · Habit Lift · a personal wealth dashboard and seven more.

Don't take my word for it. Here's Nikita's 28-day journey...

DOES THIS SOUND FAMILIAR?

"Everyone's learning AI. I should too… but where do I even start?"

"I use AI apps & tools sometimes. But its not yet part of my daily routines & workflows. How do I integrate them to become an AI-powered human"

"I use AI apps a lot but mostly as a consumer - of having my questions answered. I want to actually build things with AI now"

"I don't want another course. I want to actually do something."

If you nodded at any of these, this cohort is built for you.

In 4 weeks, you can go from AI-overwhelmed to AI-familiar, with enough momentum to march forward into becoming an AI-native.

Not by watching tutorials — but by building, daily, alongside 14 people doing the same.

WHAT THEY SAID

"What stands out about Aniket is not his teaching, but his ability to facilitate learning. He is honest, grounded, and genuinely invested in the growth of the cohort members." — Phani Vijay, Cohort 1 & 2 · went on to build his own AI news app after the cohort got over.

"Before joining, I had only listened about AI apps and how they help in day-to-day life, but I was not sure how to implement it. It helped me take a first step." — Nikita Joshi, Cohort 1 & 2 · shipped a birthday poster generator

"Build to Learn AI is an innovative initiative led by Aniket Rai, in which participants learn AI by building real projects. Building is the new way to learn and show your skills." — Mihir Gosalia, Cohort 1

HOW IT WORKS

🗓️ Kickoff Call: Sat, 29th August, 4:30 PM IST [12 PM BST; 7 AM EST]

Introductions, what each person wants to build, and we set the rhythm. (Recorded if you can't make it live.)

Between the Saturdays — daily check-ins, Mon–Fri. One line and one screenshot in the group: "Today I used AI to ___." That's it!

The bar is deliberately low, because doing what you committed matters, building a streak is what drives.

And truth be told - in our busy lives, you could someday be putting 2 hours to build & learn; and on somedays even 15 mins would be a challenge. Guess what - Every effort counts, not the size/duration/intensity of it.

Saturday Show & Tell: 5th, 12th & 19th September, 4:30–5:30 PM IST.

It's here that being in the Build to Learn AI Cohort becomes a game-changer!

Everyone gets 3-4 minutes to show what they built & learnt in the week. You'll get more ideas and feedback in this one hour than from weeks of doomscrolling on LinkedIn or X and even Instagram!

While I strongly recommend everyone to attend all Saturdays, if you couldn't attend on a certain Saturday, you will get a recording and detailed meeting notes + action items for each individual.

BTW it becomes so good that I have seen cohort members attend the Saturday Show & Tell sessions from their car, from the airport before boarding their flight! Join in to experience the same 😉

DEMO Day: Sat, 26th September, 4:30–6:00 PM IST 🚀

Your finale. Showcase what you built & learnt about AI in less than a month! Invite your friends and family.

Who this Cohort is for

✅ Working professionals who are curious about AI but stuck in overwhelm.

✅ Parents who need accountability, not another playlist of pre-recorded videos

✅ Mid-career Professionals who want to become AI-native before their industry forces them to.

✅ Founders & Solopreneurs who want to use AI to move their business forward

✅ Students who want to end September with a built thing, not notes

Who it's not for:

If you want pre-recorded lectures, or just a LinkedIn certificate, or you can't commit ~15 minutes a day; just skip this one, sincerely.

I don't teach AI.

I facilitate so you can build & learn AI

Internet already has more AI tutorials than you could finish in ten lifetimes! (not kidding!) Information was never the problem.

Staying committed to learning consistently and to remain accountable to our personal & professional growth is the problem.

What's missing then is a room of excellence: where you have a reason to use AI with purpose every day; where fellow builders check-ins drive you to check-in too; an hour on Saturdays where you see what's possible because someone next to you just did it; and a finish line to march toward.

And I'm not an AI guru, and that's also the point. Nobody is an AI expert especially at the incredible pace these AI models are evolving. (If you come across someone who calls themselves an AI expert, run as fast as you can!)

I'm a few steps ahead of you, and I use every tool I teach, daily. In June I spent an entire Sunday from 7 AM to 11:30 PM just to fix a security hole in my own app, with nobody watching and nothing riding on it. That's the thing I'm actually modelling for you: not knowing everything, but not quitting either.

I'll also tell you what I got wrong. In Cohort 1, I promised a daily resource drip in the final week and under-delivered. I don't make cadence promises anymore. What's on this page is what you get. Nothing more, and all of it.

Most people who finish these four weeks ship something. A couple who could't - they're welcome back, and some have come back twice. I'd rather tell you this than pretend the success rate is 100%.

Your Investment to become an AI-Pro

₹4,599 — one payment, no tiers, no upsell. The price adjusts by country (parity pricing), so you pay a fair rate wherever you're joining from.

Comparable four-week live cohorts run ₹10,000–40,000 with ~100 people in the room. This cohort is capped at 15 and run by one person who shows up to every single call.

If the number is genuinely the blocker for you, message me. I'd rather have the conversation than lose you to a price tag.

What you also get

🎁 Curated AI tool list: so Week 1 isn't wasted figuring out where to start

🎁 Basecamp: one site for every call, recording and the Wins Board

🎁 A 1:1 guidance call in Week 1: we pick your build together

🎁 Lifetime access to the cohort group, plus discounted access to future cohorts

🎁 An invitation to Build Deep: the advanced track, reachable only by graduating a cohort.

FAQs

"I genuinely don't have an idea for what to build." Almost nobody does on Day 1. That's what the 1:1 onboarding call in Week 1 is for — we find the thing you already complain about weekly and turn that into the build. Nimisha's meal planner started as "I hate deciding what to cook."

"Can I do this on my work laptop?" Please don't. Most organisations have policies about personal AI tool use on company devices, and I'd rather want you use a personal machine and personal accounts.

"I'm really not technical." Neither is anyone in the build list above. An architect, a banking professional, an insurance VP. Zero lines of code were written by hand across two cohorts.

"Do I need to pay for AI tools on top of this?" No. Everyone builds on free tiers, and free tiers are deliberately part of the method — they force sharper prompting. If you're on Jio or Airtel in India, you likely already have Gemini or Perplexity Pro included and don't know it.

Risk Free First Week

Join the kickoff on 29th August and experience the full first week. If by the end of the first Show & Tell on 5th September you feel this isn't for you, just message me: full refund, no questions asked, just feedback taken to enhance future cohorts.

Zero refunds requested to date, across two cohorts.

🚨 8 seats filled. 7 seats left. We start Saturday, 29th August.

I keep the group small on purpose — the Saturday call stops working as a room the moment it stops being a room, and I can't give 30 people personal attention. When the seats are gone, they're gone.

Four weeks from now you'll either have built something, or you'll be exactly where you are today reading a page like this one. That's the entire decision.

What are people saying

Over the last month in Aniket’s AI Cohort, I’ve gone through a genuine mindset shift—from simply being curious about AI to actually building with it every single day. I walked in feeling unsure and a bit overwhelmed by how fast AI is evolving, and I’m walking out with the confidence to experiment, create, and ship real outcomes using AI tools. What stands out about Aniket is not just his knowledge, but the way he turns learning into a lived experience. His daily nudges, tool tips, and prompts pushed me to do AI, not just read or listen about it. The weekly “Show & Tell” sessions created a safe, high‑energy space where all of us could share wins, failures, and experiments, and that community energy made a huge difference. Because of this cohort, I went from a learner to a creator: I built a full‑fledged e‑commerce website and even my first AI Agent, powered entirely by AI tools like ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot, NotebookLM, Canva, Claude and more. More importantly, I now feel confident to explore new tools on my own and apply AI in my work and daily life. If you are someone who doesn’t just want “AI knowledge” but wants to build an AI habit and actually adopt AI in your day‑to‑day life, I strongly recommend learning from Aniket. His cohort is practical, hands‑on, emotionally supportive, and truly transformational for anyone serious about becoming AI‑native.

Sadanand Padmawar

Jun 2026

Build to Learn AI is an innovative initiative led by Aniket Rai, in which participants learn AI by building real projects. Building is the new way to learn and show your skills. You are expected to demonstrate your AI skills, and this cohort will help you do that. I have been part of Aniket’s community since 2024, and I credit him for helping me build great new habits, like reading daily and always learning something new. In the Build to Learn AI Cohort, Aniket facilitates participants in creating their own AI projects. He introduces tools such as Wisprflow and NotebookLM and shows how they support your journey in building AI projects. One of the best things about joining these cohorts is being surrounded by like-minded people. You can learn by seeing what others build and get inspired to work on your own projects. You also have the opportunity to share your knowledge and help others. Participation and communication go both ways in these groups. Aniket is a tech visionary who stays up to date with the latest trends and is always willing to share his knowledge. Technology and AI are more important than ever, and joining this cohort is a great way to get familiar with them. I highly recommend joining the Build to Learn AI Cohorts.

Mihir Gosalia

Jun 2026

I would like to sincerely thank Aniket for including me in the cohort he created to help people learn and explore AI tools and technologies. It has been a valuable learning experience. Through the cohort, I was introduced to tools such as Claude, GitHub, Netlify, and several other stuff that broadened my perspective and accelerated my learning journey. The exposure, discussions, and collaborative environment helped me gain enough confidence and knowledge to design and build an application of my own. What stands out about Aniket is not his teaching, but his ability to facilitate learning. He is honest, grounded, and genuinely invested in the growth of the cohort members. He understands the challenges people face while learning something new and creates an environment where members can learn at their own pace while still being encouraged to stretch their capabilities. He continuously adapts the structure, discussions, and activities to maximize learning and engagement for everyone involved. I highly recommend participating in the initiatives that Aniket facilitates. For individuals who are serious about learning, growing, and applying themselves consistently, the experience can be truly transformative. The cohort provides not only access to knowledge and tools but also a supportive community that encourages continuous growth and experimentation.

Phani Vijay P

Jun 2026

I initially joined the Build to Learn AI Cohort with some hesitation, unsure whether it would provide value beyond the countless AI resources already available online. However, my experience turned out to be both insightful and highly practical. What sets this cohort apart is that it is not focused on teaching AI models or tools in isolation. Instead, it encourages participants to identify the specific ways AI can create meaningful impact in their own careers and workflows. Aniket does an excellent job of introducing relevant AI tools while helping participants understand where and how they fit into their personal and professional contexts. One of the most valuable outcomes for me was building two pocket applications during the cohort. This hands-on experience significantly boosted my confidence and reinforced the importance of continuously questioning and refining a product to make it simpler, more effective, and more useful for end users. Another highlight of the program is the weekend Show & Tell sessions. These sessions provide participants with an opportunity to showcase what they have built, learn from others, receive feedback, and gain inspiration from diverse ideas. In my view, this is one of the standout elements of the cohort and contributes greatly to the overall learning experience. Thank you, Aniket, for creating a learning environment that goes beyond AI theory and focuses on practical application, experimentation, and continuous improvement. The cohort has helped me develop both confidence and a more structured approach to building AI-powered solutions.

Sushma Katha

Jun 2026

The Daily Cohort has made a real difference in my life. It’s commendable to see our achievements compared to our previous version. Working together in a cohort keeps us less distracted, gives us inner satisfaction, and even brings new wonders into our lives. I’m truly grateful to all the members for always keeping motivated.Thanks a ton Aniket for your initiative and constant efforts to help people chase what their heart says, and for creating such a life changing experience that makes us believe that actions lead us to the purpose we dream of.

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Jul 2026

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