The missing playbook to build, lead and thrive in the AI age

AI-Native Builder: 16 Day Accelerator for Product Builders and Leaders

Starts 19 September Live with Avthar Sewrathan

5.0/5.0 rating from 3 cohorts

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Who is this for?

01

Product Builders (PMs, Engineers, Designers) who are expected to embrace AI in their role but never got a playbook for how

02

Founders who want to transform their company to become AI-Native and want to lead by example

03

VP and Director level leaders who want to become more hands-on with AI and help guide their teams to embrace AI-Native ways of working

The Problem

Product builders (PM, Eng, Design) got given access to AI tools but not a playbook for impact, instead left to figure it out on their own.

Leaders are expected to accelerate their teams, but lack of hands-on experience with AI tools and best practices keeps them (and their teams) from reaching their full potential.

If you’re nodding your head at what you just read, I built this for you.

What you’ll walk away with

01Core deliverable

Project built with Claude Code / ChatGPT Codex

Hands-on experience with Claude Code and Codex to understand the jagged frontier of what’s possible with coding agents today. Usually a new feature for an existing app, a new internal tool for your team, personal software for you and your family, or an MVP for a startup / side-hustle.

02Core deliverable

Agent Skills and Automations for your job / team / personal use

You’ll build a set of Agent Skills to encode your workflows, preferences, and specific knowledge so that Agents can use them to build and work for you. Plus automations in Claude / Codex / GrokBot.

What past students have built

  • a blood donor app
  • a student hiring platform
  • a pharmacist audit tool compliant with NHS and UK nursing home requirements
  • a voice-enabled interview coach for PMs targeting MAG7 companies
  • accessible games for visually impaired players
  • a ruck timer web app
  • a personal todo app with timeline views
  • an AI landing page generator for a marketing agency
  • a personal recipe box with nutrition calculation
  • a Bluetooth-connected wellness app tracking HRV and breath work
  • an F1 grandstand comparison site
  • an AI-integrated software delivery pipeline with automated CI/CD verification

Community & support

01

US / UK / EU / India Timezone-Friendly Group Office Hours and Q&A

Get your questions answered and get help with assignments, no matter where in the world you’re located.

02

Slack community

A course slack community for async help from instructors and your cohort peers.

03

Skill Gym

60 minutes intensive group sessions to audit your workflows, teach agents your processes and preferences, and encode it as an Agent Skill.

04

MVP Sprint

60 minutes intensive group session to brainstorm, plan your project, and build your MVP with Claude Code or Codex.

$750 bonus for September cohort

“Make It Stick” post-course consultation

45 minute “Make It Stick” 1 on 1 consultation call after the course ends, to help you put what you learned into practice in your work. This is where most people get stuck after courses: they have a great time during the course, but then life gets in the way and they don’t end up applying what they learned. You won’t have that problem if you join the AI-Native Builder Accelerator.

45minutes
1 on 1 with Avthar

Every enrollee gets 1 “Make It Stick” session.

Claim within 30 days after the cohort ends.

Syllabus

What We’ll Learn Together in 16 days

  1. Coding Agent Foundations (Claude Code and ChatGPT Codex)

    • The AI-Native Builder Mindset
    • Coding Agent Anatomy: Claude Code and Codex
  2. Agentic Coding Workflows: How to Plan, Build, Test and Verify

    • Planning and Spec Driven Development
    • Agentic Engineering Workflows: Four Agentic Building Loops
    • Testing and Verification
  3. The Context Rule: Skills, Plugins, MCPs and Automations

    • Agent Skills, Plugins, and MCP Servers
    • Create your own Agent Skills and share them with your team
    • Automations and Scheduled Tasks
  4. Advanced Agentic Coding Workflows

    • How to auto-document your project
    • Multi-Agent Development Workflows
    • Goals and Loops
    • How to build systems that self-improve
    • Multi-model development: Using Claude Code and Codex together
    • 10 Tips for Managing Coding Agents
  5. How to Build AI-Native Teams and Companies

    • How to Build AI-Native Teams and Companies
    • Interviewing for AI Fluency

What you’ll be able to do after the course

Robust, repeatable workflows to plan, build, and test with coding agents

  • Build what you want the way you want it, with structured planning, issue-based, and spec-driven development workflows
  • Apply testing and verification methods to find and fix bugs automatically
  • Ship higher quality features more predictably with the RPIT and GDV agentic building loops

Equip Agents to do more for you and your team with Skills and Automations

  • Create your own set of Agent Skills to enable Agents to take action armed with your unique workflows, processes, and company knowledge
  • Enable Agents to build and do work with context of your team's tools and data with Plugins and MCPs
  • Build automations and routines to execute complex, multi-step tasks on a recurring schedule freeing you up to focus on high-leverage work

How to catalyze your career, team and company growth by becoming AI-Native

  • Learn how to adapt and re-invent your existing operating processes while protecting against AI-slop
  • Understand the security, privacy and data access considerations when using Claude Code, Codex and GrokBot and make more informed trade-offs
  • Learn best practices for working effectively with coding agents at team, org, and company scale (for enterprises and startups)

Advanced agentic workflows and techniques to take you to the next level

  • Use multi-agent development workflows to do more work in parallel and work on multiple bugs/ features at the same time
  • Learn how to develop with multiple models so you can use Claude, Codex and GrokBot all on the same project
  • Give bigger, more ambitious tasks to agents with Goals and Agent Loops

Hear what past students had to say

5.0/5.0 rating from 3 cohorts

Amazing course! I learned a ton in just 2 weeks! The course truly elevates your AI-native building capabilities and instills enough confidence such that you will be super excited to continue the learning process on your own.I would recommend this course to anyone curious about vibe coding and willing to learn!

Amay PRODUCT MANAGER
Meta

Really great course. The learning-to-time ratio is excellent. Avthar is a patient, engaging instructor who loads you up with resources to keep growing long after the course ends. Highly recommend.

Rick Director of Product & Design
Amazon

This course is good for anyone new to Claude Cod. Avtar is a brilliant instructor who makes complex AI concepts accessible for beginners. A major highlight was the multi-agent use cases, which provided the clarity I needed to start building my first mobile and web app with Claude code. Even with a busy schedule, I quickly learned to leverage features like "Skills" to streamline my workflow. It's the perfect program to move from theory to shipping real products!

Ram Customer Success
Salesforce

Avthar doesn't just teach you to code with AI — he teaches you to think like an AI-native builder. I went from idea to deployed product in one week. The frameworks and mindset shifts alone were worth the investment. Highly recommend.

Joe Founder
AI Improvement Agency

This course does exactly what it promises - Avthar helps you ship, not just experiment.

What worked especially well -

The biggest strength of the course is its emphasis on real-world workflows. The coverage of Claude Code in particular custom commands, plugins, MCPs, and multi-agent workflows goes well beyond surface-level prompting and shows how to think and operate like an AI-native builder!

Krishna Product manager
NetApp

This course with Avthar was a game-changer for how I work with Claude Code.

Walking away with real workflow changes: restructuring my oversized CLAUDE.md with progressive disclosure, setting up retro agents for structured lessons-learned, feeding PRDs into plans broken into GitHub issues and using worktrees to execute, using /clear and /compact strategically instead of letting auto-compact derail a task mid-flow, designing an async workflow where I hand off tasks at end of day and wake up to testable work, and batching smaller issues for agents to knock out while I'm offline.

Biggest reminder: the learning comes from doing. My tendency is to binge tutorials before starting. This course pushed me to watch one thing, apply it immediately, and figure out what works for my project through experimentation. That's where the real learning happens.

Highly recommend for anyone using Claude Code who wants to level up their workflow. Coming from a non-developer who feels like the last week levelled up my skills in a way that would have taken months otherwise 🙏🏼

Lexi COO & Product Manager
Health Creation Lab

I absolutely enjoyed the time I spent taking this course. The program was exceptionally well structured, from the quality and sequencing of the content to the schedule, which was thoughtfully designed for working professionals.

Coming into the course with little to no background in coding or AI tools, I was initially concerned about keeping up. However, Avthar was incredibly patient, supportive, and committed to ensuring everyone succeeded. He not only delivered engaging and practical lessons during class sessions but also dedicated many additional hours during office hours to help me with my project and answer questions in depth.

What stood out most was his genuine willingness to support students beyond the classroom. His guidance gave me the confidence to explore and apply concepts that I would have otherwise found intimidating.

I would wholeheartedly recommend this course to anyone with even the slightest interest in learning about Claude Code or OpenAI Codex. Whether you are a beginner or someone looking to expand your AI skills, this course provides an excellent foundation and a highly supportive learning experience.

Bhakti Associate Director

I found this course incredibly helpful. I am in the process of launching a product, and I could immediately apply what I learnt. I could not attend all his live sessions, but that did not matter, as I am still digesting all his video lectures that I keep returning too. The content is very practical but quite intense. He is deeply passionate about teaching and made himself very available. I cannot wait to take his next course! Thank you.

PK Mishra Product Management
PraxiumAI

Incredible experience! … It’s rare to leave a course feeling both humbled by how much there is to learn and more motivated than ever to go out and build. This sprint gave me the technical foundation and the drive to start shipping much more ambitiously.

Pia

I recently completed this course and had a great experience. The instructor was highly knowledgeable and shared a lot of practical best practices that were immediately useful. The material was very well organized, which made it easy to follow and apply.

Even as an advanced Claude Code user, I still found myself learning new things throughout the course. Definitely worthwhile for anyone looking to deepen their understanding and sharpen their skills.

Peri President
RubikX

Great course! I'd definitely recommend it to anyone who's busy but still wants to learn AI and apply it in everyday life. As a busy working mom juggling a career, household chores, and everything in between, finding time to learn something new feels almost impossible.

But during this course, I learned to create skills and custom agents — and while they were running, I was able to finish up my cooking, check on the kids, and still come back to see results waiting for me!

The things I'd only heard about or seen in the media — AI actually doing the work for you — I got to experience firsthand. If a multitasking mom with zero spare time can do it, trust me, anyone can!

Ranjeeta Senior Director of Software Engineering
BestEgg

The course levelled me up massively. From increasing my learning rate to tackling difficult technical challenges that I would never have handled without Avthar's guidance. The course also challenged my limiting beliefs and allowed me to increase my learning rate thereby increasing my capabilities. The course couldn't have come at a better time especially with the current acceleration in AI landscape. I got firsthand knowledge about the latest relevant skills applicable immediately through the just in time learning.

Wills Masters Student
Bunifu

Great Instructor, very experienced, extremely helpful and great learning experience.

Farid Chief Information and Digital Officer
CPA Australia

This course helped me go from hacking around with AI to actually shipping things that work. If you’re the kind of builder who likes to tinker, learn by doing, and turn ideas into real products, this course clicks immediately.

Larry Founder
StealthCo

Great course, highly recommend! … learning best practices was the best part!

Pembe Software Engineer
BMW

this course is amazing!! It really takes you from theory to practical skills and gives the confidence to build. You really only learn when u build not from watching endless youtube vids. The course is worth much more than whats charged its a bargain!!

thanks so much avthar your the best teacher of ai ive come across

Amish Clinical Lead
infohealth

… The course was very well planned, clearly structured, and delivered in a way that made complex workflows easy to understand and apply.

Avthar is an outstanding instructor—clear, practical, and focused on real-world execution. …

Highly recommended for anyone who wants to ship faster and work smarter with modern AI-assisted development tools.

Nick President
AppA11y

Avthar is excellent. He's organized. Detailed. And he keeps things moving quickly. I appreciated the generous time he had allotted for 1:1 strategizing and personalized help. I highly recommend this course.

Steve Scout
Strategic Gumption

This course was an absolute inflection point for me. … he teaches you how to think like an AI-native builder. The 'PSB System' (Plan, Setup, Build) and the deep dives into advanced Claude Code features like CLAUDE.md, Skills, and MCPs completely changed my workflow. I went from basic prompting to building complex apps with confidence in just a few days. If you want to raise your ceiling and ship real products, this accelerator is a must.

Alex CEO
digitalhoneycomb GmbH

An eye-opening course for both technical and non-technical audiences.

Avthar uses a focused, efficient approach to cover everything from core fundamentals to the latest advanced strategies in a short amount of time. The course helps students quickly identify their current skill ceiling while also making them aware of what they can achieve with continued learning and practice.

Camilo Mobile Engineer
SumUp

Avthar is an excellent instructor and resource. He makes himself available to his students throughout the week and helps individuals build their ideas no matter what their level or background. This class is packed with good ideas, it's very well laid out - there's too much to absorb in two weekends.

Jeffrey AI Product Owner
The Hartford

This course changed the way I approach using Claude. The instructor breaks down complex concepts into actionable steps along with demo's and clear explanations.

Ashok Sr Software Engineer
WellSky

Avthar is an excellent instructor, and the course is extremely well structured. In a space like AI-assisted software development where it’s easy to feel overwhelmed this course provides a clear, practical path that sets you up for success.

His depth of expertise with Claude Code is outstanding, and the curriculum is thoughtfully organized to build confidence step by step. One of the most valuable aspects of the course is the strong sense of community. Learning alongside motivated peers, sharing ideas, and helping each other made the experience both effective and genuinely enjoyable.

Learning something hard is much easier when you’re not doing it alone and this course delivers exactly that support system. Highly recommended 110%.

Mishit CTO
Genea

I don't like exaggerated expressions but this course was mind blowing! I have a developer background but so far had most dismissed AI vibe coding as not so serious. The Claude Code portion of the course totally changed my mind and the fact that we went from 0 to publish ready app in no time gave me the confidence to now take this new skill and just run with it.

Ali Founder
TimeGo.com

I really valued this course. It wasn’t just about learning a new tool, it changed how I think about working with AI. The course encouraged structured thinking, better prompts, and more intentional workflows rather than quick shortcuts. Even as a beginner, I found it challenging in a good way. It pushed me to slow down, think more clearly, and actually understand what I was doing instead of just copying steps. I also learned a lot from the questions and insights shared by other participants. I’m already applying what I learned to real projects and daily workflows to increase productivity in my business,

Ismael Accounting Insurance
WFG & IPS Inc

September cohort bonuses

Bonus 1

45 minute “Make It Stick” post-course consultation call

1 on 1 call to help you put what you learn into practice. Claim within 30 days after the cohort ends.

$750value
Bonus 2

Avthar’s Agent Skills

Straight from Avthar’s .skills folder to you. Includes the latest versions of Avthar’s Skills for development (planning, testing, auto-documentation, creating issues, git workflows) and knowledge work (ideation, reflection, research, learning a new tool / topic etc).

$700+value
Bonus 3

High-Signal AI Toolkit: Curated Skills, MCPs and Plugins

A curated collection of the best 3rd party skills, plugins and MCPs for you and your team to try. Includes Skills for UI/ UX design, planning and project organization, getting rid of AI slop in writing and code and more hidden-gems.

$300value
Bonus 4

S-Tier Stack

Research-backed, coding agent-friendly recommended stack to use when building (includes databases, deployment, authentication, payments, email, AI models etc).

$200value
Bonus 5

Avthar’s Template Library

Lightweight templates for project brainstorms, project specs, individual feature specs, and github issues to help you build with more structure, yours to use and adapt to your team / company.

$300value
Bonus 6

“Watch Me Build” Watchalongs

Live build sessions that are too long / in the weeds for Youtube. Watch me create and iterate on a Skill from a workflow, and plan, build, and test a new feature end to end. Ask questions along the way. Learn practitioner tricks to adapt and apply to your own workflows

$700value
Bonus 7

Technical Foundations 5 Hour Workshop Recording

“Non-technical”? No problem. Learn the essential concepts behind how software works to help you build with AI.

$449value

Course + bonuses

Total value$5,399+
Your course price$2,000 USD
Secure your seat

Join the next cohort and become AI-Native.

September 19 – October 4, 2026

Closes Sep 18, 11:59 PM ET

Cohorts are capped at 32 students to ensure a tight-knit experience. Enrollment will close once we've reached the limit (no exceptions).

Early bird offer for the first 10 people

Essential

Limited to 32 students
Total package value$5,399
$2,000USD
Enroll

The course + $3,399+ in bonuses

Live learning

38 scheduled live hours

  • 28 hours of core classes
  • 10 hours of optional group Q&A
  • 16 live sessions · 25 lessons · 2 projects

Hands-on building

  • Skill Gym Workshop 60 minutes
  • MVP Sprint Workshop 60 minutes

Personal support

  • Slack community
  • 1 “Make It Stick” session 45 minute post-course consultation call.

Claim your Make It Stick session within 30 days after the cohort ends.

Resources to keep

  • Avthar’s Agent Skills
  • High-Signal AI Toolkit
  • S-Tier Stack
  • Avthar’s Template Library
  • “Watch Me Build” Watchalongs
  • Technical Foundations 5 Hour Workshop Recording
  • Recordings, course materials and certificate of completion

Early bird

Sold out
Total package value$6,649
$2,000USD
Sold out

More 1:1 support to turn what you learn into lasting results.

Everything in Essential, plus $1,250 in extra value

  • 1 × Personalized Pre-course Assessment Session (worth $500)To help you make the most out of your investment in the 16 Day Accelerator.We’ll schedule these for September 14–18.
  • 2 × 45 minute Make It Stick 1 on 1 consultation calls (worth $1,500)To help ensure that you apply what you learned after the Accelerator ends.Includes the call in Essential, plus one extra call worth $750.Claim call 1 within 30 days after the course ends.Claim call 2 within 60 days after the course ends.

Employer reimbursement

Can my company pay?

Many people get the AI-Native Builder Accelerator reimbursed or expensed under Learning or Professional Development budgets or on an ad-hoc basis.

Here is a letter to send to your manager to help you lay out the business case for the accelerator:

Get the reimbursement letter

Self-funding

Save $500 with code OUTOFPOCKET

$1,500 USD with code

Bring Your Team Bonus

Avthar will do a private talk / Q+A with you and your team (in-person in NYC or virtual anywhere else) if you enroll 3 or more builders in the September cohort.

Email Avthar to access
Avthar Sewrathan
Avthar SewrathanAI Founder | Prev Staff PM, GM for AI

Meet the Instructor

Founder @ Alpha Clarity | Prev: Staff PM @ MongoDB, GM for AI @ Timescale

Avthar helps professionals build, lead and thrive with AI.

He is the co-founder and CEO of Alpha Clarity, an AI education company helping individuals and teams become AI-Native.

Avthar has spent a decade in tech as a Staff Product Manager and Product Leader building for enterprises and startups. He’s built products and led teams at companies like MongoDB (public database company), Timescale (unicorn startup), and is a former VC-backed startup founder.

His YouTube channel (AI with Avthar) has become one of the top resources for learning AI coding tools and agents. Viewers call his videos "the best resource for Claude Code usage," "worth its weight in gold," and "the best video on any AI coding tool, period."

Frequently asked questions

Experience & tools

I have no coding experience. Can I still take this course?

Yes. People with zero coding background have successfully built and deployed apps in this course.

You'll receive access to Technical Foundations workshop ($449) as a bonus, which will teach you all the technical concepts you need to build with AI in the course.

I'm an engineer, is this course for me?

Yes. If you feel you can do more with AI agents into your planning, development and testing workflows, this course can help you get there.

You'll learn advanced Claude Code and Codex workflows to increase your productivity in all aspects of the software development lifecycle, enabling you to scale your impact.

I already use Claude Code and Codex. How much more will I learn?

Advanced agentic workflows and techniques to take you to the next level

  • Use multi-agent development workflows to do more work in parallel and work on multiple bugs/ features at the same time
  • Learn how to develop with multiple models so you can use Claude, Codex and GrokBot all on the same project
  • Give bigger, more ambitious tasks to agents with Goals and Agent Loops

Explore the syllabus

Which AI tools does this course use?

We'll use Claude Code, Codex and Grok Bot.

All you need is a laptop (Mac preferred), and accounts for each tool.

  • Willingness to try and learn by doing: The magic comes from applying what you learned in your own projects and work
  • AI Tool access (via work or subscription): Access to Claude Code, ChatGPT Codex and Grok Bot for use during the course

Time, access & support

I have a busy work and family life. How can I fit this course into my schedule?

The course is intentionally structured to cater to professionals with busy schedules.

We've had busy working parents successfully complete the course and report transformative outcomes.

All sessions are recorded and there are multiple live Q+A and help slots to cater to busy schedules.

I'm based outside the USA. Will the timing of the course work for me?

Yes! We've had students from all over the world (Europe / Africa/ Asia / Oceania). We adjust or open up new office hours time slots to ensure everyone can get support during the week.

Weekend live sessions are unfortunately less flexible and may require late nights or early mornings for those not in the US or European time zones.

What happens if I can’t make a live session?

All live sessions will be recorded and available within 24 hours in your Maven account.

However, attending sessions live is strongly encouraged, even if you have to wake up early or stay up late. The course is intentionally structured to enable professionals with busy schedules to focus on building without work related distractions.

What happens after the course ends?

You'll get access to all recordings, course materials, bonus materials and your certificate of completion.

45 minute “Make It Stick” post-course consultation call: 1 on 1 call to help you put what you learn into practice. Claim within 30 days after the cohort ends.

Early bird offer for the first 10 people: an additional Bonus Make It Stick Post-course consultation (claim within 60 days after the course) — help ensure that you apply what you learned.

Payment & teams

What is Maven?

Maven is the education platform we use for the AI-Native Builder Accelerator. When you check out, you’ll create a Maven account and access the course calendar and live sessions through Maven.

Can my company reimburse or pay for this course?

Yes, here is guidance for reimbursement. Please reach out to Avthar via email if you need help.

There is a strong case for employers to reimburse this course under Learning or Professional Development budgets or on a ad-hoc basis.

I want to bring multiple members of my team / company. How can I do that?

Avthar will do a private talk / Q+A with you and your team (in-person in NYC or virtual anywhere else) if you enroll 3 or more builders in the September cohort.

Email Avthar to access

What's the refund policy?

Your purchase is backed by the Maven Guarantee.

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