Challenges

Pick something real to build.

Each challenge has a clear outcome, a short timeline, and a portfolio-ready result. Our founding cohort's challenges are forming now — join to help shape them.

Pilot cohort2 weeks · ~5 hrs/week

Build an AI tool for a local business

A working AI tool a real business could use tomorrow.

PromptingNo-code / light codeProblem scoping
Sponsor TBD — pilot cohortView →
Launching soon1 week · ~4 hrs

Design & launch a landing page that converts

A live page you shipped — with real traffic and a real metric.

CopywritingDesign basicsWeb tools
Sponsor TBD — pilot cohortView →
Launching soon1–2 weeks · ~4 hrs/week

Automate a painful workflow

Hours given back — with proof of the before and after.

Automation toolsSystems thinkingAPIs (light)
Sponsor TBD — pilot cohortView →
Launching soon1 week · ~5 hrs

Ship a market-research brief for a startup

A brief a founder would actually pay for.

ResearchSynthesisWriting
Sponsor TBD — pilot cohortView →
Launching soon2 weeks · ~5 hrs/week

Prototype a Bitcoin or Lightning use case

A working prototype for real internet-native money.

Product thinkingLight codePayments
Sponsor TBD — pilot cohortView →

Want a challenge for your students or team?

Employers can sponsor a challenge with a real brief; schools can run one with their students.

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