Course Description

This course provides students with hands-on experience in building, validating, and scaling real startups at unprecedented speed using the latest artificial intelligence (AI) tools. The story of technological progress has been a steady march towards abstraction, speed, cost efficiency, and ease of use. In the not-so-distant past entrepreneurs had to rack their own servers, directly connect to complex payment networks, and manually write all code. Today, it is quite possible to have an idea in the morning and a live, working product with paying customers by the same evening. 

Throughout the semester, students will learn about cutting edge large language models, AI agents, voice generation protocols, code creation tools, and marketing augmentation platforms. With no engineering prerequisites, the course is open to all students. Interdisciplinary teams will develop, refine, and market functional technology products, striving for actual customer adoption and revenue generation. Guest speakers will include the founders of best-in-class AI tools and industry leaders, who will share their entrepreneurial journeys as well as give tips and tricks on using AI. 

By the conclusion of the course, students will have gained valuable experience in launching technology-driven products, navigating real-world market challenges, and understanding how AI tools can amplify the entrepreneurial process. The final outcome will be a Demo Day, where students show off the products they have built and the traction they have generated to a room full of their peers, industry professionals, and investors. 

 

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Instructor

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Khalil Fuller

Khalil is a Partner at Pear and the Head of Dorm. He supports student entrepreneurs, from first years to PhD candidates, in refining their ideas and taking bold action to pursue startup success.
Khalil is a multi-time founder. The companies he has started have cumulatively reached over $100M in revenue and 5M+ users. He was the Co-founder & CEO of Learn Fresh, a K-12 edtech company that makes math fun using the statistics and celebrity of professional sports, the Co-Founder & President of Boundless, a venture studio that builds and backs vertical SaaS companies in overlooked markets, the Founder of Trak Changes, a productivity software tool for the construction industry, and the Founder & CEO of Gift Card Bank, a nonprofit that distributes gift cards to low-income families in need.
He graduated from Brown University and earned his MBA & MA Ed from Stanford as a Knight-Hennessy Scholar.
Khalil lives in Berkeley with his wife Hadley and their Australian Shepherd named Thisbe.