Zo Computer

Velocity Coding: Building at the Speed of Thought

Stripe

Venmo

Ben Guo

Co-founder of Zo Computer, previously helped build Venmo and Stripe.

Principles for AI-augmented coding

Building intentionally with a phased workflow

Creating an AI-native codebase

Become an AI-native builder who ships confidently with Claude Code and Codex

AI Product Leader & AI Coding Educator

MongoDB

Timescale

YouTube

Princeton University

Avthar Sewrathan

4-11 April 2026

25 July - 9 August

Most AI coding courses help you tinker. This one helps you ship.You'll build 2 real projects of your choice using the best AI coding tools on the market today: Claude Code from Anthropic and Codex from OpenAI.In the process, you'll become an AI-native builder: mastering workflows for planning, development, and testing with AI coding agents. I created this course to help you go beyond tutorials and actually ship. It's what I can't offer on YouTube: personalized support, faster progression, and accountability to ship alongside other builders.The workflows and tips you'll learn are based on hard-won experience using AI to ship production-ready software, from me and some of the best AI-native engineers in the world.And you won't build alone, with 12+ hours of office hours and Q+A across the course, a Slack community for async help, and debugging support when you hit walls.Ready to become an AI-native builder? Let's go!

Become an AI-Native Builder.  Ship real projects. Master Claude Code and Codex.

Build production apps with a repeatable AI coding workflow

Customize Claude and Codex with Plugins, Skills, and MCPs

Automate and scale with advanced agentic workflows

Navigate the evolving AI coding landscape with confidence

While sample project ideas and prompts will be provided, this course is most helpful if you have ideas for things you want to build.

Ideas for projects to build

We'll use tools like the terminal and GitHub in the course. If you're not familiar with them, no problem, just come ready to learn fast.

Willingness to learn fast

Software Engineers who want to go from tab-complete to AI-led in their planning, building, testing and review workflows.

Founders and Business Owners who want to be hands on in product development and avoid outsourcing control.

Product Managers who want to expand their impact by prototyping, testing, and shipping faster without cross-functional bottlenecks.

 Stop waiting on engineering. Build it yourself in 3 hours.  

Former Director of AI @ Microsoft, IBM

Microsoft

Coursera

UC Berkeley

NumFOCUS

Gabriela de Queiroz

Ex-Microsoft & IBM AI leader | AI Advisor for Startups

Cohort 1

Cohort 2

🚨 Last cohort was sold out. FEW SEATS LEFT!AI is changing who gets to build.PMs are shipping tools they used to request from engineering. Analysts are building dashboards they used to wait weeks for. Founders are testing ideas without hiring teams first.The gap between having an idea and shipping something real has collapsed — if you know how to direct AI correctly.In this workshop, you'll learn the workflow modern AI builders use to go from idea → working product fast.By the end of this workshop, you will have: ✅ A working AI-powered product built from your own idea ✅ My exclusive 6-Question Build Brief that you can reuse for every idea you have ✅ Your own CLAUDE.md and supporting files so Claude Code work the way you work ✅ The build-fix-adjust loop template that makes Claude Code productive instead of frustrating ✅ Custom Claude Code skills tailored for you ✅ Additional materials to support your journey after the workshop ➕ Live feedback on your idea, workflow, and product direction from an AI leader who has evaluated hundreds of AI products and startups. Cohorts are intentionally small so you can get direct support throughout the session.

Go from idea → working product in one afternoon, without writing a single line of code.

Turn any idea into a build-ready plan with the 6-Question Build Brief

Learn how to direct Claude Code like a builder

Learn the build-fix-adjust loop modern AI builders use

Learn where AI accelerates your work — and where human judgment matters

Leave with a working product built from your own idea

PMs, analysts, marketers, founders, consultants, researchers, and operators who want to move faster without waiting on engineering

Non-engineers who want to learn the workflow modern AI builders use to turn ideas into working prototypes

People who are tired of watching AI tutorials and want to actually build something real

A two-week sprint to rebuild your Personal OS, master the "Learning to Learn" loop, and turn your core expertise into a 5x force multiplier.

Product Leader and Super IC at Google

Google

Disney+ Hotstar

Zynga

Anshumani Ruddra

Cohort I

You're stuck in the coordination trap. Meetings, approvals, stakeholder alignment consume your weeks - but actual product work feels distant. Meanwhile, AI-empowered teams are shipping faster.This isn't your fault - the model itself is collapsing.Flattened orgs, smaller teams, and AI-driven workflows have created a new reality:The most valuable product leaders are not managers, they are high-output individuals who can take a problem from insight and strategy → functioning prototype → live productThe market is shifting toward the product Super IC - someone who can build momentum without waiting for permission, resources, or headcount.This course is not a tool tutorial. You can find those on YouTube. This is a system rebuild. Over two weeks, you will:Build a Personal Agentic OS 🤖<ul><li>⚙️ Automate meeting synthesis, PRDs, research, and stakeholder updates.</li><li>🤖 Deploy personal agents that triage signal, surface decisions, and keep your product narrative live.</li><li>🧠 Free up 10+ hours a week for real thinking.</li></ul>Master the Velocity Loop 🎯 (Learning to Learn)<ul><li>⚡ Adopt any new AI prototyping tool in hours, not weeks.</li><li>👁️ Spot signal vs hype early and act.</li><li>🚀 Move from static specs to functional prototypes.</li></ul>

Stop Trading Your Craft for Coordination. Start Multiplying Impact.

Rebuild Your Personal OS 

Master the "Velocity Loop" (Learning to Learn)

This course is not for new PMs who are still building their product muscle - strategy all the way to execution.

Your product management foundational skills are in place

This is not for people looking for a passive learning experience. This is intense and requires you to actually build things.

You are eager to learn actively

Product Leaders (VPs/ Directors) who are tired of being a "Coordinator" and want to return to building.

Founders &amp; Solopreneurs who need to act as a 10-person product team with zero headcount. You need speed and independence.

Staff Engineers &amp; Designers who want to move upstream into product strategy and ownership without leaving your technical edge.

Go from shipping “good enough” work to shipping crafted product work, with a real workflow you can use after the course ends.

Product Designer at Notion

Notion

Mercury Bank

Tome

Lightfield

University of Washington

Andy Madrick

Product Designer at Notion. Ex-Tome, ex-Mercury. Taught design at UW Seattle.

Cohort 3

AI makes it easier to generate work. It does not make it easier to make good decisions.This course pulls back the curtain on how high-performing product teams are actually working now, using AI to move faster while keeping the bar high. You’ll learn the workflow, judgment, and standards behind product work that feels thoughtful, polished, and genuinely well made.For product designers, and for PMs and engineers with a strong eye for product quality, who want a more sophisticated way of working. What you’ll leave with<ul><li>A real workflow for using AI from concept to polished execution</li><li>Personalized feedback on your work and decisions</li><li>A polished project or portfolio piece that reflects both craft and speed</li><li>A sharper eye for what makes product work feel crafted</li></ul>

Learn how leading product teams use AI to ship faster without sacrificing taste.

A real AI workflow for going from idea to polished execution

Direct feedback on your work and decisions

A project you can ship or show

A sharper eye for what makes product work feel crafted

Product designers who want to move faster without sacrificing craft, and use AI in a way that raises the quality of what they ship.

Early-career designers or people moving into product who want stronger judgment, sharper execution, and better work to show.

PMs and engineers with strong product instincts who want a better eye for quality and more crafted product work.

Velocity Coding

Agentic AI

Coding with AI

AI Workflows

Claude Code

OpenClaw

Vibe Coding

AI Evals

AI Transformation

RAG & Search

AI for PMs

AI for Engineers

AI for Designers

AI for Marketers

AI for Founders

Product Sense

Product Discovery

User Research

Prototyping

Growth

Analytics

Tech Foundations

Strategy

Influence

Leadership

Career Growth

Machine Learning

LLM Ops

Context Eng

Security

System Design

Figma

Design Systems

Visual Design

Design Strategy

Automation

Content Marketing

Demand Gen

Go-to-Market

Product Marketing

Positioning

Social Media

Brand

B2B Marketing

SEO & AEO

AI for Leaders

AI Governance

Communication

Management

People Operations

Exec Presence

Storytelling

Goal-setting

Personal Brand

Fundraising

Everyone

Operators

Data Scientists

Business Analysts

User Researchers

Customer Success

Project Managers

HR Professionals

Sales People

Lawyers

Finance

Investors

Real Estate

Educators

Creators

Engineers and engineering leaders who build, deploy, and scale software systems.

Applying AI tools and techniques to professional workflows — assign alongside more specific AI topics.

Using AI coding assistants and tools to write, review, and ship code faster.

Velocity Coding: Building at the Speed of Thought

What you'll learn

Why this topic matters

You'll learn from

Ben Guo