What they build

Ship one real AI agent in eight weeks.

By the end, your child can direct AI and see through it, and they've got a working AI agent to prove it. Eight weeks building something they already love: designed, pressure-tested, and shipped to a real link. Led every week by one named person who's spent twenty years shipping real products.

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Age

13–14

Duration

8 weeks

Format

Live online · 90 min, 5-min break

Cohort

Small group · near 1:1

Level

No coding needed

Starts

25 Jul 2026

The outcome

A working agent at a real link. Not a slide deck.

By Week 8, your child has a working AI agent, a small, focused assistant they designed around one thing they already care about. Shipped and shareable means it lives at a real link they can send to a grandparent, a coach, or a friend. A thing that exists in the world.

The honest-coach behaviour is wired into that build: the agent challenges them instead of flattering them. When the work's thin, it says so. When they cut a corner, it asks why, against a standard they wrote down themselves.

Building it that way teaches the two ways AI fails them, making things up, and telling them what they want to hear, and how to catch both. That's the real protection: a young builder who can see through AI rather than one who's simply been walled off from it.

Who leads it

One named person leads every session.

Tarun Chaudhary

Founder · VERiQ

Ex-Amazon, on the Alexa team. 30-plus products shipped over a decade. Also a parent of an 11- and 14-year-old making these exact decisions at home, which is why this program exists. Builds and ships first, then teaches, in that order.

"Your child should leave with a thing they made, not an opinion they borrowed."

How the method works →

The blueprint

The 8-week build, phase by phase.

Each build ends with an artefact that didn't exist the week before. The agent matures across the eight weeks, by the end, it's deployable and shareable.

CAPSTONE

The final shipped agent

Live at a public link, with a short written walkthrough of how they built it and what they learned. Theirs to keep, extend, and show off.

SHOWCASE

Live family demo + parent debrief

An end-of-program live demo where your child shows the agent to family, in their own words. Followed by a private 30-minute debrief with the founder on what to do next.

What's included

Everything in the seat, nothing padded.

01
Eight 90-minute live sessions with the founder, cameras on
02
Cohort kept small, every child gets real airtime every week
03
Near 1:1 founder access between sessions for stuck-points
04
A reusable agent starter template they keep forever
05
A curated resource library matched to the build
06
End-of-program live family demo
07
Private 30-minute parent debrief with the founder

Who it's for

Honest about fit.

A great fit if

·Your child has a real interest: chess, footy, music, drawing, debate, writing, coding, anything they already care about.
·They can sit through a 90-minute live session and contribute.
·They're curious about AI but you don't want them just consuming it.
·You'd rather they build one thing well than collect five certificates.

Probably not a fit if

·You're looking for homework help or exam prep.
·You want a self-paced video course they can binge alone.
·They aren't interested in committing to a small project for 8 weeks.

No prior coding experience required. The build is configured, not coded from scratch.

How it works

From "interested" to Week 1.

Choose your stream

13–14 is open now. 15–17 is waitlist only (below).

Book your seat or join the waitlist

A $100 refundable deposit holds a spot in this intake.

Pre-start onboarding

A short welcome call, a parent consent form, and a 'pick your passion' kit for your child.

Term 3 begins

Week 1 starts, live, cameras on, building from session one.

Readiness check, parent to parent

Not selective-entry theatre.

They have one thing they're already into
Anything they'd voluntarily spend a weekend on.
They can sit in a 90-minute live session, camera on
Shy is fine, most warm up by Week 2.
They're allowed to fail in front of you
Building real things means rough drafts and dead ends; if a failed attempt is a household crisis, this isn't the right fit.
You're OK supervising the basics
Devices, schedule, follow-through. We handle the program; you handle the home environment.

Key dates

The shape of the term.

Seat deadline10 days before the first session, when the cohort is finalised, or when the group is full, whichever comes first.

Term 3 2026, Week 1Week 1 begins the weekend of 25–26 July 2026.

End-of-program demoWeek 8, live family demo + parent debrief.

Parent FAQ

The honest answers.

In design · waitlist open

A deeper build for older teens.

Same live, founder-led format as the current stream, taken further, a longer-scoped build, more independent work between sessions, and a portfolio-grade output worth putting in front of an admissions officer. We'd rather take an extra term to get the scope right than ship "the 13–14 program but longer."

Age

15–17

Status

In design

Format

TBA

Starts

TBA

This stream isn't purchasable today. The only thing we're asking for is your email.

·First access before any public announcement
·An optional 20-minute call to shape what it covers
·An honest 'not yet' email if your child would be better served elsewhere
·No spam

Email only. No purchase. Unsubscribe any time.

Hold a seat

Eight weeks. One small group. One shipped artefact.

A $100 deposit holds the seat, refundable until the cohort is finalised 10 days before the first session. We cover any card processing fees — your full $100 back.