A 10-month founder track for builders who want to launch, not just learn — a 4-month build-first program followed by 6 months of real, on-the-job training. Design AI products, ship a real SaaS MVP, talk to customers, run growth experiments and learn fundraising — inside our startup incubation, with mentor office hours, a demo day and investor introductions.
10 Months
Duration
6 Months
Job Training
Live MVP
Outcome
Demo Day
Finale
AI Startup Builder is for the ambitious — people who'd rather launch a company than apply for a job. It runs 10 months in two phases: a focused 4-month, build-first founder program, followed by 6 months of real, on-the-job training where you put it all into practice on live products.
In the first four months you'll learn enough of the modern AI stack to build your own MVP — LLM apps, agents and SaaS plumbing — then layer on the founder skills schools never teach: validating an idea before you build it, talking to customers, pricing, running growth experiments, and the fundamentals of raising money. Every phase ends with something real shipped or learned in the market.
The following six months are real job training. You work hands-on inside our startup incubation alongside AgileSoftLabs — shipping live products to real deadlines with standups and code review, exactly as you would in a working startup. It culminates in a Demo Day where you pitch to hiring partners, the Pondy tech community and investors, and standout teams earn warm introductions and continued incubation support.
Eligibility
Open to anyone 17+ with the drive to build. No prior startup experience needed; basic comfort with technology helps, and we ramp the build skills as we go. A short conversation helps shape your idea and cohort fit.
You have an idea (or the itch) and want to turn it into a launched AI product with real users.
Build and launch your startup while you're still studying, with mentors and a cohort behind you.
Technical or semi-technical and ready to own product, growth and the business, not just code.
You know an industry's pain deeply and want to build the AI product that solves it.
7 modules, taught by building. Every module ends with a real project you can put on your GitHub.
Start with the idea and the user, not the code. Learn to spot real problems, shape an AI product around them, and define what to build first.
What you'll cover
Get hands-on with the AI building blocks you'll need — LLM apps, prompting, RAG and agents — enough to build your product yourself.
What you'll cover
Turn the prototype into a real SaaS product — auth, data, billing-ready plumbing — and ship a usable MVP to your first users.
What you'll cover
Get out of the building. Run real customer interviews, test willingness to pay, and let evidence — not opinion — steer the product.
What you'll cover
Find your first real users and a repeatable way to reach more — channels, funnels, content and growth experiments that move the needle.
What you'll cover
Learn how startup funding really works, build an investor-ready story, and pitch your live product at our Demo Day — the bridge into your job-training phase.
What you'll cover
Six months of real, hands-on job training inside our startup incubation — building and shipping live products to real deadlines, exactly like working in a startup.
What you'll cover
Industries hiring
“A truly enriching experience. I got to work on real-time projects that let me apply my knowledge and gain valuable hands-on skills. The team was incredibly supportive — everyone was approachable and always ready to help.”
Kaviraj
AGS AI Academy · Real-Time Projects
“An incredibly rewarding internship. The team was supportive and knowledgeable, guiding me on real-world projects. I gained practical experience with industry tools and technologies in a collaborative environment that sharpened both my technical and soft skills.”
Kesaba Barik
AGS AI Academy · Industry Tools & Tech
“I learned various AI technologies and gained practical knowledge by working on real-time projects. The mentors gave clear guidance whenever needed, improving my skills in AI, web development and project implementation. A professional, friendly and encouraging place to grow.”
Murugadoss
AGS AI Academy · AI & Web Development
It runs 10 months in two phases: a 4-month, build-first founder program (product, MVP, customers, growth and fundraising), followed by 6 months of real, on-the-job training where you build and ship live products inside our startup incubation alongside AgileSoftLabs.
It's hands-on, on-the-job experience — not a classroom. For six months you work on live client and incubation products to real deadlines, with standups, sprints, code review and mentor office hours, and grow your own product with real users. You finish with an experience certificate and references.
It helps, but it's not required. Many builders arrive with just the itch to start something. The first module is dedicated to finding a problem worth solving and shaping an AI product around it — with mentor guidance.
No. We ramp the AI and SaaS build skills as we go, and lean on modern accelerators and low-code where it speeds you up. The goal is a shipped product, so we teach exactly what you need to get there.
A live AI SaaS MVP with real users, validated customer insight, a pitch deck and a demo — plus a Demo Day pitch to investors and partners. Standout teams continue with incubation support and investor introductions.
The Professional track (6 months) makes you a hireable AI engineer with a guaranteed internship and placement. AI Startup Builder is a 10-month founder track — 4 months of coursework plus 6 months of real job training — and the outcome is your own launched product and a path to funding.
Yes. The track runs inside our startup incubation alongside AgileSoftLabs, with mentor office hours throughout. Standout teams from Demo Day receive warm investor introductions and continued incubation support.
We share full fees, EMI options and any current scholarships on your free counselling call, along with guidance on whether the founder track is the right fit for your goals.
Visit us at First Floor, 208, 100 Feet Road, Mudaliarpet, Puducherry, 605004, India or book a free counselling call.
Build a real MVP, find your first users, and pitch at Demo Day — inside our startup incubation. Apply now or book a free counselling call.
Free counselling · Guaranteed internship · Placement support
