Cohort 01 · Starts June 1, 2026 · 50 People Only

Build real AI.
Ship it live.

A live AI engineering cohort for people who want proof, not just certificates.

30 days. 4 deployed products. GitHub Copilot Enterprise. Azure cloud hands-on, live builds, code reviews, and a Demo Day portfolio. Taught by Paul Jeevanesan — the founder who trained 21,000+ students across Tamil Nadu. This is not a video course. This is a cohort you apply to join.

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Week 1
AI chatbot live on GitHub
Week 2
Backend API with database
Week 4
AI SaaS capstone on Azure
What you'll have by Day 30
Week 1 Project
✔ Deployed
🤖 AI Chatbot
Python + LLM API. Live GitHub link. Your proof you can build with AI.
PythonOpenAI APIGitHub
Week 2 Project
✔ Live API
⚡ Backend API + Database
FastAPI + PostgreSQL. Real endpoint. Real URL. SaaS architecture understood.
FastAPIPostgreSQLRailway
Week 4 Capstone
✔ Yours forever
🏆 Your AI SaaS Product
Built, deployed on Azure, taking real Razorpay payments. Demo Day ready.
AzureDockerRazorpayCI/CD
⭐ Cohort 01 Founding Member.Your name in the first batch — that means something when we're at Cohort 10.
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Early bird pricing ends when the first 10 seats are confirmed. Apply now.
Fast facts for applicants
The Builder Cohort · Cohort 01
A 30-day live online AI engineering cohort by StudAI One for students, fresh graduates, professionals, freelancers, and founders.
Start date
June 1, 2026
Live online sessions, recordings included.
Seat limit
50 learners
Every application is reviewed before confirmation.
You build
4 products
Chatbot, API, cloud app, AI SaaS capstone.
Investment
₹15,000
First 10 confirmed seats: ₹11,999.

Not a recorded course. Not a PDF. Not another certificate nobody cares about. 30 days of live training that changes what you can build — permanently.

The honest truth

You've tried learning online.
Here's exactly why it failed.

Every person who joins Cohort 01 has bought a course before and got nowhere. Here's the problem — agitation — and solution, laid out with zero fluff.

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The Problem
You're stuck in tutorial hell — learning without building.
You bought a course. Watched 3 videos. Got distracted. Never finished. The certificate says “Complete” but you can't build anything.
In interviews they say “show me something you've built.” You have nothing. You don't get the job.
You understand the concepts but you've never deployed anything live. The gap between learning and credible proof never closes.
Nobody's watching. No accountability. You quit and nobody notices.
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Why It Gets Worse
The AI job market won't wait for you to “feel ready.”
⚠️Companies are hiring AI engineers right now. Every month you delay is a month someone else gets the job instead of you.
⚠️GitHub Copilot Enterprise is now a hiring requirement at top companies. If you don't know it, you're behind before the interview starts.
⚠️Recorded courses cannot give you the feedback, accountability, or real-world simulation that employers actually test for.
⚠️The window where “beginner with AI skills” is enough is closing. Recruiters want proof. This is the moment. Not next year.
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The Solution
The Builder Cohort replaces every excuse with a result.
Live every day with Paul personally. You can't skip. You can't fall behind quietly. You build in front of a mentor who's done it.
4 real deployed products on GitHub by Day 30. Not assignments. Projects with live URLs you share in interviews.
Every week ends with something live. Theory and portfolio proof connect in the same week — not someday.
50 people. Paul watching. Accountability is built into the structure. No one disappears quietly.

Still here? Good. The people who read this far are exactly the people who change their income in 30 days.

What you'll be able to DO

Forget features. Here's what
changes after each week.

Every section of Cohort 01 is designed around one question: “What will they be able to dothat they couldn't do before?” Here's the answer — week by week.

After Week 1
You can call any AI API, build a working chatbot, and push code to GitHub like a real developer.
You'll pick up any LLM API — OpenAI, Claude, Gemini — and integrate AI into real Python code within hours. You'll look at GitHub the way developers do: as a tool, not a mystery.
Includes: Python, GitHub Copilot Enterprise, LLM APIs
After Week 2
You can design a database, build a REST API from scratch, and deploy your first backend to the internet.
You'll understand how every SaaS product is structured — auth, users, subscriptions, roles. You'll know exactly how products like Swiggy, Razorpay, or any startup backend work under the hood.
Includes: FastAPI, PostgreSQL, SaaS architecture
After Week 3
You can deploy any app to Azure with Docker and set up automated CI/CD — the skill most devs spend 6 months learning.
You'll talk about cloud architecture in any interview with real hands-on experience, not theoretical knowledge. Three cloud platforms understood. One deployed. All within 10 days.
Includes: Azure, Docker, GitHub Actions CI/CD
After Week 4
You can build, deploy, and sell an AI SaaS product — with real payments, real users, and real income potential.
You leave with a capstone product live on the internet taking real payments. That product is yours. Keep building it, sell it, pitch it to investors, or use it as your first freelance reference.
Includes: Full-stack SaaS, Razorpay, Demo Day
Social proof

What students say after
learning from Paul.

Cohort 01 is the first batch — but Paul has trained 21,000+ students. Here's what they say about his teaching.

I attended Paul's session at Foundry 2026 and built my first AI tool in the same week. He doesn't explain things — he makes you build them while he's talking. If he's running a full month cohort, it's unmissable.
AK
Arjun K.
Final Year CSE
StudAI Foundry 2026 · SRMIST
Paul trained our team at a workshop and the energy was completely different from anything I'd seen online. You're not watching — you're doing. Two weeks after his session I deployed my first API. I'd been trying to do that for months.
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Meenakshi R.
Software Developer, Chennai
StudAI Corporate Workshop
I got my first freelance project — ₹18,000 — two months after attending one of Paul's AI sessions. A full month with him would have gotten me there in week one. He teaches you how to earn, not just how to code.
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Karthik S.
Recent Graduate, Anna University
StudAI AI Workshop Series
Your instructor

Taught by someone who built what he teaches — before turning 22.

Paul Jeevanesan didn't learn AI from a course. He built 6 AI products — live, in production, with real users and real revenue — before turning 22. StudAI One, NexArc, Orin™. All from Chennai. All without a playbook.

He trained 21,000+ students, was recognised at Startup Grind Silicon Valley, got StartupTN empanelled, and ran Foundry 2026 — a 700-student, 100-college AI hackathon — before most people his age had their first job.

When thousands applied to intern at StudAI and couldn't get in, Paul didn't say “next time.” He opened The Builder Cohort — taught personally, at full intensity, using the exact same stack he runs his company on.

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Startup Grind Silicon Valley — global recognition
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StartupTN empanelled startup
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Foundry 2026 — 700 students, 100+ colleges, SRMIST
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AARAMBAM 9.0 winner, Bocconi University recognition
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Leo Clubs District Secretary — District 324L, MD324 PRO
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Paul Jeevanesan
Founder & CEO, StudAI One · Age 22
Startup Grind SVStartupTNAARAMBAM 9.0Bocconi21K+ Students
What Paul is building right now
StudAI One — 6-product AI SaaS ecosystem
NexArc — India's founder & builder network
Orin™ — Proprietary business intelligence engine
StudAI Career — AI counselling for TN Class 12
“I started my career by just doing things. No perfect course. No premium academy. The Builder Cohort gives you that same foundation — in 30 days instead of 3 years.”
The process

How Cohort 01 works.
Three steps. No confusion.

01
Apply in 2 Minutes
Fill the form. Tell us who you are and what you want to achieve in 30 days. No long application. Just honesty.
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Our Team Calls You
Within 24 hours. We confirm your fit, answer every question, and lock your Cohort 01 seat. Not a sales call — a conversation.
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Day 1 — You Build
GitHub Copilot Enterprise access. Azure sandbox. Notion LMS. Paul live in your session. Everything starts on Day 1.
Week by week

Every week ends with
a deployed product. Always.

No filler. No theory marathons. Every session builds toward something real — live on the internet before the week ends.

Day 1–2
Python + GitHub Basics
Functions, loops, APIs. Git workflow. Copilot Enterprise setup. Real dev environment from Hour 1.
Day 2–3
GitHub Copilot Enterprise
AI-powered coding. Code completion, review, workspace agents. The tool used at Google, Microsoft, Goldman Sachs.
Day 3–4
AI & LLM Fundamentals
How LLMs work. Prompt engineering. Live API calls on screen — OpenAI, Claude, Gemini.
Day 4–5
Building with AI APIs
Integrate AI into Python. Build your first AI-powered feature. Push to GitHub.
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Week 1 Project — Deployed Friday
Personal AI chatbot — Python + LLM + GitHub
Live link. Shareable. Your first proof you build with AI.
PythonGitHubCopilot EnterpriseOpenAI APIClaude API
Value stacking

Everything included. Every number
justified. Zero hidden.

Compare what you'd pay for each piece separately — versus what Cohort 01 costs. Then read the bonuses.

20 Live Sessions with Paul₹24,000
GitHub Copilot Enterprise (1 month)₹3,300
Azure Cloud Sandbox Credits₹5,000
4 Project Builds + Paul’s Review₹8,000
Demo Day Panel + Network Feature₹2,000
StudAI One Certificate₹2,000
6 Months NexArc Pro₹2,994
Resume + LinkedIn Review₹5,000
Lifetime Session Recordings₹3,000
WhatsApp Community Access₹1,200
🎁 BONUS: AI Freelancer Playbook PDF Free₹1,999
🎁 BONUS: GitHub Copilot Mastery Guide Free₹1,499
🎁 BONUS: Founding Member Badge on NexArc LifetimePriceless
Total Value₹59,992
Your Investment Today₹15,000
🎁 Bonus 1
The AI Freelancer Playbook
A complete PDF guide on landing your first AI freelance client — platforms, proposal templates, pricing strategies, and how to turn one project into recurring income. Paul's personal playbook.
Market value: ₹1,999 → Free for Cohort 01
🎁 Bonus 2
GitHub Copilot Mastery Guide
A curated guide covering every Copilot Enterprise feature — Workspace, custom instructions, code review AI, and advanced prompting for full feature generation. Written for Cohort 01 specifically.
Market value: ₹1,499 → Free for Cohort 01
🎁 Bonus 3 — Lifetime
Founding Member Badge on NexArc
Cohort 01 members get a permanent “Founding Member” badge on their NexArc profile — visible to every hiring company on the platform. When Cohort 10 happens, your badge still says “I was there first.”
Permanent. Exclusive to Cohort 01. Irreplaceable.
Admission criteria

Not a course for everyone.
A cohort for the serious.

Every application is reviewed personally. Here's who Cohort 01 is built for — and who should apply today.

For Students
You want stronger job options and you're done waiting for the right time to start.
Engineering / IT student, any year — or a fresh graduate
Class 12 passout wanting a head start before college
You'll show up every day, even when it's hard and you're tired
No CS background — fine, Week 1 starts from absolute zero
You want to stand out from 10,000 applicants with the same degree and no portfolio
For Professionals
You've been in the same salary band too long. AI is changing everything. You want to be ahead of it.
1–5 years in IT, looking to move into AI engineering
Backend / frontend dev who wants AI skills on their CV — now
You have 2 hours/day — evenings work, sessions are recorded
Ready to invest ₹15,000 in a serious portfolio and a sharper technical profile
You want AI on your freelance list and a real path to better client work

We review every application personally. 50 seats. When they're gone, Cohort 01 closes. Cohort 02 will not have the same founding-batch pricing or founding-member identity. The people in Cohort 01 are the people who built this reputation.

50 seats. Cohort 01.
No exceptions. No extensions.

Paul teaches every session personally. That's why 50 is the hard ceiling. Not marketing. When it's full, it's full.

Cohort 01 — Now Open50 seats total
Risk reversal

We're confident enough to
put our money on it.

If Paul and The Builder Cohort don't deliver everything we've described on this page, you shouldn't pay for it.

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Cohort 01
7-Day
Guarantee

The Cohort 01 Confidence Guarantee

Complete Week 1 of live sessions. If after 7 full days of Cohort 01 you feel The Builder Cohort isn't delivering exactly what we've described — the quality, the intensity, the access to Paul — contact us within 7 days of Week 1 ending. We'll refund 100% of your investment. No questions. No forms. No hassle.

Cohort 01 investment

One investment.
Everything in.
Zero confusion.

No tiers. No upsells. No surprises after you pay. NIIT, UpGrad, Simplilearn charge ₹40,000–₹80,000 for recorded videos taught by someone you'll never meet. You get Paul — live, every day — for ₹15,000.

Cohort 01 Investment
15,000
One-time. No recurring fees. Includes every bonus listed above. Confirmed on call.
⚡ First 10 confirmed: ₹11,999 only
20 live sessions — Paul personally, 5 days/week
GitHub Copilot Enterprise — full licence included
Azure cloud sandbox — real infra, real credits
4 real deployed projects — live on GitHub by Day 30
3 bonuses — AI Freelancer Playbook, Copilot Guide, Founding Badge
7-day money-back guarantee — zero risk
Can't pay all at once? Tell us on the confirmation call. ₹8,000 now + ₹7,000 in Week 2 — available on request.
Apply for Cohort 01
2 minutes. Our team calls within 24 hours to confirm your seat.
Our team calls you within 24 hours. No spam. No pressure. Just a conversation to confirm your seat and answer your questions.
FAQ

Every question you're
thinking about — answered.

No. Week 1 starts from Python basics — variables, functions, loops. If you can use a computer and commit to showing up every day, you qualify. Complete beginners have built working AI products by Day 10. Commitment is the only prerequisite.
Fully online — live on Google Meet, 2 hrs/day, 5 days/week. Join from anywhere in India or globally. Every session is recorded and available within 2 hours. Miss one, catch up same evening — you won't fall behind.
Session timings are confirmed with the enrolled cohort before Day 1 — typically 7–9 PM IST to accommodate working professionals. Every session is recorded. The WhatsApp group handles doubts throughout the day. If you can spare 2 focused hours a day, you can complete Cohort 01.
Our team calls within 24 hours of your application. We confirm your fit, answer every question you have about the curriculum, timing, or payment, and lock your seat. It is a confirmation and orientation call — not a sales call. If Cohort 01 isn't right for you, we'll tell you honestly.
GitHub Copilot Enterprise is the AI coding assistant used at Google, Microsoft, Goldman Sachs, and hundreds of Fortune 500 companies. It writes code, reviews pull requests, and helps developers build 5× faster. Standard enterprise licence: $39/month (~₹3,300). You get full access included in your investment — at no extra cost. Knowing Copilot Enterprise is now a hiring criterion at top tech companies.
Last Friday of Week 4. Every Cohort 01 member presents their capstone AI product to a live panel — 5 minutes to demo, 5 minutes Q&A. Top 3 projects featured on StudAI's platform, reaching 21,000+ students and Paul's entire professional network. Your first real audience. Often where students get their first users, first clients, or first recruiter outreach.
Complete Week 1's live sessions. If within 7 days of Week 1 ending you feel The Builder Cohort hasn't delivered the quality, intensity, or access to Paul that we've described on this page — contact us. We refund 100% of your investment. No forms, no questions, no delays. We're confident enough in Cohort 01 to offer this without hesitation.
Yes. Mention it on the confirmation call. A split of ₹8,000 now + ₹7,000 in Week 2 is available. Your Cohort 01 seat is locked on first payment. Full access from Day 1 — nothing is held back.
Cohort 01 is the founding batch. The 50 people who join now are the people who build this cohort's entire reputation. When Cohort 01 alumni have jobs, products, and income to show — that's what makes Cohort 02 worth more and harder to get into. Founding members get the best Paul-to-student ratio in history, the founding-batch price, and a Founding Member badge on NexArc that is permanent and never available again.
2 hours for the live session + 1–2 hours for the project work and assignment. 3–4 hours/day total. On weekends, Saturday is for project catch-up and review — lighter load. If you can give 3–4 focused hours on weekdays, you will complete every project and graduate Cohort 01 on time.
Cohort 01 · 50 seats · Open now

You've read this far.
You already know the answer.

Every day you wait, someone else applies for one of those 50 seats. The skills are learnable. The portfolio is real. The guarantee removes the risk. The only question left is: are you in Cohort 01 — or watching from the sidelines?

Apply for Cohort 01 →
Takes 2 minutes. Our team calls within 24 hours. First 10 at ₹11,999.