From de2264cb5db904d227d81a4183f72eb218d62790 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Louis Roehrs Date: Mon, 11 May 2026 15:53:53 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Updated aistars, added stripe links. removed interstitial page. All per tlv. --- _config.yml | 3 + accelerator.html | 4 +- aistars-bridge.html | 6 + aistars-forge.html | 6 + aistars.html | 2 +- index.html | 1 - pages/accelerator/accelerator.html | 1289 +++++++++++++++++ .../aistars/ai-initiative.html | 12 +- pages/aistars/bridge.html | 285 ++++ pages/aistars/forge.html | 504 +++++++ pages/home/ai-initiative.html | 651 ++++++++- bridge.html => pages/home/bridge.html | 0 forge.html => pages/home/forge.html | 0 devstart.sh => start.sh | 5 - 14 files changed, 2697 insertions(+), 71 deletions(-) create mode 100644 _config.yml create mode 100644 aistars-bridge.html create mode 100644 aistars-forge.html create mode 100644 pages/accelerator/accelerator.html rename ai-initiative.html => pages/aistars/ai-initiative.html (97%) create mode 100644 pages/aistars/bridge.html create mode 100644 pages/aistars/forge.html rename bridge.html => pages/home/bridge.html (100%) rename forge.html => pages/home/forge.html (100%) rename devstart.sh => start.sh (60%) diff --git a/_config.yml b/_config.yml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..32aa9f9 --- /dev/null +++ b/_config.yml @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ +--- +permalink: pretty +--- \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/accelerator.html b/accelerator.html index e004222..72148c0 100644 --- a/accelerator.html +++ b/accelerator.html @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ --- layout: default title: Accelerator - Hacker Dojo -permalink: /accelerator/ +permalink: /accelerator --- -{% include_relative pages/home/accelerator.html %} +{% include_relative pages/accelerator/accelerator.html %} diff --git a/aistars-bridge.html b/aistars-bridge.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7692bbe --- /dev/null +++ b/aistars-bridge.html @@ -0,0 +1,6 @@ +--- +layout: default +title: The Bridge | Hacker Dojo +permalink: /aistars/bridge +--- +{% include_relative pages/aistars/bridge.html %} diff --git a/aistars-forge.html b/aistars-forge.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b9bfbfd --- /dev/null +++ b/aistars-forge.html @@ -0,0 +1,6 @@ +--- +layout: default +title: The Forge | Hacker Dojo +permalink: /aistars/forge +--- +{% include_relative pages/aistars/forge.html %} diff --git a/aistars.html b/aistars.html index f508e73..f3f639b 100644 --- a/aistars.html +++ b/aistars.html @@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ title: AIStars - Hacker Dojo permalink: /aistars/ --- -{% include_relative pages/home/ai-initiative.html %} +{% include_relative pages/aistars/ai-initiative.html %} diff --git a/index.html b/index.html index 88e81fa..dfa8b25 100644 --- a/index.html +++ b/index.html @@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ {% include_relative pages/home/hero.html %} {% include_relative pages/home/swiper.html %} {% include_relative pages/home/intro.html %} -{% include_relative pages/home/ai-initiative.html %} {% include_relative pages/home/testimonials.html %} {% include_relative pages/home/benefits.html %} {% include_relative pages/home/pricing.html %} diff --git a/pages/accelerator/accelerator.html b/pages/accelerator/accelerator.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e199126 --- /dev/null +++ b/pages/accelerator/accelerator.html @@ -0,0 +1,1289 @@ + + + + + +Hacker Dojo Accelerator — Connect to Silicon Valley + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
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+ + Cohort 01 · Spring 2026 · Mountain View +
+

Your training ground for what's next.

+

+ A five-week, in-person accelerator at Silicon Valley's longest-running hackerspace. No equity. No tuition. Just the room, the network, and the mentors to help you ship. +

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+ + Apply to Cohort 01 + → + + See the Curriculum +
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+ Applications open May 6. Close May 17. Cohort begins May 26. +

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+ 5 weeks + In-person at the Dojo +
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+ 20 founders + Cohort size +
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+ 0% equity + No equity, no tuition +
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+ Demo Day + June 26, 2026 +
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01 · Mission & Vision
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Reach your higher potential — together.

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+ Hacker Dojo has been Silicon Valley's open-door hackerspace since 2009. The Accelerator extends that mission with a structured five-week program for builders who want to ship something real. +

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Our Mission

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+ Help the next generation of founders build the future — without gatekeepers, without giving up equity, and without needing to already know the right people. +

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+ The Accelerator is for tinkerers, dreamers, and visionaries who dare to challenge the status quo. We give you the room, the network, and the discipline to launch. +

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Our Vision

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+ A Silicon Valley where the room belongs to whoever shows up to build — not just to whoever already has the network. +

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+ Optimized for first-time founders, immigrants, and builders from outside the traditional pipelines. Small cohort. High standards. A community that lasts long after the five weeks end. +

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02 · Co-Founders
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Built by people who've been there.

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+ The Accelerator is led by a Hacker Dojo board member and the Executive Director — both committed to keeping the Dojo accessible to the founders who need it most. +

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Co-Founder & Program Director
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Barry Li ↗
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+ Founder of OMNIAPATH and Wov3. Building tools and platforms for the next generation of builders. Board Advisor at Hacker Dojo, helping bring the Accelerator to life. +

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+ OMNIAPATH · Founder + Wov3 · Founder + Hacker Dojo · Board Advisor +
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Co-Founder & Executive Director
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Qi Diaz ↗
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+ Executive Director of Hacker Dojo. Stewards the 16-year-old institution that's been home to founders of Pinterest, Neuralink, and countless others. +

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+ Hacker Dojo · ED + Mountain View · Since 2009 +
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03 · Curriculum
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Five weeks. Five disciplines. One demo day.

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+ Every Tuesday, the cohort meets at the Dojo for a morning lecture, cohort lunch, afternoon working session, and evening speaker. Friday is for mentor 1:1s. The other days are yours to build. +

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Week 01 · MVP
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May 26 – 31
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Build the smallest thing that proves it.

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Most early-stage founders build too much, too fast, before they know what works. Week 1 forces clarity: who is your customer, what's the one problem worth solving, and what's the smallest version of your product that can prove the answer? You'll leave with a sharpened hypothesis, a scoped MVP, and a working product or prototype testable with real users.

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+ Customer hypothesis + MVP scoping + User testing +
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Week 02 · Branding
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June 2 – 7
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How you show up is the product.

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Brand isn't a logo — it's the reason a customer chooses you over the alternative, even before they understand what you do. Week 2 covers positioning, voice, founder story, and the single sentence that makes people lean in. By the end of the week, you'll have a name worth saying out loud, a one-liner you can deliver in any room, and a brand identity that feels distinctly yours.

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+ Positioning + Founder story + Brand identity +
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Week 03 · GTM
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June 9 – 14
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Find the one channel that works.

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Most founders waste months testing ten go-to-market channels with no real signal from any of them. Week 3 teaches how to pick one channel based on your customer and product, run a real experiment that actually tests it, and read the results honestly. You'll leave with a focused GTM strategy, your first 10–50 real customers in pipeline, and the discipline to say no to every channel that isn't yours.

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+ Channel selection + Founder-led sales + First customers +
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Week 04 · Law
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June 16 – 21
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The scaffolding that lets you move fast.

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Legal mistakes in the first year are some of the most expensive ones founders make — equity disputes, broken cap tables, IP that doesn't belong to the company. Week 4 covers the basics every founder should understand: entity structure, co-founder agreements, equity splits and vesting, intellectual property, and the contracts you'll sign with employees, customers, and investors. You'll leave knowing what to set up now, what to put in writing, and which mistakes have already cost other founders their companies.

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+ Entity & cap table + Equity & vesting + IP & contracts +
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Week 05 · Fundraising
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June 23
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Pitch like you've already won.

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The week before Demo Day is for building the story that closes a round. Week 5 covers when (and whether) to raise, the structure of an investor pitch, deck design, and how to handle the hard questions you'll get in every meeting. You'll work through your narrative, build a deck, run live practice pitches with feedback, and walk into Demo Day on June 26 with a story that's been pressure-tested in the room.

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+ Investor narrative + Deck & story + Pitch practice +
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Demo Day
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June 26
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One day. Twenty founders. The room is built to convert.

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Bay Area angels, pre-seed VCs, Dojo alumni, and corporate partners come to the Dojo. Each cohort founder gets the floor.

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+ One-Day Showcase +
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04 · Instructors
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A different bench every week.

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+ A specialist instructor leads the workshop and 1:1s for each week. Investors, operators, and technical leaders — each one a practitioner who's lived the topic. +

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MVP

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Product · Engineering
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Barry Li ↗
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Founder, OMNIAPATH & Wov3
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Branding

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Brand · Marketing · Design
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Mark Stofer ↗
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Brand & Marketing Leader
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GTM

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Sales · Growth · Distribution
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Vidya Chandra ↗
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Go-to-Market Strategist
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Law

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Legal · Equity · IP
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Joanna Fan ↗
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Startup Attorney
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Fundraising

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Investors · Pitch · Negotiation
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Qi Diaz ↗
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Executive Director, Hacker Dojo
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Full instructor lineup confirmed for Cohort 01.

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05 · Weekly Schedule
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Two days at the Dojo. The rest is yours to build.

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+ The cohort meets in person on Tuesdays and Fridays. Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday are for execution. The Dojo is open 24/7 for cohort founders. +

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Tuesday
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Workshop Day
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10:00 – 12:00 PM
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Lecture
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The week's discipline taught in-person at the Dojo. Frameworks, exercises, real examples.
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12:00 – 1:00 PM
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Cohort lunch
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Open lunch with the cohort and guest speakers. Community, intros, informal feedback.
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1:00 – 5:00 PM
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Working session
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Build alongside the cohort at the Dojo. Apply the lecture, ship something, ask for help when stuck.
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5:00 – 6:30 PM
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Speaker session
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A founder, operator, or investor who's lived the topic. Talk, Q&A, informal time after.
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Friday
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Mentor 1:1 Day
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10:00 – 12:00 PM
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Morning office hours
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Each founder books a 30-minute 1:1 with the mentor most relevant to the week.
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12:00 – 1:00 PM
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Cohort lunch
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Open lunch with mentors and founders. Cross-pollination, intros, informal feedback.
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1:00 – 4:00 PM
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Afternoon office hours
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Continued 1:1 sessions. Cross-mentor consultations available for specific blockers.
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+ The other days — Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, Sunday — are for execution. Founders ship, iterate, and submit a written weekly update by Sunday evening. The Dojo is open 24/7 for cohort founders for the full five weeks. +
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Ready to ship something real?

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Five weeks at Silicon Valley's longest-running hackerspace. Twenty founders. Zero equity.

+ Submit Application → +

Applications open May 6 · Close May 17 · Free to apply

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+ + + + + + diff --git a/ai-initiative.html b/pages/aistars/ai-initiative.html similarity index 97% rename from ai-initiative.html rename to pages/aistars/ai-initiative.html index 8a726c5..65360a5 100644 --- a/ai-initiative.html +++ b/pages/aistars/ai-initiative.html @@ -1,7 +1,3 @@ ---- -layout: default -title: AI Career Initiative | Hacker Dojo ---- @@ -116,7 +112,7 @@

Career Pivot Sprint

- + Register for Career Pivot Sprint → @@ -158,7 +154,7 @@

AI Builder Sprint

- + Register for AI Builder Sprint → @@ -209,7 +205,7 @@

🌉 The Bridge $997 Standard · $1497 Premium - + See Program Details → @@ -249,7 +245,7 @@

⚒️ The Forg Standard Path: $1497 · AI Architect Path: $1997 - + See Program Details → diff --git a/pages/aistars/bridge.html b/pages/aistars/bridge.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3fc6dc2 --- /dev/null +++ b/pages/aistars/bridge.html @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ + + + + + + +
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+ 🌉 Career Transition Cohort +
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+ Find the role that's
+ actually right for you. +

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+ The Bridge helps you figure out what role aligns with who you are, what transferable skills you already have, where the market demand is — and then uses AI to help you get in front of the right hiring managers before anyone else does. +

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4
Weeks
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4
Sessions
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15
Builders
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4
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+ View Enrollment Options → +
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The Journey

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Four weeks. Four phases. One outcome: interviews.

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Discover

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What role fits who you actually are

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Build

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Ship proof that you can do the work

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Position

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Tap the hidden job market

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Execute

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Get in front of hiring managers

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Curriculum

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Week by Week

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Role Discovery & Market Analysis

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Who are you? What do you bring? Where's the demand?

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Most career programs start with resume tips. We start with the harder question: what role is actually aligned with who you are? Your pod runs you through a structured coaching protocol that maps your transferable skills, energy patterns, and domain expertise against real market demand.

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AI generates 3 "Bridge Roles" — a Safe Pivot (80% skill overlap), a Revenue Multiplier (your skills in a higher-paying context), and a Wildcard (an unexpected direction). You validate each role against market supply and demand: how many openings? What's the salary range? What's the skills gap you need to close? You leave with a Career Hypothesis — one sentence that describes where you're headed, why you're positioned to get there, and what assets you already have.

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You walk out with:

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  • ✓ Transferable skills inventory mapped against 3 Bridge Roles
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  • ✓ Market supply/demand analysis for each role (openings, salary, competition)
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  • ✓ Skills gap assessment — what you have vs. what you need
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  • ✓ Career Hypothesis (one sentence — your new direction)
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  • ✓ AI-rewritten resume using advanced prompting (not templates)
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Build Your Proof of Work

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Ship an AI artifact that demonstrates what you can do

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You now know what role you're targeting. This week you build tangible proof that you can do it. Using "vibe coding" with Cursor and Claude, you ship a micro-tool relevant to your Bridge Role. Targeting tech recruiting? Build a GPT that scores resumes. Going into operations? Build a workflow that triages support tickets. Product management? Build a feature prioritization agent.

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Your pod also starts building the AI-powered outreach system you'll activate in Week 3 — learning workflow automation (Zapier/Make) and advanced prompting to identify, research, and reach hiring managers at scale. When you walk into an interview, you drop a link on the table: "I built this for your specific workflow."

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You walk out with:

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  • ✓ A deployed AI micro-tool relevant to your Bridge Role
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  • ✓ Real test users and feedback from the Dojo community
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  • ✓ Practical vibe coding experience (Cursor + Claude)
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  • ✓ Your AI outreach engine under construction
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The Hidden Job Market

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Position yourself for the 70% of roles that never get posted

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70% of jobs are filled through networking and referrals — they never hit a job board. This week is about tapping into that hidden market using techniques most job seekers never learn, amplified by the AI systems you've been building.

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Corporate Translation: You learn to map your builder skills into language corporate HR systems understand. "Vibe Coding" becomes "AI-Assisted Rapid Prototyping." You also learn enough about enterprise AI governance — context windows, model selection, data privacy — to explain why your workflow won't leak proprietary data. This is the language of trust that hiring managers need to hear.

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The Trojan Pitch: Your AI outreach engine goes live. It identifies specific hiring managers at target companies, ingests their recent LinkedIn posts, and drafts hyper-personalized messages that reference their actual work. This is not spray-and-pray. This is precision targeting at scale. Your LinkedIn gets rewritten with your portfolio piece featured, and your first batch of Trojan Pitches goes out.

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You walk out with:

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  • ✓ Corporate-translated resume (builder skills → ATS-friendly titles)
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  • ✓ Rewritten LinkedIn with portfolio piece featured
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  • ✓ AI outreach engine live and sending personalized messages
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  • ✓ First batch of Trojan Pitch messages sent to hiring managers
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Interview Prep & Pipeline Blitz

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Win the conversations you've generated

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By now your outreach engine is generating responses. This week is about converting those conversations into offers. You learn the 3-part framework for answering "How do you use AI?" — referencing real things you built, not hypotheticals. You practice STAR stories with your pod, run mock interviews, and build a salary negotiation playbook with AI-researched market data.

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Then: 90 minutes of pure execution. The Pipeline Blitz. Messages drafted by your AI engine, reviewed by you, and sent — in the room, together. You follow up on every pending conversation. You leave with a 30-day accountability plan — your pod commits to weekly check-ins for a month after the cohort ends.

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You walk out with:

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  • ✓ 3 STAR stories practiced (referencing real things you built)
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  • ✓ Mock interview experience (both sides of the table)
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  • ✓ Salary negotiation script with AI-researched market data
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  • ✓ 10+ additional outreach messages sent from the room
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  • ✓ 30-day pod accountability plan committed
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Enrollment

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Choose your Bridge track.

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Members get 20% off both tiers.
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Bridge Standard

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4 sessions + pods + all deliverables.

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$997
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  • ✓ 4-Week Cohort Access
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  • ✓ Placement in a 4-person Accountability Pod
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  • ✓ Rewritten LinkedIn positioning
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  • ✓ Access to CoCreate Career Tools
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+ Enroll in Standard +
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Recommended
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Bridge Premium

+

The fully guaranteed transition path.

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$1,497
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  • ✓ Everything in Standard
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  • ✓ 180-Day Interview Pipeline Guarantee
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  • ✓ Private career strategy session
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  • ✓ 1-on-1 Mock Interview Session
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  • ✓ 30-day post-cohort pipeline support
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+ Enroll in Premium +
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The Dojo Dual Guarantee
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+ We don't want your money if we can't deliver results. +

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+ Two layers of protection. You decide within a week if a cohort is right for you. If you commit to the Bridge Premium track and do the work but don't get results within six months, you get your full tuition back. +

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+ ① The 7-Day Vibe Check +

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Try the first week. If it's not for you, full refund.

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+ No questions asked. No emails. No exit interview. Just your money back within 7 days. (Applies to all Bridge and Forge tracks). +

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+ ② The 180-Day Money-Back (Bridge Premium only) +

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Do the work. Get results. Or get your tuition back.

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+ Complete every session, submit every deliverable, and meet the effort threshold below. If you don't land a role or contract within 6 months of graduation — full refund. +

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What "do the work" means for the 180-Day Guarantee:

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+ If you attend all 4 sessions, complete all deliverables, ship your role-relevant AI demo, rebuild your resume/LinkedIn, and send 50+ documented tailored outreach messages—but do not generate at least 3 qualified interviews or serious hiring conversations within 180 days—you get continued support or a full refund. +

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+ ⚒️ The HD Applied AI Architect Certification +
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The Forge: Learn Agentic AI
by Building Something Real.

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A 6-week live-fire program. You won't just learn AI orchestration — you'll identify a real market problem, build the system, and deploy it to production. The exact skills demanded by Big Tech and taught in $10,000 bootcamps. Just a radically different method.

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Weeks
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4+2
Core + Electives
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12
Builders
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4
Per Pod
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The transformation: You will stop being an AI tool user and become an Applied AI Architect — someone who identifies real problems, orchestrates AI systems, ships useful products, and proves market demand.
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The Certificate Trap.

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Most AI certifications teach valuable skills — but in a vacuum. Learning without market utility is expensive entertainment.

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✕ Generic AI Certifications

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  • — Watch pre-recorded videos on Python and API calls.
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  • — Build a tutorial project that 10,000 other students also built.
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  • — Pass a multiple-choice quiz to prove you watched the videos.
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  • — Get a PDF certificate that employers can't verify.
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✓ The Forge

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  • ⚡ Hunt for real problems. Your pod validates them with real users.
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  • ⚡ Build in a 4-person pod. Other pods stress-test your product.
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  • ⚡ Deploy to production. Acquire real users or generate real revenue.
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  • ⚡ Earn a credential backed by a publicly shipped, verifiable product.
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What You'll Learn
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The same agentic AI skills. Learned by shipping.

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Every skill below appears in the JHU, IBM, and DeepLearning.AI certifications. We teach them all — through a real product that must prove market demand.

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+ Core AI & Architecture +
+ LLM Architecture + Vector Databases + RAG Pipelines + Prompt Engineering + Chain-of-Thought +
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+ Agentic Systems & Automation +
+ Multi-Agent Orchestration + Tool Use & Function Calling + Workflow Automation + API Orchestration + AI Marketing Agents +
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+ Safety, Evaluation & Governance +
+ Guardrail Engineering + Human-in-the-Loop + AI Evaluation & Testing + Bias Detection + AI Governance +
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Program Structure
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4 core sessions. 2 electives. 1 capstone.

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Demo Day
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The 4 Core Sessions
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From real problem to live product.

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After every session, pods swap builds and run structured peer-reviews — catching bugs, challenging assumptions, and learning from how other teams solve different problems.

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Problem Discovery & AI Feasibility

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Find the pain. Validate the solution. Form your pod.
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Your pod interviews real users, maps broken workflows, and ranks problems by AI feasibility. You learn how LLMs work — hallucination patterns, confidence calibration, when to trust vs. override — then present your top problem to other pods for structured critique. You leave with a validated problem statement your pod will build against for the next 5 weeks.

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+ LLM Architecture + Prompt Engineering + AI Delegation Framework + → Validated Problem Statement + → Cross-Pod Critique Session +
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Build & Prototype (Zero to Deployed)

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Working software by end of session. Real users by next week.
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Your pod builds the solution using Zapier, Make, Cursor, or direct API orchestration — tools that let you go from idea to working software in minutes, not months. By session end, every pod has deployed software a stranger can use. Between sessions, pods swap products: your pod tests another pod's build, files a structured feedback report, and receives one on yours.

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+ Workflow Automation + API Orchestration + Prompt Chaining + → Deployed MVP + → Cross-Pod Testing Report +
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Agents, Guardrails & Production-Readiness

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Autonomous AI — with safety boundaries you design.
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Upgrade your prototype with agentic patterns: chain-of-thought, tool-calling, multi-agent orchestration. The critical skill: guardrail engineering — defining what AI can't do matters more than what it can. Enterprise builders learn to add compliance checkpoints. Indie builders design marketing agents. Every pod commits to a Proof of Utility track and drafts a go-to-market plan.

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Quality, Governance & Launch

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Break it. Fix it. Ship it.
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Pods audit each other's capstones for bias, hallucination, and edge cases. You write a 1-page AI Governance Report — the kind a VP of Engineering would need before signing off on production deployment. Then you build launch infrastructure: marketing agents, landing pages, automated outreach. Your product goes live this week.

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The Forge Choices.

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Customize your path. Runs alongside your capstone launch.

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🧠 RAG Systems & Knowledge Architecture

For Technical Roles

Build a retrieval-augmented generation pipeline. Vector databases, embeddings, chunking, evaluation. Leave with a working knowledge-base AI for interviews or internal deployment.

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👔 AI Strategy for Leaders & Founders

No Code Required · For Decision-Makers

AI vendor evaluation, build vs. buy, team restructuring, ROI modeling. Leave with a 2-page AI Strategy Brief your VP or board can actually use.

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💼 AI-Powered Career Transition

Bridge Crossover · For Job Seekers

Resume and LinkedIn for AI roles. Position your HD Applied AI Architect credential. Mock interviews. Pipeline execution. If you need a promotion or a new role — this is your elective.

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🚀 Launch Day: First Customers

Go-To-Market · For Builders

Payments, marketing agents, deployment, user acquisition — in one session. The capstone accelerator for pods that want revenue, not just users.

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Demo Day.

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A public event at Hacker Dojo. Your pod presents the product, proves it works, and demonstrates market demand. Pick your track:

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The Bootstrapper

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$1+ revenue from a stranger.
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Indie hackers. Micro-SaaS builders.
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The Growth Hacker

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100+ active users or 250+ waitlist.
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Free tools. Directories. Lead-gen magnets.
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The Intrapreneur

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Signed Letter of Utility from a stakeholder.
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W2 employees building internal tools. Consultants. Enterprise PMs who want their boss to say "ship this company-wide."
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+ Pass and earn The Mark — the HD Applied AI Architect credential, a public Proof of Work ledger, and a verifiable LinkedIn badge. +

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Secure Your Seat.

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Two paths. Both require you to do the work.

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Standard Path

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Learn, build, earn the credential.

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$1,497
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  • 6 weeks of live sessions (4 core + 2 electives)
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  • Accountability pod placement
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Recommended
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Premium Architect Path

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Maximum support. Maximum accountability.

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$1,997
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+ AI is reshaping every career.
+ Get ahead of it — or get left behind. +

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+ Whether you've been laid off, you're watching your industry shift, or you simply want to future-proof your skills — Hacker Dojo's AI Career Initiative gives you the structure, community, and launchpad to make your next move. +

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The market pays for leverage, not knowledge.

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+ If you're using ChatGPT as a glorified search engine, you're falling behind. Every product below is designed to help you build autonomous agents, wire workflows, and ship products without permission.

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+ Transformation. +

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+ Not Courses — Execution. +

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+ Stop watching video tutorials. The AI era rewards those who ship products and execute strategies. Choose a one-morning sprint to get your hands dirty, or commit to a full cohort crucible. +

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Career Pivot Sprint

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1 Saturday Morning · 4 Hours
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AI Builder Sprint

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+ Most AI training teaches you tools in a vacuum. This isn't a tutorial — it's a live execution sprint where you dissect how real AI products work, then build and deploy your own version before lunch. +

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🌉 The Bridge

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+ Laid off, stuck in a role that's evaporating, or quietly watching your industry shift? We help you figure out your next pivot and how to start landing interviews for it. You leave with proper positioning, proof of work, and a real interview pipeline. +

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+ Career transitions are hard. Doing them solo — sending hundreds of applications into the void, losing confidence with every rejection — is even harder. The people who pivot fastest are the ones surrounded by others who've done it before. +

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+ The Bridge doesn't teach AI and job search separately. You learn to build an AI-powered outreach engine that generates interviews, ship a portfolio piece that proves you're an orchestrator, and translate your builder skills into corporate roles that pay $150K+. The AI education never feels like homework — it feels like an unfair advantage. +

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+ In-person · Mountain View + 15 builders/cohort + Pods of 4 +
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Don't wait to be displaced. Master workflow automation and learn to build autonomous AI agents that make you the most irreplaceable, highly leveraged person in your company.

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6-Week Crucible
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⚒️ The Forge

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+ Having the HD Applied AI Architect Certification is proof that you can build something real. You collaborate with your small group to ship an AI product and, in the meantime, learn everything you need to know about leveraging agentic AI. +

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+ Most AI certificates prove you watched videos and passed a quiz. The HD Applied AI Architect certification proves you can actually build. Six intensive sessions where you go from understanding how AI works under the hood to shipping a live AI product — in production, in front of real users. +

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+ Walk out with the HD Applied AI Architect credential — proof that you don't just understand AI at a deep level, but can use it to get something real into the world. +

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+ Hybrid format + 12 builders/cohort + Pods of 4 +
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The Dojo Dual Guarantee
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+ We don't want your money if we can't deliver results. +

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+ Two layers of protection. You decide within a week if a cohort is right for you. If you commit to the Bridge Premium track and do the work but don't get results within six months, you get your full tuition back. +

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+ ① The 7-Day Vibe Check +

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Try the first week. If it's not for you, full refund.

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+ ② The 180-Day Money-Back (Bridge Premium only) +

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Do the work. Get results. Or get your tuition back.

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+ Complete every session, submit every deliverable, and meet the effort threshold below. If you don't land a role or contract within 6 months of graduation — full refund. +

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+ If you attend all 4 sessions, complete all deliverables, ship your role-relevant AI demo, rebuild your resume/LinkedIn, and send 50+ documented tailored outreach messages—but do not generate at least 3 qualified interviews or serious hiring conversations within 180 days—you get continued support or a full refund. +

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Move from where you are to what aligns with you most.

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🎯 Applied Upskilling

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You don't learn AI separately from the job search. You use it to generate outreach, proof, and momentum.

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💼 Corporate Translation

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Turn raw AI fluency into hiring-manager language employers understand and trust.

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🚀 Proof of Life

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Create a real AI artifact for your target role — something you can show, not just describe.

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Learn AI by shipping, not by watching.

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👥 Accountability Pods

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Small teams create pressure, momentum, and shared progress.

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📦 Micro-Shippables

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Every session produces a working artifact — workflow, prototype, or tool.

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🧠 Thinking Over Tooling

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Tools change. Clear thinking, problem-solving, and judgment endure.

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We turn you into an Applied AI Architect.

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The highest-value people in 2026 are not those that can ask questions from ChatGPT — it's the people who design the systems where AI agents do the work and humans make the decisions AI can't, and the ones that create visible proof of value.

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A typical Dojo journey.

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Most people start with one program. The flywheel kicks in when they don't stop there.

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Free Workshop

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Public preview. Find out if this is for you.

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Sprint

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Career Pivot or AI Builder. One morning. Real output.

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Full cohort. Pods. Capstone. Transformation.

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Black Belt

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Expert Mode. Micro-Consulting. Earn on the platform.

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Mentor

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Teach the next cohort. Build the Dojo.

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Reputation System

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The Belt System.

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Your status on CoCreate OS isn't bought — it's earned by shipping. Founders see your Belt before they see your name.

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White Belt

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Default — Just Joined
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Browse startups. Claim free Portfolio Micro-Contracts. Build your first proofs of work. Complete 2 contracts (no rating below 4.0★) to advance.

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Blue Belt

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Proven Operator · Unlocks Pro Contracts + Expert Mode
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You've shipped real work. Now you can claim paid Pro Contracts, activate Expert Mode in Micro-Consulting (offer paid services), and get priority on the Talent Directory. Fast-track via GitHub or LinkedIn verification.

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Black Belt

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Founder · Mentor · HD Applied AI Architect
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The top tier. Earned by founding a launched startup, mentoring 2 Blue Belts into hired roles, OR earning the HD Applied AI Architect certification through The Forge. God-Mode directory visibility, Demo Day judge authority, masterclass teaching rights.

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Built On Mountain View Soil

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17 years of building builders at Hacker Dojo.

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