Accelerated
12-Week Fast Track
$1,997 founding priceFor serious builders who want structure, speed, accountability, and a clear finish line.
- 6-10 hours per week
- 2 live sessions per week
- 3 payments of $750 available
- Capstone shipped by week 12
Monarc Made University
Learn AI from zero and build real systems.
A guided AI builder cohort for beginners, founders, creatives, and professionals who want more than prompts. Learn the roadmap, build real workflows, and leave with a shipped AI project you can use for business, career growth, or client work.
Kickoff
Monday, September 28, 2026
Apply by
Friday, September 11, 2026
Onboarding
September 21-25, 2026
12 or 24
week cohort paths
6
builder phases
1
shipped capstone
Why this exists
Most AI content is scattered. This gives you the roadmap.
You should not have to piece together random videos, tool lists, and hype threads just to understand what to learn next. Monarc University turns AI into a clear build path: learn the concepts, practice the workflows, ship the project, and know how to keep going.
Live guided learning
Clear lessons, live demos, weekly labs, and structured checkpoints.
Build-first curriculum
Every phase pushes toward a workflow, prototype, or capstone asset.
Business-aware AI
Learn AI for real use cases: content, operations, clients, and products.
Capstone proof
Leave with a project you can demo, use, package, or turn into an offer.
Cohort paths
Choose the pace. Keep the outcome.
Both tracks teach the same roadmap and push toward the same capstone. The difference is how much time you want between concepts, labs, and review.
Standard
24-Week Guided Cohort
$2,997 founding priceFor beginners and busy professionals who want the same outcome with more room to practice.
- 3-5 hours per week
- 1 live session per week
- 6 payments of $550 available
- Same capstone, slower pace
Full curriculum
Six phases. One shipped project.
The fast track moves through each phase in two weeks. The guided track gives each phase four weeks for deeper practice, review, and capstone progress.
01Weeks 1-2 / 1-4
AI Foundations
Weeks 1-2 / 1-4Understand what AI is, how LLMs work, what models are good at, where they fail, and how to choose the right tools.
LLMs in plain EnglishTokens & contextTool selectionHallucinations
02Weeks 3-4 / 5-8
Prompt Systems
Weeks 3-4 / 5-8Move from random prompts to repeatable systems for content, operations, business workflows, and personal productivity.
Prompt structureVoice & styleStructured outputsWorkflow prompts
03Weeks 5-6 / 9-12
AI APIs & Apps
Weeks 5-6 / 9-12Learn how AI moves from a chat window into a real tool, app, form, dashboard, or client workflow.
OpenAI & Claude APIsInputs & outputsStreamingCost controls
04Weeks 7-8 / 13-16
RAG & Knowledge Systems
Weeks 7-8 / 13-16Build assistants that answer from real documents, SOPs, websites, notes, and business knowledge instead of guessing.
EmbeddingsDocument chunkingVector searchAnswer quality
05Weeks 9-10 / 17-20
Agents & Automations
Weeks 9-10 / 17-20Design AI workflows that can use tools, trigger actions, summarize information, and support real business operations.
Tool callingHuman reviewSlack/email workflowsAutomation design
06Weeks 11-12 / 21-24
Production & Capstone
Weeks 11-12 / 21-24Scope, build, demo, and package a final AI project that proves you can apply the skills outside the classroom.
Project scopingEvalsDeployment basicsDemo & portfolio
Capstone
Leave with something you can actually show.
Every student chooses a practical final project and builds toward it during the cohort. The goal is not just to understand AI. The goal is to prove you can apply it.
AI content engine
Client intake assistant
Lead qualification assistant
Proposal generator
Business document chatbot
SOP knowledge assistant
Customer support assistant
AI-powered service dashboard
Who this is for
Built for people ready to use AI seriously.
You do not need to be an expert. You do need curiosity, consistency, and a reason to turn AI into something useful.
Beginners who feel behind
You know AI matters, but the space feels noisy. This gives you a clean path from zero to useful.
Founders and business owners
You want to use AI for operations, content, client work, internal tools, or new service offers.
Creatives and service providers
You want practical systems for content, admin work, proposals, research, and repeatable workflows.
Early builders and career switchers
You want enough technical confidence to build demos, talk through projects, and create proof of skill.
Founding offer
Start accessible. Scale with support.
Founding cohort pricing is locked for the first group. Future cohorts can increase after student projects, testimonials, and the full portal are live.
Self-Paced Starter
$297
Recorded lessons, templates, starter prompts, and project examples for students who want to move independently. Later price: $497.
12-Week Fast Track
$1,997
Live cohort access, two sessions per week, labs, reviews, community, recordings, templates, and a shipped capstone. Payment plan: 3 payments of $750.
24-Week Guided Cohort
$2,997
The same six-phase builder path with one live session per week, more practice time, and a shipped capstone. Payment plan: 6 payments of $550.
VIP Build-With-Me
Starts at $5,000
Private support for founders, service providers, and students building a defined AI project they plan to sell, deploy, or use in their business.
Questions
Straight answers.
Founding cohort
Apply for early access.
The first cohort will be intentionally small. This application helps sort serious students by goal, pace, readiness, and the kind of AI project they want to build.
Founding cohort timeline
Priority applications
Friday, September 11, 2026
Apply by this date for first review and track fit.
Acceptance/payment deadline
Friday, September 18, 2026
Accepted students lock their seat before onboarding week.
Onboarding week
September 21-25, 2026
Portal access, prep materials, and kickoff details go out.
Cohort kickoff
Monday, September 28, 2026
The founding cohort starts live.
Good fit signals
- Clear reason for learning AI
- Willing to build a real capstone
- Interested in business, career, content, clients, or automation
- Ready for guided work, not just passive videos
More from Monarc Made
See the work behind the curriculum.
The curriculum is built on real production AI experience. Browse the case studies to see the kind of problems the practice actually solves.