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AI Builder Lab · India

Stop learning
about AI.
Start shipping it.

India needs AI engineers, not AI consumers. 12 weeks. One idea. A deployed product that is yours.

30
builders per cohort
12
weeks to ship
1
live AI product
This is for you if

Be the few.

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You want to build a real AI product — not follow tutorials or collect certificates

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You learn by doing — every two weeks, you ship something that works

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You want results, not promises — a live deployed system is your portfolio

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Your project could become a startup — the best ones get supported beyond the program

Millions will learn to prompt AI. Few will build with it.

The best builder projects don't end at Demo Day. They become real products. Some become startups. That's the highest outcome we design for.

What you'll build

Real AI systems. Deployed and running.

Every builder ships a working AI product. Deployed live, with real logic, real data, and real users. These are the kinds of systems you'll create.

01Voice + Agent

Voice AI Assistant

Real-time conversational AI with speech models, orchestration, and retrieval. A system that listens, reasons, and responds.

02Autonomous

Research Agent

Autonomous system that retrieves, reasons, and synthesizes complex research across multiple sources into structured output.

03Integration

Workflow Engine

AI layer integrating tools, APIs, and data pipelines. Automates operational work that currently requires manual effort.

04Retrieval

Knowledge System

Multimodal retrieval combining text, audio, and documents into one searchable, intelligent product interface.

At Demo Day, builders show live products to a real audience. The best ones don't stop there. They become startups.

Who teaches this

Engineers from the companies building the future.

Mentors and instructors come from the teams actually shipping AI at scale. Not academics. Practitioners.

Meta
NVIDIA
Microsoft
amazon
Apple
OpenAI
Anthropic
Salesforce
Uber

Mentors are independent professionals. Company names represent their background, not institutional endorsement.

The journey

12 weeks. Idea to product.

Scroll through the timeline to see what happens each stage. Every two weeks, you ship something real.

Phase 0: The Gateway2 weeks before the program

Your CGPA doesn't matter. Your background doesn't matter.

What matters is whether you show up and do the work. Phase 0 is a free, 14-day commitment test. Complete it, and you earn your seat.

Only builders who finish Phase 0 are invited to the 12-week program.

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Pre-workPhase 0

Environment & Foundations

Terminal mastery, Git workflows, API fundamentals. Deploy a simple chat app. Get comfortable with Cursor, Vercel — the basics. This is your warm-up.

+CLI tool + deployed chat app

Your path from signup to cohort

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Sign UpApply online — takes 2 minutes
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Phase 0Free 14-day builder challenge
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Submit & ReviewWe review your Phase 0 work
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Confirm Seat₹24,000 · scholarships available
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Join CohortBegin the 12-week build
30seats per cohort

Fee due only after Phase 0 pass. Merit-based scholarships available.

Tools & Frameworks
LangGraph·N8N·MCP·vLLM·Docker·Supabase·Lovable·Sentry·Datadog·Claude·GPT-4·Llama·LangChain·Qdrant·Pinecone·LangGraph·N8N·MCP·vLLM·Docker·Supabase·Lovable·Sentry·Datadog·Claude·GPT-4·Llama·LangChain·Qdrant·Pinecone·LangGraph·N8N·MCP·vLLM·Docker·Supabase·Lovable·Sentry·Datadog·Claude·GPT-4·Llama·LangChain·Qdrant·Pinecone·
Optimization·Observability·Content Safety·Streaming APIs·Hybrid Search·Chain of Thought·Tool Calling·RAG Pipeline·Agent Loops·Voice Models·Embeddings·Evaluation·Optimization·Observability·Content Safety·Streaming APIs·Hybrid Search·Chain of Thought·Tool Calling·RAG Pipeline·Agent Loops·Voice Models·Embeddings·Evaluation·Optimization·Observability·Content Safety·Streaming APIs·Hybrid Search·Chain of Thought·Tool Calling·RAG Pipeline·Agent Loops·Voice Models·Embeddings·Evaluation·
The Emergence

Every builder ships.

A deployed product. A portfolio. A new identity.

Builder Stories

What builders say.

I came in knowing Python and some ML basics. By week 6, I had a working voice assistant deployed on a real server. The mentors don't hand you answers — they push you to figure it out. That's what made the difference in interviews.
Arjun Mehta
BITS Pilani · Cohort 1
AI Engineer @ early-stage startup
Hired within 3 weeks of Demo Day
Project: Voice AI Assistant
3
cohorts completed
87
builders shipped
12
startups emerged
The Ecosystem

Bigger than a program. An ecosystem.

Blink Labs is not a course. It's a system designed to turn builders into founders, and projects into products.

The Lab

The 12-week builder program. Real AI systems, real deployment, real portfolio. This is where you go from idea to shipped product.

The Community

A network of builders who ship. Alumni, mentors, and practitioners who stay connected long after Demo Day.

The Startup Arm

The best projects from Demo Day may receive support to evolve into funded products. Your project could become a company.

FAQ

Have questions?

We've answered the most common questions about eligibility, Phase 0, costs, outcomes, and more.

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The Brochure

Everything about the program. One document.

Download the full program brochure — curriculum, timeline, outcomes, and everything you need to know before starting Phase 0.

Become a Blink Builder.

Phase 0 is free and open to everyone. Start building today and earn your seat in the next cohort.