Build production-grade AI on real problems
The Field Lab is where builders work on real, production-shaped AI problems instead of random demos. Builders, career switchers, students, anyone shipping. Browse the problem library, join the pilot, and find the free tools to start.
Growth Runtime: An AI Growth Agent for Apps with No Users
Build an AI growth agent that helps an early-stage founder discover, reach, convert, and activate the right first users with evidence, not guessing.
A library of real AI problems
10 sanitized, production-shaped problems scoped to be buildable and testable, each with a stated reliability bar. Every brief includes the pain, the workflow, inputs and outputs, evaluation ideas, the boundaries, and a reliability target.
Across AI Infrastructure, B2B SaaS, E-commerce, Enterprise SaaS, Growth, Internal Tools, Legal, Operations, Productivity, Retail.
The AI Runtime · Field Lab Pilot
Build something real with AI, on your own clock.
The Field Lab is a free, async pilot for a small group of motivated builders: career switchers, students, and practitioners shipping on the side. Work through a real project at your own pace, learn what production reliability actually takes, and share what you build with the community. Small groups per run. Exact scope and format are still taking shape, join the list and we'll shape it together.
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Pick a real problem
Choose a focused, real-world task worth solving. Write down what good looks like and where it could go wrong before you build.
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Build something grounded
Go from idea to a working build, grounded in real sources. The goal is something that holds up beyond a hand-picked demo.
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Measure reliability
Add the checks and signals that tell you when it works and when it breaks. Reliability is measured, not claimed.
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Show your work
Share a short demo with the community. Walk through the problem, your approach, and one thing you learned.
We're shaping a credential that recognizes how far you take it, from a first working build to an agent that catches and corrects its own mistakes.
Limited spots per run. If the current run is full, you join a rolling waitlist and we email you when the next one opens.
Free tools to start building
Most of the tools practitioners use in production are free for students. Microsoft for Students, NVIDIA, free compute and courses, plus the free Field Guide and meetup entry from The AI Runtime.
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New briefs, the next pilot run, and weekly production lessons from practitioners. Free.
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