Hey there,

We've spent this week walking through:

• Monday: Why The AI Founder Accelerator exists (build high-quality software, grow a real business, and shape the future of AI).
• Tuesday: What ➡ 5 Problems You’ll Face on your founder’s journey through the “AI Coder's Canyon” (and what 149 IWAI readers told us about where they get stuck).
• Wednesday: How ➡ The AI-CTO Method™ helps you ‘fly through the canyon’ (CRAFT your prototype, TEST product & marketing growth, OWN systems that scale)
• Thursday: Which Level ➡ Training, Coaching, CTO Advisory walks you through selecting the right level of support, based on what you need the most right now.

Today, logistics are simple:

​AI Founder Accelerator (first cohort) Enrollment closes tonight at 11:59 PM (Pacific Time).​

After that, we'll shift from talking about the program to serving the folks who said yes. Before we talk about how to decide, here's the short version of everything – and then, the thing I think matters most.

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The AI Founder Accelerator | At a glance

The AI Founder Accelerator is a 6-month program for AI founders to:

• Cross the canyon. Go from idea (or no idea) to a working product with real users – without a technical cofounder, without a dev team, and without the quiet fear that what you've built is held together with duct tape.
• Build like a CTO would. Not by learning to code – by developing the judgment that separates a prototype from a product. The same judgment I brought to Dave's company for seven years as his fractional CTO.
• Grow a business you're proud to own. Revenue. Customers. Systems that don't depend on you doing everything.

To do it, you'll work through the AI-CTO Method™ – three phases, in order, each one getting you past a different mountain in the AI Coder's Canyon:

1. CRAFT – Validate your idea and build with CTO judgment.
2. TEST – Ship production-quality software and get real users.
3. OWN – Turn your product into a sustainable business with real revenue and real systems.

You can choose from three levels of support:

• Training – "Give me the map and tools. I'll build."
• Coaching – "Walk with me while I build."
• CTO Advisory – "Be my build partner." Fractional CTO-level advisory with senior developer access, done-with-you implementation, and post-build emergency support.

You can see everything side-by-side here: