Online · year-round · weekly mentor studios
The Build Era
Learn AI through written lessons, interactive exercises, and tasks personalized to your project. Build at your own pace with weekly mentor guidance.
See what you’ll learn
For ambitious high schoolers · no coding experience required
Learn the latest AI skills.
Build a project that stands out.
Learn from mentors at a venture-backed Silicon Valley AI company. Finish with a real product, live on the internet.
The current Build Era cohort is full
Join the waitlist to be notified when the next cohort opens.
01AI skills real teams use02Weekly human mentorship03Your own product, live online
Auckland + Online · School holiday course
School holidays. Your first AI app.
AI Application Build Intensive: six hands-on lessons to build a personal website and AI agent, learning AI-assisted coding, automation and publishing along the way. For Years 8–13, with no coding experience required.
Epsom · Greenlane · Online. Can’t attend in person? Join online. When in-person classes fill up, only Online registration will remain available.
September school holidaysTaught in EnglishMac / Windows laptop
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Compare programs & pricingOnline · eight weeks · one-on-one mentor
Lantr Fellowship
For students who want a standout project for college applications or a first career step. Build around your interests with a dedicated mentor.
Explore the FellowshipBuilt and launched by our students.
AI Stock Analyst
A personal AI agent that researches stocks, gathers insights on its own, and places trades with your approval. Try it with virtual money.
- Autonomous research
- Stock insights
- Approval-based trading
AirAware
Plan outdoor activities around air quality, heat, UV, and pollen.
- Local air quality
- Weather conditions
- Outdoor planning
PostPilot
Turn notes and interviews into content drafts you can review, edit, and export.
- Notes & interviews
- Editable drafts
- Content export
Built by builders. Taught with care.
Learn directly from Silicon Valley founders and AI engineers.
Three founders who met at UC Berkeley bring their AI engineering, product, and startup experience into the curriculum. Learn not just the tools, but how to think, test, and finish what you start.
Meet the Lantr team
Advisor perspectives across engineering, finance, research, and medicine.
Meet our advisors
How The Build Era works
14 modules. Your own AI product.
AI Stock AnalystLearning example
I want to build…
An AI that researches and trades stocks for me.
Research stocks
Find insights
Place trades
01
Choose your idea
Start with a problem you care about.
AI Stock AnalystLearning example
I want to build…
An AI that researches and trades stocks for me.
Research stocks
Find insights
Place trades
02
Build your first version
Turn your idea into a working website.
AI Stock AnalystLearning example
My stock analyst
Which companies would you follow?
A stock is a small share of a company.
AppleFollowing
NikeFollowing
TeslaFollowing
03
Add AI
Teach your app to research and explain what it finds.
AI Stock AnalystLearning example
My stock analyst
Research runs daily
You pick the stocks. AI does the research.
Find the latest news
Analyse price changes
Prepare insights and trade ideas
Your research report is ready to review.
04
Make it complete
Connect tools so your AI can take action.
AI Stock AnalystLearning example
My stock analystVirtual money
From research to action.
AI trade proposal · fictional example
Buy 1 share of Example Co.
Limits checked. Waiting for your approval.
Try a choice to see what the agent does.
05
Launch and present
Test your product. Share what you built at Demo Day.
AI Stock AnalystActual product
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The Build Era, week by week.
Learn, build, and get feedback in a live group mentor studio—right through to launch.
- 01
Weekly modules
Learn a skill you’ll use in your project.
- 02
Build your project
Put the lesson into practice on your own product.
- 03
Weekly mentor meeting
Get feedback, work through problems, and plan your next steps.
Repeat each week. Keep improving.
Finish with a live product.
Present what you built at Demo Day.
Program details & pricing
Choose how you’ll learn.
Learn and build throughout the year, or focus on one personal project with a dedicated mentor.
Year-round membership
The Build Era
Learn AI skills. Keep building with mentors and a community.
- Best for
- Students ready to learn AI through hands-on projects
- Duration
- One year, with a structured learning path
- Mentorship
- Weekly live mentor studios + builder community
- What you build
- Your own live products, presented at Demo Day
US$790
per yearThe current Build Era cohort is full
Join the waitlist to be notified when the next cohort opens.
Dedicated one-on-one mentorship
Lantr Fellowship
Build a standout project around your interests and goals.
- Best for
- Students building a project for college applications or a first career step
- Duration
- Eight weeks, with a personalized project plan
- Mentorship
- Weekly private sessions + support between meetings
- What you build
- One launched product shaped around your goals
By application
Apply with your interests and project goals
Everything included & membership details
The Build Era
- A structured path from idea to launch
- Written lessons and interactive exercises
- Weekly live mentor studios
- Tested project foundations and templates
- Builder community and quarterly demos
- Milestones and parent-visible progress
The current cohort is full. Join the waitlist and we'll email you the moment the next cohort opens.
7-day money-back guarantee · Request a refund within 7 days of purchase for a full refund of the membership fee.
Lantr Fellowship
- A private mentor: weekly one-on-ones, unlimited support in between
- Curriculum and project customized to the student's goals
- A serious build for university applications or a first career step
- A Demo Day presentation to finish
- Ongoing support and the Lantr alumni network after the program
Third-party tool subscriptions are paid separately. Some services have age or regional restrictions; after enrollment, we provide detailed setup guidance.
See what you’ll learnQuestions families ask
Clear answers before you join.
Clear answers are where trust starts.
ChatGPT and YouTube can answer isolated questions. The Build Era supplies the sequence, project foundations, deadlines, weekly human review, community, and repeated launch cycles required to develop a complex skill. Students use AI throughout, but they remain responsible for the product and the decisions behind it.
More questions? Book a consultation and we'll talk it through.
The next generation should not only use AI.
Give them repeated practice building with it.
A real launch makes progress visible, and turns a new tool into a lasting capability.