Two doors · pick who you are
Short workshops first — for founders who need digital literacy, and for tech-oriented builders who want AI IDE craft. Longer programs live in the menu.
Workshops
Different audiences. Different outcomes. Don’t pick based on length alone — pick based on who you are.
02 days · early bird ₹1,999
For founders, new entrepreneurs, and non-tech people starting something. Must-know digital literacy — while you ship something live.
Join next batch →07 days · early bird ₹3,999
For tech-oriented builders who want AI IDE depth — Cursor now, craft that travels to Claude Code. Ship, then practice all week.
Join next batch →Longer programs
Sponsor tracks, institute batches, and deep partnerships — explore from the menu or below when you’re ready.
Companies
Sponsor someone into a Forward Deployed Engineer — or embed Ankit to lead the track.
View →Institutes
One institute batch at a time — up to 20 students on the six-month curriculum.
View →Partnership
Student batches plus digitizing institute systems — people learning alongside the build.
View →Proof
Workshop builds — problem, solution, and what opened up. Moderated before publish.
Voices
First workshop voice — plus how Ankit has pushed people to ship before the school existed.
You forced me to take action. Everything was already in front of me — Supabase, Vercel — I just never tried. I’d even bought a Cursor account and given it to a friend, thinking I wasn’t made for it. This session gave me the kickstart.
I already hustle and build every day. Ankit’s shipping standard matched that energy — this week put me on stage and turned knowing into doing.
His thoughtful feedback drove me outside the box. Months later I still remember the pieces we made — and I’m proud of them.
Excellent at getting the best out of his team — ownership, dedication, honesty.
Quick prototyping and thriving in early-stage ambiguity — that’s where his strengths show.
Story
The school grew out of mentoring inside a growing retail company — builders learning how the work actually runs, then owning the software that supports it.
Months on live systems — develop, enhance, maintain — across tools the company runs on:
FAQ
Founder Ship Stack — founders / non-tech people starting something who need digital must-knows. 7-day Cursor — tech-oriented builders who want AI IDE harness craft (Cursor → Claude Code later).
Founder Ship Stack early bird ₹1,999 (full ₹3,998). 7-day Cursor early bird ₹3,999 (full ₹7,998). Full fee applies once next-batch dates are announced.
Founder Ship Stack: no. 7-day: comfort with tools helps; CS degree not required.
Workshops teach on Cursor so the room stays on one harness. The craft transfers to Claude Code and other AI workspaces later.
No — sponsor-only. Individuals start with a workshop, or apply as an employee whose company may sponsor.
Ankit Zen — built products, led teams, trained the FDE path this school is modeled on.
Next step
Founders start with Ship Stack. Tech builders start with the 7-day Cursor week.