AI Build Lab for Founders: Discover

AI Build Lab for Founders Series Take your idea from concept to launch in a 3-part interactive series. Leverage AI tools to build a live product, put it in front of users, and leave with honest feedback, concrete next steps, and the tools to keep going - no coding background required. Session 1: Discover Led by: Omri Shacham, Founding Partner at Elliptic Ventures Validate the problem before writing a single line of code. Turn your idea into clear hypotheses around target users, existing workarounds, and willingness to pay. Use AI to mine real customer complaints across online forums, fact-check the findings, stress-test your concept against multiple AI models, and draft your customer interview plan. Session 2: Build Led by: Michael Affronti, Chief Product & Business Officer at DriveCentric Move from validation to a working product. Founders write a focused one-page plan based on customer interviews, building exclusively to test their biggest assumption. An AI verification tool tests the build against the plan before launch, followed by rapid 60-second live demos and peer critiques. Note: You must also register for all 3 sessions to complete the series. Session 2, Session 3 Who it is for Current NYU students, Alumni, and Faculty Coders and non-coders are welcome. Anyone who wants to explore ideas, is curious about entrepreneurship, or has started building. Deliverables for Session 1: Discover Written assumptions about the customer, problem, and willingness to pay A problem report with sources they checked themselves The three riskiest assumptions A user research interview script A list of 20 people to talk to, with 5 messages already sent Deliverables for Session 2: Build A live product or MVP A real ask on it: waitlist, pre-order, or booking A build reviewed and tested independently by peers and industry practitioners Full series highlights Hands-on from start to finish. Every session ends with something real in hand, not just notes. Real customers, not guesses. Fou