The Cohort
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Build With AI: Founding Cohort
Section titled “Build With AI: Founding Cohort”Learn to build real AI-powered products in just three months through hands-on design, expert mentorship and a tight-knit peer community.
What you get
Section titled “What you get”Program structure
Section titled “Program structure”12 weeks total. ~20-25 hours of structured time, plus your own build hours on top.
| Cadence | What happens |
|---|---|
| 3 monthly 90-minute workshops | Live group instruction on the month’s core build. Hands-on, with screens shared, real code, real questions. |
| 3 monthly 60-minute sessions | Smaller-group office hours. Bring what you’re stuck on. |
| 3 monthly 1:1 coaching sessions | Private 60-minute calls with Yuri. Strategy, technical review, business application — whatever you need. |
| Peer advisory board | Self-scheduled sessions with your cohort peers. Yuri seeds the format, the group runs it. |
| Pre-program + between-session assignments | Real builds, not exercises. You arrive at each workshop with something to show. |
What you’ll walk away with
Section titled “What you’ll walk away with”By the end of three months, at minimum:
- Two fully built, deployed apps you can use in your work or side business
- A working command of Claude Code for everything from web apps to AI agents
- A peer network of senior operators building in parallel
- Yuri’s templates, prompts and architecture playbooks to keep using after the cohort ends
- The confidence to build anything else you want to build — this is the moat
The honest comparison
Section titled “The honest comparison”What you’re getting for $2,500 versus the realistic alternatives:
| Option | Cost | Live Expert | Peer Cohort | Accountability | AI-Specific | Built by an Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ForwardShare Founding Cohort | $2,500 once | Yes — direct | Yes — small group | Yes | Yes — current 2026 | Yes |
| Coursera Executive Certificate | $400-800/yr | No | No | No | Partial, dated | No |
| Udemy AI for Business | $15-25 once | No | No | No | Surface level | No |
| LinkedIn Learning | $40/mo | No | No | No | Generic | No |
| 1:1 Executive Coach | $500-1,000/hr | Yes | No | Some | Rarely | Rarely |
| University Executive Ed | $5,000-25,000 | Partial | Yes | Some | 12-18mo behind | No |
| Hire an AI consultant | $250-500/hr | Yes | No | No | Yes | Rarely |
The only options with both live expert access and a peer cohort are 1:1 coaching ($500+/hour) and university programs ($5K-$25K). This cohort is $2,500 for the full 3-month program.
Who’s running this
Section titled “Who’s running this”Yuri Kruman — verifiable in 3 minutes:
- 3x Chief Human Resources Officer (50 to 50,000-employee companies)
- AI model trainer under paid contract at Meta, Microsoft and OpenAI (not a course badge — actual training work)
- 2,300+ executives coached over 15 years
- Top 5 Global HR Thought Leader (Thinkers360, independently ranked)
- Forbes, Fast Company and NBC contributor
- JD, Cardozo School of Law; BA Anthropology and Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania
- LinkedIn: 33,000+ followers, full career history, public recommendations
None of that is a sales pitch. It’s all checkable in 3 minutes.
Vet first, decide second
Section titled “Vet first, decide second”If you want to talk before committing, book a 15-minute call with Yuri. No pitch. You ask whatever you need to feel confident. If after 15 minutes the cohort isn’t right for you, Yuri will tell you honestly.
Apply to the founding cohort →
4 of 8 spots remain.