Vol. I · No. 01
RETHINK AI Academy presents Field School: AI
Cohort 01 · Kochi · Ages 10–17 · Twelve seats per batch

In 14 days, your child stops using AI and starts building with it.

  • 14-day in-person AI camp at the 7th Pillar office, Kochi.
  • Two batches of twelve. Same six projects in both.
  • Batch A · 9:00 am – 12:00 pm · ages 10–13
  • Batch B · 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm · ages 14–17
  • By Demo Day, your child has built all six AI projects with their own hands.
Enrolling now  ·  24 seats left  ·  12 in Batch A  ·  12 in Batch B
— Cohort 01 · seats remaining — 0 / 24 reserved
Batch A · 12 open Batch B · 12 open
12
Children per batch.
No more, no fewer.
1
Instructor.
Every day. In the room.
42h
Hours of in-person
build time.
0
Zoom calls.
None at all.
I.
On the stakes · why now

Using AI well is a real skill. Knowing what AI can do is the moat.

We teach both. Only one of them compounds.

Then
2015

Coding was a niche skill.

  • Most jobs didn't need it
  • Kids who learned had a small edge
  • Plenty of paths without it
Now
2026

AI is rewriting every desk job.

  • Juniors absorbed by AI agents
  • Coding, copy, support, ops — all rebuilt
  • Builders command. Users get commanded.
Soon
2034

Your child enters the workforce.

  • Peers will have shipped AI for 8 years
  • AI portfolios already in college apps
  • Not optional anymore

Fourteen days of building now buys them intuition that compounds for the next decade.

II.
Field log · what they ship

Six entries. Each one real, deployed, demoable.

Your child doesn't watch tutorials — they build, break, fix, and ship. Each project below is a field log entry, filed by the cohort and demoed live on May 30. Nothing in this list is a teaching toy.

Filed under cohort 01 · Kochi 2026
Same six projects · both batches
#1

A custom AI chatbot — about whatever they love.

Pick a topic they love — cricket, anime, K-pop, anything. Build a bot that knows everything about it and teach it to talk like them.

Stack Claude · prompt design · system prompts
Live May 21, 2026
#2

A voice agent that talks back — in real time.

The chatbot gets a voice. Speaks Malayalam, English, or any voice they design. Same plumbing that runs ReThink CallDesk in production today.

Stack ElevenLabs · Vapi · real-time streaming
Live May 25, 2026
#3

A real AI web app — deployed to the internet.

Next.js + Claude API + Vercel — the stack startups ship with. Your child picks a real problem and puts a live product on the internet. Friends use it by Day 9.

Stack Next.js · TypeScript · Claude API · Vercel
Deployed May 22, 2026
#4

An autonomous AI agent — that actually does things.

An AI that doesn't just answer — it does things. Real examples kids build: "plan my Goa trip," "find a tutor near me," "summarise this week's news in my voice."

Stack Claude Agent SDK · MCP · tool use
Shipped May 27, 2026
#5

A 60-second AI short film — screened on Demo Day.

Script with Claude. Generate scenes with Runway and Veo. Record their own voice. Premiered on the big screen for parents on May 30.

Stack Runway · Google Veo · CapCut
Premiered May 30, 2026
#6

The launch — the day-zero marketing of their product.

Building is half the job. Your child produces the launch video, writes the LinkedIn post, and presents to a live audience. Portfolio work that gets noticed in college applications.

Stack Runway · Descript · Figma
Published May 30, 2026
III.
In person · why twelve, why one room

One room. Twelve children. No one falls behind.

Big-name coding apps put 200 kids in a Zoom call and call it a class. We don't. Here is what your child gets in this room that no online programme can match.

Batch A
9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Ages 10 – 13 · Mornings · 12 seats
12 seats left
+
Batch B
2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Ages 14 – 17 · Afternoons · 12 seats
12 seats left

Same six projects in both. Same instructor. Same room. Pick the timing that works for your family.

IV.
Curriculum · table of contents

Six projects. Fourteen days. One table of contents — the same for both batches.

Each day is a build session — not a lecture. We start with what the cohort ships by Day 14, and work backwards from there. Project-led, not theory-led. Both batches run this same plan; only the timing differs.

14-day curriculum

From prompting to shipping — six builds, one launch.

Same projects · Batch A 9:00 am – 12:00 pm (ages 10–13) · Batch B 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm (ages 14–17)
  1. i. LLM Prompting & Custom ChatbotPersonality, tone, system prompts, role-play, guardrails. They build a chatbot about whatever they love and ship it. days 1–3
  2. ii. Voice AgentTheir bot picks up the phone. ElevenLabs voice + real-time streaming. Same plumbing that runs ReThink CallDesk in production. days 4–5
  3. iii. AI Web AppNext.js + Claude API + Vercel. A real, live product on the internet — the stack startups ship with. days 6–9
  4. iv. Autonomous AI AgentTool use. Function calling. MCP. Browser automation. An AI that doesn't just answer — it does things. days 10–11
  5. v. AI Short FilmScript with Claude. Scenes with Runway and Veo. Voiceover. Cut. Premiered on Demo Day. days 12–13
  6. vi. Launch Video & Demo DayMarketing video, LinkedIn post, live demo to parents. Portfolio work that gets noticed. day 14
→ Six projects shipped · one launch · presented to parents on May 30 evening
V.
The stack · tools they'll know like the back of their hand

Real tools. The same ones startups ship with this week.

Nothing in this list is a teaching toy. Every tool is what professional AI engineers reach for in production — and what your child will be comfortable with by Day 14.

LLM & Prompting
Claude·OpenAI·System prompts·Tool use
AI Agents
Claude Agent SDK·MCP·Function calling·Browser automation
Voice Agents
ElevenLabs·Vapi·Retell·Real-time streaming
Web & Deploy
Next.js·TypeScript·Vercel·Cursor
AI Video
Runway·Google Veo·Descript·CapCut
Design
Figma·v0·Framer
VI.
The instructor · author of these field notes

Taught by a founder who ships AI — in Kochi and Arizona.

Rashin Pothan, Founder of 7th Pillar Infotech and ReThink AI

I've been shipping software since 2014. AI for the past three years.

What scares me is the gap forming between the kids who use AI and the kids who build with it. In five years, that gap will decide who has career options and who doesn't.

My team in Kochi ships AI to paying customers on four continents — every day. None of us learned this in a classroom. We learned by building, breaking, and shipping anyway. This camp is that same loop — compressed into 14 days, with someone in the room to catch your child when they get stuck.

I'm running it because if I'd had this camp at twelve, I'd be ten years ahead today.

12
Years running
7th Pillar Infotech
4
Continents of
paying clients
2
AI companies
in production
1
Instructor —
every day, in the room
CEO · since 2014

7th Pillar Infotech

  • Kochi, India
  • 12 years in business
  • Clients in USA, UAE, Europe, Australia
  • Currently ships BookingOps SaaS
CTO · co-founder

REthink AI

  • Arizona, USA
  • AI for field service businesses
  • Currently ships ReThink CallDesk
  • An AI voice agent live 24 / 7

He doesn't teach AI from a textbook. He teaches from what's working in production this month — for paying clients on four continents.

VII.
Provisions · what's included

Everything they need. Nothing they don't.

i.Forty-two hours of in-person teaching3h/day × 14 days
ii.Lunch and snacks every daywe feed them well
iii.Branded camp t-shirt & goodie bagday-one swag drop
iv.Printed project portfolio & certificatefor college applications
v.Demo Day for parents — May 30 eveningyour child presents
vi.One month of post-camp Zoom Q&Aweekly · while they keep building
vii.Permanent alumni WhatsApp communitythey never build alone again
Bring your own laptop. Minimum 8GB RAM, Chrome browser, admin access to install tools. Parents confirm at checkout — we'll email setup instructions a week before camp begins. Don't have a laptop at home? Loaner available on request — just ask on the WhatsApp number below.
VIII.
A confession · the honest answer

Could they learn this on YouTube?
Honestly — yes.

We're not pretending we have secret knowledge. Every tool we teach is free online. If you have a self-driven kid who'll grind through a hundred hours of tutorials alone — save your money. We'll even hand you the playlists.

  • The information is everywhere. The discipline is not.
  • We don't sell the syllabus. We sell the environment — eleven peers, a deadline, a teacher in the room.
  • Self-paced course completion: ~10%. Our cohort: 100%.
  • Rare kid who'll grind 100 hours alone? Bookmark the playlists. Otherwise — pay for the room.
IX.
Subscription · pricing & reservation

One honest price. Twelve seats per batch. No tier games.

We don't run early-bird, late-bird or scarcity-pricing nonsense. One price for everyone. When we're full, we're full.

Sibling Discount
Applied automatically at checkout for the second child enrolled from the same family.
10% off
auto-applied · no code

Inclusive of 18% GST · Refundable up to 14 days before start · Secure checkout via Razorpay · Limited to 12 seats per batch

X.
Questions · the honest answers, upfront

What parents tend to ask.

Will this clash with my child's school work?

No. The camp runs from May 15–30, 2026 — entirely within the Kerala school summer break. We chose these dates deliberately so it sits between two school years. The post-camp Zoom Q&A is on weekends.

Does my child need to be fluent in English?

Functional English is enough. They need to read tutorials and write prompts — they don't need to be eloquent. Rashin teaches in clear English with Malayalam asides whenever a child gets stuck on a concept.

How does drop-off, pick-up, and lunch work?

Drop your child at the 7th Pillar office in Kochi (full directions emailed at enrollment). Batch A: 9:00 am drop, 12:00 pm pick-up. Batch B: 2:00 pm drop, 5:00 pm pick-up. Lunch and snacks served in-house every day. WhatsApp updates sent to parents with photos at end of each day.

My child has never coded before. Is this okay?

Yes — most of them haven't. The tools we use are AI-native: kids describe what they want and build from there. By Day 3 they're shipping. By Day 7 they're debugging like a junior developer.

Is it really only 12 children per batch? Why so small?

Yes. Twelve is the maximum number of kids one instructor can pay attention to in a 3-hour build session. Past that, kids stop getting unstuck — they just get quietly lost. We refuse to do that.

What laptop do they need? What if we don't have one?

Any laptop from the last 3 years with 8GB RAM and Chrome works — MacBook, Windows, Chromebook. We email setup instructions a week before camp. If you don't have a laptop at home, message us on WhatsApp — we keep a few loaner machines for exactly this.

Is this safe? Will my child be exposed to harmful AI content?

All tools are configured with safety filters. Rashin and team supervise every session in person. No unmoderated internet browsing. Drop-off and pick-up logged for every kid.

What if my child can only attend one week?

The camp is one continuous 14-day journey — Week 2 builds on Week 1's project. Missing a week means missing the project. We don't offer partial enrollment.

Will there be a follow-up programme?

Yes. Alumni get a permanent WhatsApp group and one month of weekly Zoom Q&A. We're also planning a year-round weekend programme for kids who want to keep going.

Is there a parent demo day?

Yes — May 30, evening. Your child presents their project on the big screen. Tea, refreshments, and a chance to meet the cohort.

What if I need to cancel?

Full refund up to 14 days before May 15. 50% refund 7–14 days before. No refund after May 8.

24 seats. May 15–30. Kochi.

Only 24 seats left · 12 in each batch

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