AI-native is the table stake, not the differentiator
Teams that haven't rebuilt their product workflow around compound AI are about to be out-shipped by teams that have. The gap compounds weekly.
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Make the case for Product Builder.
A working PM or designer can forward this page to their manager and have everything needed to approve the seat. No vendor pitch — concrete artifacts, real time commitment, outcomes that hold up in a budget review.
Why now 01 02 03
The cost of waiting is going up.
Tools demos don't change behaviour
Watching a Claude tab open doesn't carry over. A live cohort that ships real artifacts on a shared case product does.
Workflow has to be earned, not bought
You can't buy "AI-native" off a vendor page. The team needs to build the chains, evals, and skills themselves — once, against a real backlog.
What the participant brings back
A workflow, not a certificate of attendance.
- A working insight-to-prototype workflow you ran on a real backlog — every step under your name.
- A library of compound Claude skills (backlog cleanup, design-system guardrails, customer-insight synthesis) you re-use on your team's product.
- A capstone shipped and reviewed by a working trainer — proof you've done the work, not just heard about it.
- A verifiable Builder Credential at builder.prasadgupte.com/certificate — share-ready proof of practice for your résumé, LinkedIn, or internal record.
What your team gains
Outcomes you can defend in review.
- 1 working harness
- The workflow you ship becomes a template the rest of the team adopts — not theoretical, not a deck, an actual scaffold with prompts, evals, and skills wired together.
- Faster cycle time
- PMs ship cleaner backlogs by week one; designers compose to the design system instead of out of it. Less rework, fewer rounds, more product per sprint.
- Defensible AI adoption
- You leave with before/after evidence you can put in front of leadership — a story about adoption that holds up to scrutiny, not a vendor claim.
- A named credential trail
- Each seat is publicly verifiable. Over multiple cohorts you build an internal cadre — Builder I → II → III — with visible proof of who's certified at what level.
Programme facts
Time commitment, format, who runs it.
Format Live cohort · small group (8–16 builders)
Duration 14 hours over 3 weeks
Cadence ~90 minutes/day · 11 live sessions + capstone
Practice A shared case product (Pace) — your team is never alone against an empty Claude tab
Outcome A working AI-native workflow + a verifiable Builder Credential
Trainer Prasad Gupte — practicing product leader, not a course producer
Ready to approve?
Forward this page to your manager, or jump straight to the cohort form. If you're approving on behalf of a team of 4+, write to grow@prasadgupte.com for a bespoke quote.
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