Layer Zero Academy
A 4-hour hands-on workshop that turns AI anxiety into a competitive advantage. You’ll leave with working AI systems — not theory. R1,399 per seat, including your AI Starter Kit you use Monday morning. No fluff, no lectures, no maths. Sessions run 09:00–13:00; arrive from 08:30.
Start at Foundations, progress to Creator. Each level is a half-day, zero-theory workshop — you build real AI systems you use the next day.
R1,399
“I finally understand AI — and I'm already using it well.”
Everyone starts here — complete beginners and casual ChatGPT users alike.
Master. What AI actually is, the landscape, and how to think about it so every conversation with a tool is sharper (no maths, no code)
Apply. Bring a real task from your work and solve it live — context engineering, working with your own documents and data
Take home. Your AI Starter Kit: the prompts, workflows, and thinking framework you'll use every single day
You’ll leave with: Walk out thinking more clearly, with your own AI Starter Kit — the tools, prompts, and workflows that fit your life and work.
R1,399
“I save hours every week, on real systems I built myself.”
For Foundations graduates ready to go from using AI well to building AI systems they rely on.
Automate. Context engineering, iterative refinement, and feeding AI your real documents and data — so it works on your actual work
Build. A personal AI system you configure once and use every week — research, writing, email, presentations ready from Monday
Scale. From personal leverage to repeatable workflows your whole team can adopt
You’ll leave with: Leave with a personal, reusable AI system for your weekly work — research, writing, presentations, email — ready to use Monday morning.
R1,399 per person is less than a day’s salary. Your team leaves with working AI systems they use the next morning. Here’s what that looks like:
Sharper thinking, faster output
Foundations reframes AI as a mirror of your thinking — clear input, useful output. Your team stops guessing and starts prompting with intent. Decisions get faster, first drafts get better.
Hours back every week
Creator turns occasional tool-use into leverage: documents analysed, emails and reports drafted, data extracted — a reusable system that saves hours every week. One 4-hour investment saves hours per person per week, every week.
Systems, not one-offs
Graduates ship reusable AI workflows their colleagues depend on. The beginning of AI-native operations, not just AI-assisted individuals. This scales across your entire team.
Levels 3 (Builder) and 4 (Architect) follow for those ready to ship production AI and run autonomous workflows. We open those once the founding cohort has landed. Email usif you’d like early access.
How it works
Every Academy session is a 4-hour, zero-fluff workshop. You leave with a working AI system running your actual work — not slides, not theory, not “maybe try this later.”
08:30
Arrival & setup
Bring a laptop and a real task from your work. We check Wi-Fi, log you in, and match you to the right level. No prep needed — just show up with something you actually want to automate.
09:00
Live build session
We walk through the full workflow together: context engineering, document and data loading, prompt design, testing, and fail-states. You build on your real files — invoices, emails, reports, client data.
11:00
Your prototype takes shape
By mid-session your AI system is running your task. We tune edge cases, add guardrails, and lock in the prompts, files, and workflow so it works Monday morning without you.
13:00
You leave with the kit
You walk out with your finished system, your AI Starter Kit (prompts, templates, and a repeatable workflow), and a clear next step for your team. Certificate of completion included.
Every level maps to a business outcome — not a topic.
Level 1 — Foundations
AI Foundations
Level 2 — Creator
AI Creator
Choose a level, pick a date, and secure your seat. Payment is handled securely by Dodo; your spot is confirmed by email the moment it clears.
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