Self-paced · ~6 hoursWCAG 2.1 AA · FERPA · LTI 1.3

Learn AI by founding a company that ships.

On day one you pick the company you want to start — software, service, manufacturing, retail, content, whatever you'd actually run. Across the curriculum you build it, brand it, finance it, ship it, fix it, and pitch it, with AI as the backbone of every step. The work is the proof. By the capstone you walk out with a verifiable Open Badge — and a company that exists.

No credit card. Pause anytime.

foundry.app · Northwind Aerospace

ON YOUR DESK · SESSION V

What can go wrong.

Pitch

filed

Pledge

signed

First version

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P&L

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Self-paced. Resumable.

Come back four days later, exactly where you left off, with the company state intact.

Mastery, not consumption.

Each session has a checkpoint that proves the skill. You don't unlock by watching.

Show, don't tell.

The difference between an LLM and an agent isn't a diagram. It's the demo, side-by-side.

Pass / redo — not pass / fail.

Failed checkpoints come back as coaching. Adults don't need red Xs.

The team you found with

Six teammates. Each one shows up when their work matters.

No xp bars. No streaks. No leaderboards. Adult learners want a team, not a game. Vee, your AI co-founder, is with you for all 15. The rest enter when their craft is on the table.

Vee

NARRATOR · All 15

Curious, slightly uncertain. Self-corrects out loud. Peer, not teacher.

Jim

PROFESSOR · All 15

Plain-spoken Southern. First-person. Strict on steps, warm on people. One CrescentDesk anecdote per session, max.

Beau

CTO · 06 · 11 · 13 · 14

Calm, technical, has-seen-it-all. Helpful.

Lodie

DESIGNER · 08

Visual-thinking, generous with options. Wandering.

Auggie

MARKETING · 09

Energetic, channel-fluent. Plays for the highlight reel.

Maggie

CFO · 10

Blunt, dollar-figures-first. Action verbs. "The spread is the question."

Hal

INVESTOR · 15

Direct, evaluative, fair but high-bar. Doesn't waste your time.

For institutions

Procurement-grade. From day one.

WCAG 2.1 AA tested every release. FERPA-compliant data handling. LTI 1.3 + SSO out of the box. Verifiable Open Badges that registrars and LinkedIn already consume. We write the procurement replies you don't want to write.

# procurement.txt

WCAG 2.1 AA — audited Q3 2025

FERPA — student data isolated, no third-party training

LTI 1.3 · LTI Advantage · SSO (SAML, OIDC)

Open Badges 3.0 · W3C VC — registrar-verifiable

Section 508 · ADA Title II ready

Soc 2 Type II — in progress, target Q1 2026

Hosting: US-based, single-tenant available

Your company is one click away from existing.

Session I takes 18 minutes. By the end you'll have a name, a pitch, and a co-founder.