2026 Cohort · Starts April 15

AI Coding
Bootcamp

An 8-week online agentic engineering bootcamp for developers, product managers, and technology leaders who want to build software with an AI-first development process. Make your company's R&D process completely AI-first in just two months.
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8
Weeks
90 min
Per Session
50
Cap / Cohort
3
Instructors
Program At a Glance
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Dates
April 15 – June 5, 2026
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Format
90 Min on Zoom · Wed 10am PT
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Primary Tool
Claude Code
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Who
Founders, Engineers, PMs, Tech Leaders
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Starting at
$2.5k/mo per participant
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Led by
Patrick van Staveren & Ryan Allis
The Opportunity

SaaS engineering teams that have properly implemented an AI-first engineering methodology are developing at 5–10x the speed and productivity of legacy teams.

We'll show you how to implement an AI-first product management, engineering, and QA process to substantially speed up your development velocity while improving quality.

This program gives SaasRise member companies a structured, hands-on path to close that gap — moving their engineers from AI-curious to AI-capable in eight weeks. By the end, every engineer has a working personal agentic engineering workflow, not just awareness of tools they've never touched.

What's Included

Everything you need to transform your R&D process

Each cohort is capped at 50 participants to ensure the facilitator can read the room, respond to where people are stuck, and adjust pacing in real time.

Sessions
8x Live
Duration
90 min each
Cohort Cap
Max 50
Support
Async Channel
8 Live Sessions
90-minute facilitated sessions each Wednesday, led by Patrick van Staveren with hands-on exercises every week.
Pre-Work Guide
Setup guide and primer distributed before Week 1 so your team arrives ready to code from day one.
Exercise Materials
Hands-on materials for each session plus curated open source codebases for real-world practice.
GitHub Codespaces
Fallback environment for IT-restricted attendees — no install blockers, everyone can participate fully.
Async Support Channel
Active support channel throughout all 8 weeks plus optional weekly challenge prompts between sessions.
Skills Assessment
Pre/post skills assessment to measure growth, plus an end-of-program summary report for company sponsors.
THE DISRUPTION FROM AI CODING

Either be the disruptor, or be disrupted

While using AI coding tools was optional in 2025, in 2026 it's absolutely essential to ensure you stay ahead of your competitors with R&D speed and become the disruptor rather than the disrupted.
The goal is to accelerate the speed and quality of R&D within your SaaS company within 8 weeks by utilizing an agentic engineering workflow -- and to learn from experts in the field how to set up your Product Management, Engineering, and Q&A process for maximum results.
This is an opportunity to re-architect your existing SaaS app to be AI-first so that you can speed up new feature development 5x to 10x, with the guidance of expert AI engineering leaders Patrick Van Staveren and Steve Canfield who can ensure it's done right.
Key Learning Objectives

What your team will leave knowing

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1.  Rebuild legacy apps with AI

Load any existing SaaS codebase into Claude Code and refactor it, upgrade the UI/UX, or even pivot the coding language entirely.

2. Transform your PM workflow

Shift from assembly-line development to pair-development where AI builds and QAs simultaneously, enabling much faster feature iteration.

3.  Build UI/UX MVPs fast

Create rapid prototypes in Google AI Studio or Lovable, then hand off to engineering teams for full AI-assisted development.

4. Pick the right tool

Know when to use Lovable, Bolt, Base44, or Google AI Studio vs. when Claude Code or OpenAI Codex is the right choice for your use case.

5.  Debug AI-generated code.

Build feedback loops with your coding agent, keep it working longer, and critically review AI output before shipping to production.

The Schedule

8 weeks. One session per week.

Every session is 90 minutes live on Zoom every Wednesday. The program runs April 15 through June 3, 2026.

WEEK
01
Apr 15
🗺️ Program Overview
Setup your development environment and get a live demo of Claude Code. We'll survey the full AI coding tool landscape — Lovable, Bolt, Replit, Google AI Studio, Cursor, Codex, and Copilot.
WEEK
02
Apr 22
🤖 Building an AI App
A short ChatGPT exercise establishes what LLMs actually do, then you build a complete, working app from a single prompt in Claude Code. Every participant leaves having shipped something real with AI.
WEEK
03
Apr 29
🎨 UI/UX MVPs & the PM Handoff
Explore how product development transforms in an AI-first world. Build a UI/UX MVP in Lovable or Google AI Studio, hand it off to Claude Code, and use Supabase as your lightweight database layer.
WEEK
04
May 6
🔍 Reading Existing Codebases
Learn to load any existing app into Claude Code and navigate it — reviewing git history, dependency health, and CVE vulnerabilities. Engineers explore three real codebases at different complexity levels and practice the permissions model.
WEEK
05
May 13
📐 Building & Rebuilding from Spec
Deliver features against a written product spec using your Week 1 app. Learn to break specs into discrete prompts, review AI output critically, and master the tension between over-prompting and under-prompting with a split room exercise.
WEEK
06
May 20
✅ Testing, Quality & Shipping
Ship AI-generated code responsibly with automated tests and pre-commit hooks. Walk through the commit-per-discrete-change workflow, watch Claude catch and fix a deliberately broken test, then explore AI-assisted test writing and Chrome DevTools integration.
WEEK
07
May 27
⚙️ Skills & Workflow
Configure your personal Claude workflow using Skill files and Claude.md. Learn why Skills matter, write one for a fictional tool as a hands-on exercise, then set your commit behavior, verbosity preferences, safety prompts, and code style.
WEEK
08
Jun 3
🏁 Program Recap
Bring it all together with a language pivot exercise — rewrite a module in an unfamiliar language and watch AI carry intent across syntax. Leave with a concrete plan to apply agentic AI coding across your entire company.
The Instructors

Learn from practitioners, not theorists

The curriculum is built around hands-on skill development — not slides about AI, but actual practice with AI — with measurable before/after outcomes for every cohort.

Lead Instructor
Patrick van Staveren
A software engineer and tech leader with 20+ years of experience who got deep into AI coding tools and couldn't stop talking about it. This course is what happened next.
Ryan Allis, Program Organizer
Program Organizer
Ryan Allis
CEO & Founder of SaasRise. Former founder/CEO of iContact, which he led to $50M in ARR and a $169M exit. Teaching the PM/Product Owner perspective throughout the program.
Steve Canfield, Assistant Instructor
Assistant Instructor
Steve Canfield
AI Software Engineer for SaasRise based in Tampa, Florida. Has spent the last year building daily with Cursor, Claude Code, Vercel, and Supabase — real practitioner, real workflows.
Who Should Attend

Built for your entire R&D team

For best results, we recommend enrolling at least one engineer and one product manager — the person who decides what gets built. The cost is per participant and you can enroll as many as you wish.

Software Engineers — any experience level
Engineering Managers — lead the AI transition
Product Managers — own the new AI-first PM workflow
Tech Leaders & CTOs — set direction for the whole org
Founders — get hands-on with the tools your team uses
Product Owners — decide what gets built and how to spec it
We recommend putting into the program at least one engineer and one product owner (the person deciding on the priority of what to build which may be a founder, head of product, or a PM). You can also put your technology leadership or even your full R&D team through the program if desired. The program will be led by experienced AI software engineering leaders and taught in a way that allows Product Owners and Engineers to work together in pods for optimal efficiency.
Pricing

Simple per-participant pricing

Volume discounts apply automatically based on team size. If you choose to pay monthly, there are two monthly payments.

1 Participant
$2.5k/mo
per person · total
3+ Participants
$2k/mo
per person · total
Save $1,000/person
5+ Participants
$1.75k/mo
per person · total
Save $1,500/person
30+ participants? If you'd like to enroll your entire engineering and product team, we will create a custom program tailored to your company. Reach out to us at saasrise.com for details and custom pricing.

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FAQs

AI Coding Bootcamp FAQs

Is the AI Coding Bootcamp suitable for non-developers?

Yes. The AI Coding Bootcamp is designed for both technical and non-technical participants, including CEOs, founders, and product managers.

You do not need to be a coder to benefit from the program. In fact, non-technical leaders often gain the most leverage by learning how to effectively work with AI coding tools and guide agentic engineering workflows. We’ll teach you everything you need to set up your AI coding workflow.

Outcome:
By the end of the program, non-technical participants will be able to:

  • Scope and design AI-powered products
  • Direct AI coding workflows effectively
  • Collaborate deeply with engineers
  • Ship faster without writing all the code themselves
What is the ideal group of participants from a company?

Recommended Setup:
For best results, we recommend enrolling at least:

  • 1 Product Owner (non-technical or semi-technical) — typically a founder, CEO, or product manager
  • 1 Engineer — who will serve as the primary builder and technical lead

This pod pairing allows you to:

  • Translate business needs into product requirements
  • Rapidly prototype and ship using AI tools
  • Build an internal “agentic engineering” capability
  • Have two internal champions for the new process