AI Studio
PacTech AI Studio for startup founders
Ten AI modules for pre-seed to Series B technology startups.
Our approach to AI
Build an AI-ready company
We equip founders with the AI tools, skills and systems to run a modern business, from the first prototype to scale.
Each module comes with a PDF guide and optional homework, so the work goes straight into your plan.
Founder Series curriculum
Building startups in the age of AI
Ten modules. The first three are open to preview. Accepted founders receive all ten, with every guide and homework set.
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01Your moat after AI
If a two-person team can clone your product over a weekend with AI coding tools, what still protects you on Monday? The four advantages that are still hard to copy, and a quick test to score your own company.
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02The 6-person SaaS that ships like 20
A seed-stage team spends a real week building with AI coding tools. Where it saved them days, where bugs slipped through, and the review habits they set up after it went wrong.
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03AI wrapper or real product?
A short test for whether your AI feature can stand on its own, or disappears the day a model provider ships the same thing for free.
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04Rebuilding the org chart
A 40-person Series A fintech plans its next 10 hires now that AI handles first-line support and QA.
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05Pitching investors in the AI era
How to answer the questions VCs ask now about model costs, gross margin at scale and what happens when OpenAI builds your feature.
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06Go-to-market with no sales team yet
A dev-tools startup uses AI for prospect research, call prep and follow-ups before its first sales hire.
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07Who owns what the AI wrote?
Ownership of AI-generated code and content, customer data, and what model providers’ terms actually say.
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08Inference costs that eat your margin
The unit economics of AI features that get more expensive with every customer, and the fixes.
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09AI support that doesn’t lose customers
A marketplace startup automates its 10 most common support tickets and decides which ones always go to a person.
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10The 90-day AI plan on one page
One AI bet, one owner, one number to track and a date to decide whether to scale it or shut it down.
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- 30-second previews of Modules 01 to 03
- Invites to PacTech events and webinars
Accepted founders
All ten modules
- All ten Founder Series modules
- PDF guide with sources and charts for every module
- Optional homework to apply each module to your company
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What is the PacTech Founder Series?
Ten short video modules on building a startup now that AI changes how products get built and funded. It’s for pre-seed to Series B tech startups. Each module has a video, a PDF guide with sources and charts, and optional homework.
How long is each module?
Each module video runs about 7 to 10 minutes. The preview videos run 30 seconds.
What do previews include, and what is for accepted founders?
The first three modules are open as previews. All ten modules, with guides and homework, are for accepted founders.
Programs
Join the full PacTech program
The AI curriculum sits alongside our accelerator programs, with mentors and investors.