Free AI program for non-tech founders in business or industry
Pathfinder opens October 21 for people with industry knowledge or business experience to build AI startups.
Do you work in a field where you see a real problem? Pathfinder might be for you.
Pathfinder is a free online eight-week program for people already working in an industry or running a business. The program is not just for tech founders.
The program teaches you to build an AI startup without coding. You use existing AI tools to build a working version of your idea.
You test it with real customers. By week eight you pitch a finished startup.
Four earlier groups produced 502 graduates. Cohort 5 starts October 21 and ends with a showcase in December.
SMEC AI manages the program. Director Andrew Lai says Australia has hundreds of thousands of people who know their field inside out but never thought of themselves as founders.
That is who Pathfinder targets.
- 8 weeks
- Program duration
- October 21
- Cohort 5 kickoff date
- 502
- Previous cohort graduates
- Free
- Program cost
Why it mattersFor anyone with industry expertise and a business idea, this free program removes the technical and financial barriers to starting an AI company, with a proven track record of turning ideas into businesses.
AustraliaAustralians considering an AI startup now have access to a funded pathway to test and pitch their idea, built on the government's push for Australia to be a nation of makers rather than just consumers of AI.
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