[READ DESCRIPTION] AI Side Project Accelerator (6 Week Program Starting October 14)

Apply at: https://timetobuild.dev (NOTE: The timing of this event is the deadline to apply, there is no actual event or talk happening at this time.)

The goal of this side project accelerator is to help ~10 individuals or small teams turn a side project into a real product in 6 weeks, from October 14th to November 22nd.

My hope is that >50% of those teams end up working on their projects full time, through either funding or bootstrapping.

There will be a big focus on AI. Every project should be incorporating AI into the product and development process. We will spend a lot time talking about this.

The group will be remote. We will meet twice a week (probably Mondays and Thursdays) and have a busy slack channel. We will have our own little demo day at the end of the process and help each other launch.

I will try to help every team in some way. Depending on what your biggest blocker is, I can help with product decisions, figuring out a business model, understanding your users, engineering challenges, and sales/marketing.

But the most value I add will come from bringing a sense of urgency and accountability.

This is a free thing I’m doing for fun. If you are selected to join you are expected to commit to the full 6 weeks and take it seriously.

Who am I?

Hi, I’m Daniel O’Shea. I’m a Director of Engineering at X. Previously founder/CTO at Laskie (acquired by Twitter/X) and Interviewed (YC S15, acquired by Indeed).

I’ve worked as both an engineer and product manager, and as a founder I’ve done a bit of design, sales, marketing, account management, and a variety of other jobs.

Most importantly, I really love building products and helping other people build products.

Who should apply?

Apply if you meet most of the criteria below:

• You have a side project that you want to turn into a real product.
• The project is ambitious and you want it to eventually become your full-time thing.
• You have experience building stuff OR you are a domain expert who recently learned to build stuff with AI dev tools.
• You are very interested in building with AI.
• You are willing to commit at least 20 hours a week to your side project for 6 straight weeks. If you can work full time some of the weeks, even better. No weeks off.
• You are willing to join calls that are in the late afternoon/early evening Pacific time.

Logistics

• I may have follow up questions or ask you to jump on a 15 min call to help me make a decision.
• I will notify everyone that's been selected before October 2nd.

APPLY: https://timetobuild.dev