Stop learning
AI alone.

AI Trailmates is a peer-to-peer learning community for AI. Work on your AI projects with a small pod of people at your AI level, plus a whole community to tap into for everything else.

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Inside AI Trailmates 88 builders
A big community.
A small group that's yours.
We hand-pick your pod of builders at your AI level, from across the community.

We tried learning AI alone.
Then we just met up.

Frances & Carley, co-founders About us →
Carley Hart Frances Tang
See what you can build.

Here's an example project from one of our cohorts.

Brushing Buddies, a real website built with Claude
Brushing Buddies

A real children's oral-health brand with a live shop, built start to finish with Claude. The kind of project you ship in a cohort.

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Carley Hart Built by Carley during the Build a Website with Claude cohort.
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Join the waitlist.

Cohorts are small, so we run a waitlist. But it's not a holding pen, you get the good stuff the moment you're on it:

Build sessions
Watch live builds with Claude and vibe coding. Build alongside and ask questions, every week.
Our newsletter
Regular updates on what people are building, what works, and what breaks.
First in line for cohorts
When a new cohort opens, you get first access to apply, before anyone else.
Matching is how you start.
Community is what you're joining.

You pay to get matched. After that, you're in the community for free forever. No subscription, no renewal.

Members-only events Workshops Networking sessions Full Trailmate network Curated AI tools & reviews Learning guides
Who we are.
Carley Hart and Frances Tang

Carley has spent 15+ years in venture capital and tech startups across SF and NYC. Frances is a venture-backed founder who built and exited a D2C brand. We've spent the last two years building with AI in our own work. The biggest unlock was meeting up and working on real projects together.

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Carley works in venture capital at Cornell Tech's Runway Startup Postdoc Program, where she invests in PhD founders launching deep tech startups. She's been in tech for 15 years — across CS, design strategy, and product. On the side, she's building small businesses and creating content about entrepreneurship for everyday people.

Frances Tang LinkedIn Instagram

Frances built and sold a venture-backed consumer brand and now runs three apps while consulting with small businesses on AI workflows. She's been building automated content and marketing pipelines for the past two years and loves figuring out what works for non-developers.

FAQ
Common questions.
How much time does it take?
A 1-hour kickoff, then two short sessions a week (your pod, plus office hours) for 4 weeks. Beyond that, you build on your own as much or as little as you want. A few hours a week moves things forward, but it's your call.
What if I miss a session?
Life happens. Your pod is small (6 to 8 people), so catching up is easy, and resources are dripped between sessions so you won't fall behind. Two no-shows in a row and we'll check in.
What happens after the 4 weeks?
The Slack stays open, so you can keep building and supporting each other. Many pods decide to keep meeting on their own, and alumni get early access when we open new cohorts.
How does the pod matching work?
We match on four things: your AI level (where you actually are, not where you wish you were), your industry, your life context (solo founder, parent, working full-time), and your availability. The goal is a pod of 6 to 8 people whose reality is close enough to yours that the conversation lands.
Don't learn AI alone.
A cohort is building right now. Build with us, and get first access to the live builds, the inside story from our newsletter, and the next cohort when it opens.
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