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Different problem. Same system.
Build something
Go from idea to prototype to real users with practical, AI-native execution.
Automate the work
Use AI to automate operations and give yourself back time for higher-value work.
Build capability at scale
Custom workshops, cohorts and Train-the-Trainer programs for organizations worldwide.
A live preview of the 6-week AI Startup program Alisha teaches in partnership with Kyros Prep — what students build, how it works, who it's for. Open to high schoolers and the parents figuring out what AI literacy actually looks like in 2026.
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The Playbook compressed into a single morning session. Walk in with an idea. Walk out with a pressure-tested concept brief, a build/skip decision on your top three features, and who you need to talk to before you write another line of code.
Apply for a seat (RSVP) →The Playbook teaches you the new way.
The AI Founder Playbook Method
An 8-module AI-native product strategy and development system that takes you from deciding what’s worth building to operating a real product, learning from users, and growing it.
Decide what’s worth building.
Make the experience real first.
AI-native, owned codebase.
Live, in users’ hands.
Define success. See what’s actually happening.
Evidence, then the next bet.
Design rights, trust, and responsibility into the product.
First real users, then the loop.
Follow the full method, explore the individual toolkits, or integrate modules into an existing accelerator, upskill or entrepreneurship program.
Define the real problem, the ideal user, and the outcomes that matter before you write a line of code.
A focused strategy and a clear plan to win.
Map the user journey, design the experience, and validate it with a clickable prototype.
A validated prototype and product definition.
Go beyond vibe-coding into an owned codebase — Cursor, GitHub, APIs, and a product you can actually evolve.
A working product you own and can evolve.
Handle deployment, environments, QA, and monitoring so real people can use what you built.
A live product in the hands of real users.
Define what success looks like, instrument the right metrics with tools like PostHog, and use AI-assisted analysis to see what’s actually happening.
Visibility into what’s working, what’s not, and why.
Evaluate results against your assumptions and business goals, then decide what to scale, change, or stop based on evidence — not opinions.
AI-powered analysis, evidence-backed decisions, and a clear roadmap + prioritized backlog.
Design ownership, consent, licensing, attribution, compensation, privacy, and safeguards into your product from the start. Turn legal and ethical requirements into better product decisions, technical architecture, and sustainable business models.
A product with defined rights, responsibilities, safeguards, and an actionable implementation plan, ready for appropriate legal review.
Find early adopters, get them using it weekly, and turn real behavior into your first growth loop.
Your first 5–10 weekly active users.
AI-native isn’t a toolset.
It’s a new way to decide, build, ship, measure and grow.
That’s the Playbook.
Built by a builder. Designed to deliver like an executive.
Alisha Outridge is a 0→1 serial entrepreneur with exits, a C-suite product and technology operator, and former Brown University and Hunter College professor. She created the AI Founder Playbook to scale the methods she uses to build — with the latest AI tools.
Learn more about Alisha →Selected press, podcasts, and stages. Scroll the reel.
Technical literacy isn't replacing the MBA. It's revealing what the MBA was actually selling: access. What's left now is operational execution.
Five minutes on Ignite’s stage at Bitly’s NYC HQ: why she stopped hiring coders and started hiring systems thinkers.
Why AI is already furniture, not a differentiator. What's actually left to own when everyone rents the same models. And how the best leaders decide what not to build, and see what's coming before their competitors do.
A fireside chat with Jason Feinberg of KOSIGN on what it actually takes to scale music tech: trust, rights, and the messy middle between idea and impact.
Masterclass
A sold-out masterclass on a Manhattan rooftop, oversubscribed 8x. Founders pressure-testing what's actually worth building before they build it.
Read the recap ↗About
Alisha Outridge is an AI product and technology executive, patented co-inventor and serial entrepreneur with 15+ years of experience turning emerging technology into practical products, systems and experiences.
Her work has spanned computer vision and spatial computing at FlyBy Media, acquired by Apple; adaptive digital experiences at WHIM and Videri, reaching 3.3M+ daily views; personalized streaming video at Reuters TV, reaching 1M viewers monthly; and location-aware systems at Facebook (Pre-Meta), where her work reached 500M+ daily users and she co-invented patented technology connecting people, places and things.
She has also held senior and C-suite roles at iHeartRadio and TuneCore, where, as CTO and CPO, she led a 240+ person organization and helped drive 25% revenue growth, 30% higher engagement and significant operating efficiencies.
Today, Alisha is the founder of Byte & Chord and creator of AI Founder Playbook, helping leaders and organizations turn rapidly evolving technology into practical products, workflows and operating systems.
Putting into practice today what the rest of the world will be doing next.
Outside the work:Native New Yorker · painter · standup comic · swimmer · sci-fi obsessive.
Cohort applications, masterclass dates, and a weekly note on building real AI products. No "10 prompts that will change your life." No hustle bullshit.
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The full system as a cohort or class—or any combination of 8+ modules as standalone workshops, labs, or talks.
Launch products, features & businesses in hours, not weeks.
Build, ship & instrument in a day
