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By Invitation Only

Build Real Things With AI.

Learning to build with AI will give you a real edge in whatever you choose to do next. Personal mentorship where you learn by building real apps, tools, and projects — at your own pace, no coding experience needed.

See How It Works

Your Idea

“Build a study planner that adapts to my schedule and learning style.”

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AI can do a lot. The tricky part is figuring out where to start.

Students can build their own software now, no coding background needed. Custom tools and projects shaped around your interests and goals. This skill is becoming fundamental to how people work across every field, and most students have not had a chance to learn it yet.

The Session

What a session looks like.

Each session follows a steady rhythm. Most students are surprised how fast an idea turns into something they can actually use.

What Is New in AI

A quick look at what changed in AI recently, filtered for what is actually useful and interesting.

Bring Your Questions

Stuck on something? Bring it. We work through problems together, hands-on.

Show What You Built

Share what you tried since last time. Every attempt counts as progress.

A Clear Next Step

You will leave each session with one specific thing to build or try before next time.

What you can build

Things you will actually build and use.

Start with what matters to you.

Study System

Exams keep catching you off guard — so you build a planner that organizes your notes and quizzes you from your own materials

Personal Site

You want colleges to see the real you — so you build a site that showcases your projects, not just your GPA

Playlist App

You are always making playlists for people — so you build an app that curates them based on mood and taste

Community Tool

You care about something in your neighborhood — so you build a tool that connects people and gets it fixed

Your Own Idea

You see a problem no one else has noticed — or you just want something to exist in the world. We will build it.

If you can describe what you want clearly, we can usually get to a working first version — then improve it session by session.

Testimonials

What People Are Saying

We are just getting started with students — here is what people say about learning to build with Tom.

Dan Lerman

“Tom is the perfect teacher for this. He is a masterful tutor, meeting you at your level and mindfully guiding you to grow. He knows AI inside and out and is constantly learning. Working with Tom has given me such solid foundations on AI that I feel like I can keep up with any conversation in the space and even teach those around me. I have also learned a whole new way of thinking, one that affects my daily life and workflow. I feel significantly more empowered, creative, and productive.”

Dan Lerman

Founder, Brainstorm Tutoring | Co-Founder, LXT

Scott Doty

“Working with Tom has been a stellar experience. He is amiable, insightful, and very bright. His guidance and feedback truly have inspired me to dig into the world of AI as a tool for professional and personal use. Highly recommended.”

Scott Doty

Co-Founder, LXT

Adam

“Thomas has been a lifesaver numerous times over, especially helping me critically think about how to apply AI successfully. His aptitude, passion and dedication to teaching is remarkably valuable and insightful.”

Adam

Founder & Entrepreneur

How It Works

A simple three-step rhythm that builds real skills.

Pick a time

Sessions happen at a pace that fits your schedule. No big group to coordinate with, just you (or a small group), Tom, and Huzefa.

Build together, live

You (or a small group), Tom, and Huzefa on Zoom. Share screens, build, troubleshoot. If something is confusing, we slow down. If you are on a roll, we keep going.

Keep building between sessions

You will leave with one thing to work on. Come back next time with questions, progress, or a new idea. Over time, you are not just completing projects — you are building a portfolio and a skillset that will serve you well beyond school.

Who This Is For

Maybe you have an idea for something you want to build, or maybe you are just starting to realize how much AI can do and you want to understand it better.

Maybe you have always been curious about how things work, or maybe you just want to understand AI well enough to use it thoughtfully and with real confidence.

Either way, you can feel that the world you are graduating into rewards people who know how to build — and you want to be one of them.

The common thread:

You want to learn by doing, with someone who can actually help you with your personal goals more than a general tutorial could.

Current Program

From idea to “I made this.”

Personalized mentorship where you walk away with something you actually built — and the skills to keep building on your own.

Real skills, real projects

You have watched the tutorials and bookmarked the tools. Now you are ready for the real thing: sitting down and building, with someone who can guide you through the parts that are actually hard.

By Invitation Only

Our current program is open to a small group of personally invited students. Each student gets direct, hands-on mentorship tailored to what they want to build.

Small group classes are coming soon — stay tuned.

Interested? Leave a comment on our YouTube page or reach out to Huzefa directly.

Your Instructors

Meet Tom & Huzefa

Thomas Meli

Thomas Meli

Lead

Ten years running a tutoring business, eight years as a software developer. Immersed in AI since AlphaGo captured his imagination in 2016.

Ranked in the Top 1% on the Kaggle machine learning platform. Founder of Deep Test Prep. Over the past three years, he has helped hundreds of people learn to build with AI — leading classes, boot camps, and hands-on sessions for non-technical builders.

Huzefa Kapadia

Huzefa Kapadia

Founder of Scalar Learning, a math education company built on thousands of hours of one-on-one tutoring, hundreds of hours of instructional content, and a catalog of math courses and music videos used by students across the country.

Before education, Huzefa worked as a software developer, earned his law degree from Northwestern, and practiced as a patent attorney at two international firms — then left it all to return to teaching. He has also taught 6th grade math and serves on the tutoring staff at Forum Education in New York.

Logistics

Not at all. We use AI tools that let you describe what you want in everyday language, then turn it into something you can test and improve. You do not need any technical background. You just need to know what you want to build. We guide the process step by step.

All kinds. Study tools, portfolio websites, creative writing assistants, research helpers, apps that solve real problems. We start with whatever interests you and build from there.

It is personalized tutoring with two instructors. You (or a small group), Tom, and Huzefa meet over Zoom, share screens, and build together. Each session is anywhere from 60 to 120 minutes — you decide. If something is confusing, we slow down. If you are on a roll, we keep going.

That is completely normal. A lot of students start that way. We will figure it out together. Sometimes the best project idea comes from talking about what you are interested in or what problems you wish someone would solve.

You will want at least one AI subscription, something like ChatGPT Plus or Claude Pro. Free tiers work for experimenting, but the paid versions are noticeably better for the kind of building we do here.

Both. You learn by building. We lean toward hands-on work, but we explain concepts as they come up. The goal is always to leave with something that works.

Students in high school or college who are curious about AI and want to learn by actually building things. No prior experience needed. If you are interested in technology, creative projects, or just want a useful skill for the future, this is a good fit.

Right now the program is invite-only — we are personally reaching out to a small group of students. Small group classes will be opening up soon, so check back for updates.