Live online courses taught by engineers from Google and academia, for students in the US, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. No coding experience needed, just a browser.
Each level ends with something you can show for it: a certificate, a working AI application, and a pitch to investors.
Self-paced AI and CS fundamentals on the OpenImpact Lab, our free online learning platform. Finishing the Foundation course qualifies you for the bootcamp, and you can start it today.
Weekly live sessions with coaches from Google and academia. Your team builds a working AI system from scratch and rehearses the presentation twice before demo day.
Form a founding team of three to five, build an MVP from your own idea or from the “Googler Wishlist,” and pitch it to angel investors.
Six AI systems built by student teams in “The Course of Making AI Tutor for [X].” Each card links to the team’s project. Drag to browse.
Upload a photo of a menu and it suggests dishes the way a waiter would. Built with RAG, OCR and ChromaDB.
GitHub ↗Walks you through any recipe step by step, with help when you’re stuck.
GitHub ↗Collects preferences, curates attractions with live data, and writes the itinerary.
Live demo ↗Advice on what to pull and how to build your character in gacha games.
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Open to hosts
A two-hour workshop that gets 8–14 year olds building their first game with an AI coding agent. The pilot ran at a Google office in May 2026. The curriculum is open source, and schools can still request a free session.
Current course
Eight weeks building autonomous LLM systems: pipelines that read a problem, write code, test it, and fix it when it fails. Slides and problem sets for every week are online.
Registration open
Our free Fall 2026 session covers the basics of AI systems, with the goal of preparing students to become AI-powered founders. It starts with a one-day introduction on November 14 (Pacific time), then meets weekly. Spots are limited.
A one-day introduction in Pacific time, followed by weekly sessions. Spots are limited, so register early.
Volunteers from Google and Hong Kong Polytechnic University, plus the teaching assistants who keep sessions and systems running.
“To all the students, whether you were on stage presenting or just listening in: we wish, from the bottom of our hearts, that you find a career you are passionate about.”
High school, college and graduate students, and career changers. You don’t need any coding experience to start, and everything runs in the browser.
Nothing. Every program since 2021 has been free, funded by donations and corporate matching. We’re a 501(c)(3) public charity.
For the Fall 2026 session, fill out the registration form. It’s free, spots are limited, and students are selected from the sign-ups. For our other programs, the starting point is the free Foundation course on the OpenImpact Lab.
Courses are online, and past cohorts spanned the US, Taiwan, and Hong Kong with sessions scheduled across time zones. Vibe Coding Happy Hour workshops run in person.
Level one is self-paced. The bootcamp runs one live session a week (about 90 minutes) plus team project work. Most students spend a few hours a week.
It’s free. Spots are limited, so students are selected from the sign-ups.
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