Don’t prepare your child for the future.
Help them create it.
Flintolabs is a pre-college residency for grades 6–12 where students build real products for real people.
Your child takes an idea from blank page to shipped product, working with AI coworkers and mentors who have built and shipped themselves. They solve real problems from industry leaders, present what they build at Demo Day, and publish their work in the Flintolabs Marketplace.
About an hour a week, alongside the school they already attend.
Ship something, or the semester is free.
an 8th grader shipped a shift scheduling app she is piloting with a local business owner · one resident put his residency #1 on his Common App and was admitted to UNC Chapel Hill · one live hour a week, no school days missed
Watch a Demo Day pitch.
The clearest way to see what this actually produces. Three students, three products, presenting to the people who set the problem. No sign-up, nothing to fill in.
In their own words.
Rated 5.0 on Google. Reviews from the parents and students who have been through it, reproduced unedited.
“Flintolabs is hands-down one of the best educational investments we have made for our daughter who is a freshman.”
Rahul VermaParent · Google review“My daughter (age 13) took a summer camp course on AI and Entrepreneurship and it was amazing. In one short week, my daughter learned different AI tools (beyond ChatGPT), the process of business cycle from concept, to pitch, and even participated in a live pitch. We’ve done a lot of camps and classes, in-person and virtual, and this is by far the best one.”
“My child learned so much about the nuances and industry terminology with Flintolabs which has truly helped him grow. We feel very lucky to have worked with the founders, they have been wonderful role models for the students and a great help to parents navigating this journey for the first time.”
“I had the wonderful opportunity of working as a Student Intern for Flintolabs. It gave me an amazing opportunity to grow both as a developer and as a creative thinker. I got to work on a real world project (Shark Tank AI Agent) that combined AI, entrepreneurship, and user-centered design in exciting ways. The team was incredibly supportive and collaborative throughout.”
“I interned at Flintolabs as a researcher in Blockchain and it was an amazing learning experience. I conducted in-depth research on a blockchain platform which I presented every Friday in the form of a weekly pitch — enhancing my public speaking and creative skills. I am excited to take what I learned with me to college and beyond.”
Tanish PaiBlockchain research“I interned at Flintolabs, and it was an amazing learning experience. I got hands-on exposure to how AI can be applied in areas like game-making and web design, working on real projects that showed me its creative and technical potential. The team was incredibly supportive, always ready to share knowledge and guide me.”
What changed
The sequence flipped.
The old sequence · ~20 years
- 1Learn
- 2Practice
- 3Graduate
- 4Gain experience
- 5Finally create value
Creation is the reward at the end. Most people arrive in their mid-twenties. Some never do.
The new sequence · starts now
- Build
- 2Gain experience
- 3Discover yourself
- 4Develop capability
- 5Create more
Creation is the starting point. Everything else compounds from it.
If the world now rewards experience and adaptability, your child needs a place to practice both. While they’re still in school.
See the numbers behind why now →Build future-proof skills, one semester at a time.
Enroll one semester at a time. Stay because it’s working.
Learn by Building
Building with AI from a blank page: prompting, APIs, data, and the tools professional teams use. Shipping from week one.
Their first working appBuild Your Idea
Their own idea, taken the whole way: discovery, validation with users, a working product, a pitch.
Unlock college creditBuild for a Real Challenge
A real problem from an industry leader, run with weekly mentor reviews and presented at Demo Day.
Real project with advisorExplore Another Domain
A second residency in a new field: research, analytics, product, or code.
Advanced advisor projectWho your child actually learns from.
The part no course can copy. Your child is in a live session every week with industry veterans of 20+ years, working on problems defined by a bench of Fortune 500 leaders, startup founders, and area experts.
Want to meet them? A twenty-minute call, no pitch.
Book a callWhat your child walks out with.
A portfolio of products that work
Original apps they designed, built, and shipped for people to actually use. One every semester, not one at the end.
A documented body of work
Decisions, reviews, feedback, iterations. A visible record of how they built it, not just that they did.
Transferable college credit
Three transferable STEM credits from CU Denver, earned through the work. We cover the university fees.
Self-direction and confidence
The two things parents tell us they want most. Not taught in a lesson, grown by owning something with their name on it.
It’s already working.
Every product below was designed, built, and shipped by the student who made it. Their idea, their decisions, their name on it.
College Buddy
Mithra · Grade 8An AI college guidance app that cuts through the overwhelm of finding a school that fits.
Puppy Speak
Hamsavardini · Grade 7A dog training and care app that answers the questions new owners actually ask.
ClefShift
Mathumitaa · Grade 10Transposes sheet music between clefs, for any instrument.
Folio
Arav · Grade 10A stock portfolio tracker designed for teenagers.
StyleAI
Grade 10 · New JerseyAn AI stylist that recommends outfits from the clothes already in your closet.
CarGenie
Grade 11 · North CarolinaA car-buying assistant that surfaces the hidden fees.
MorningBoost
Grade 6 · New YorkAn accountability app for students who want to start the day with momentum.
Seven of seventeen. Scroll for more →
“It wasn’t just AI. It was the fact that I was applying it, not just reading about it. I came out saying this is something I can genuinely put toward my college apps, and mean it.”
Tanish PaiAdmitted to UNC Chapel Hill
One semester. One price.
$1,250 per semester, enrolled one at a time with no multi-year commitment. It includes the live founder-led sessions, all-week mentor access, a shipped product published under your child’s name, and the CU Denver college-credit fees from Semester 2. And a guarantee: ship something, or the semester is free.
See the full value stack and guarantee →Includes everything in the value stack. College credit fees covered from Semester 2.
Every young person deserves to build something real before the world asks them to.
Cohorts start in January, April, July and October, fifteen seats each. Book a call and we’ll walk you through what your child would work on, who they’d work with, and whether this is right for them.