The Coaches.
Established AI builders, designers, and researchers from around the world.
We are deliberate about who they are. We are also deliberate about not naming them upfront.
Three layers,
working together.
Your Personal Coach
A senior engineer, designer, or founder paired one-on-one with you for the entire fellowship. Five-plus years of experience. Has shipped real product. Patient with kids, but does not talk down. This is the day-to-day relationship. They review your code or work async, take your calls, push you when you stall, and stand back when you are flying.
The Fellowship Coaches
Four to six established AI figures from around the world. People whose work is recognised in the field — engineers from frontier labs, designers behind tools millions use, researchers cited by their peers, founders shipping products real businesses pay for. They teach the weekly group masterclasses, give written critique on selected Fellow projects, and hold open-door Slack or Zoom sessions where any Fellow can ask anything.
The Surprise Guest
Somewhere in the month, a notable figure drops into the cohort for 60 to 90 minutes. Not pre-published. Not on the schedule. The kind of person whose appearance kids would tell their friends about. This is intentional theatre. It builds anticipation across the cohort and signals what kind of programme this really is.
Three reasons.
The coaches change every season.
The fellowship coaches who teach Cohort 2026 may not be the ones teaching Cohort 2027. We do not want kids comparing notes in a way that suggests one season was better than another. Every cohort gets a tailored line-up of established names, and we curate that line-up afresh each time.
The names land harder when they land in person.
A 12-year-old reading a name on a website forms an opinion in three seconds and moves on. A 12-year-old meeting that person live, on a real call where their question gets answered with care — that is an experience they remember for years. We protect the moment.
We trust you to trust us.
Fizzmind has put this together because we know what good looks like. The bar is the same every season: someone who has done work in their field that other people in the field have actually noticed. We do not list names because we do not need to. We deliver.
What kind of work
qualifies a coach.
STEM & AI
- ·ML researchers at frontier AI labs
- ·Open-source maintainers of widely used AI tools
- ·Founders of AI-native startups with real customers
- ·Robotics and autonomous systems engineers
- ·AI safety researchers
- ·Computer vision and NLP specialists
Creative Arts
- ·Creative technologists at the intersection of AI and art
- ·Filmmakers using AI in production
- ·Music producers using generative tools
- ·Designers at major AI product companies
- ·Visual artists with significant exhibitions
- ·Independent creators with real audiences
Business & Entrepreneurship
- ·Operators at AI-native startups
- ·Investors who fund early-stage AI
- ·Product leaders at AI companies
- ·Founders of B2B AI products
- ·Sales and growth leaders in AI
- ·Strategy advisors with operating experience
“Someone who has done work
in their field that
other people in the field
have actually noticed.”
That is the standard. Not famous to the public. Famous to the people who matter. The kid will recognise their name within a year. The parent will Google them and find serious credentials.