01Product
Find a product people understand
Narrow the user, promise, market argument, and first product surface before writing another loose feature.
User, problem, promise
Cohort 01 · 20 seats · Live in LATAM
Ship a real AI product in 10 weeks.
Crafter Academy is a live program by Crafter Station for engineers who already build and now want the product judgment, feedback, and launch discipline to make something people can use, share, and buy.
Duration
10 weeks
Classes
20 live
Cohort
20 seats
Investment
USD 999
Cohort OS
Launch readiness
Demo Day signal is converted into launch tasks.
Next live class
AI product systems
20:00 PETLive
Launch checklist
6 artifactsWorking AI product
Product landing page
Demo Day pitch
Checkout-ready offer
01
Demo
02
Price
03
Launch
Built from a shipping community
Crafter Station has grown a 600+ builder community across LATAM.
Rappi
Scotiabank
Midudev
30x
Zabio
Program
The shortest path from code to market is a product loop.
The program is built around one product and the real decisions needed to launch it. Every week turns engineering effort into artifacts that survive contact with users.
02System
Build with production constraints
Ship AI workflows, auth, data, demos, billing-ready surfaces, and the connective tissue that turns code into product.
AI, auth, data, demo
03Signal
Demo under real pressure
Use Demo Day to expose what works, what is confusing, and what needs to be sharpened before launch.
Public critique loop
04Launch
Launch with a complete story
Package the product, landing page, demo, pricing, and public narrative so people can use, share, and buy it.
Market-ready release
Designed for serious builders
Built for engineers who want launch pressure.
This is for engineers who can build, but want the rhythm, pressure, and product judgment that turns technical ability into a product people understand.
Calibrated for engineers with technical base
Builder fit signal
What Cohort 01 is calibrated for.
Strong fit
- +You are an engineer who wants sharper product judgment.
- +You want live pressure, direct critique, and weekly execution rhythm.
- +You are ready to invest time and money into a serious launch outcome.
Not calibrated for
- -You want passive content without live work or accountability.
- -You are not ready to make and defend product decisions.
- -You are looking for a free or low-commitment experience.
10 weeks, one launch
A compressed path from idea to Launch Day.
The sequence is simple: find the product, build the system, demo in public, and turn the signal into a launch.
1
Weeks 1-2
Find signal and get public
Problem validation, first deploy, public profile, and LLM foundations.
2
Weeks 3-4
Add taste and systems
Taste, auth, product demos, decks, and orchestrated agent workflows.
3
Week 5
Demo Day
Show what exists, collect signal, and sharpen the launch plan.
4
Weeks 6-10
Launch
Pricing, billing, growth experiments, WhatsApp agents, multimodal AI, production polish, and Launch Day.
Outcomes
Build the product and the proof around it.
The program should leave you with product evidence, not a folder of disconnected exercises. Every week moves the launch room forward.
Launch room
One product, six proof assets.
Public story
Make the work obvious enough for strangers to care.
Problem
Promise
Proof
Price
A1
Working AI product
A2
Product landing page
A3
Demo Day pitch
A4
Checkout-ready offer
A5
Growth experiment
A6
Public release plan
Crafter Station team
Led by people who ship in public.
Crafter Academy comes from the builders behind community events, open-source projects, and shipped products across LATAM.
600+
builders
50+
events
25+
products
Shiara Arauzo
Product Research & Design
Cristian Correa
Data & Software Engineering
Emmy Arias
Growth & Marketing
Ignacio Rueda
Software Architecture
Juan Ortega
GTM Engineering
Ignacio Velásquez
Go To Market
Nicolas Vargas
Cloud Engineering
Railly Hugo
Design Engineering
Anthony Cueva
Product Engineering
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500+ stars
Theme generator for VSCode and shadcn/ui.
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200+ stars
Fullstack shadcn/ui components.
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Winner
Smart autocomplete built in a hackathon sprint.
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New
Knowledge platform for AI agents.
Reserve Cohort 01
USD 999
One-time investment for a 10-week live program: product strategy, AI build, launch pressure, feedback cycles, materials, Demo Day, and Launch Day.
Seats20
Live classes20
Duration10 weeks
InvestmentUSD 999
MilestonesDemo Day + Launch Day
Built for engineers who want structure, feedback, and pressure around one product they can launch.
FAQ
Know before you join.
Short answers for the practical questions before you reserve a seat.
Who is this program for?+
Crafter Academy is for engineers who can already build and want stronger product judgment, launch discipline, and feedback on work that has to survive outside a repo.
What will I build?+
One real product. You will shape it through the cohort, demo it in week 5, and prepare it for public launch by week 10.
How technical is it?+
Technical enough to cover AI, auth, databases, agents, billing-ready flows, deployment, and polish. Every technical choice connects back to product and launch.
What does it cost?+
A Cohort 01 seat is USD 999. It covers the 10-week live program, 20 classes, feedback cycles, materials, Demo Day, and Launch Day.
Are scholarships available?+
A limited number may be available. The main program is a paid USD 999 program for engineers ready to invest in their growth. Email academy@crafterstation.com with what you have built and what you want to ship next.
Build, demo, and launch with Cohort 01.
Twenty seats for engineers ready to turn code into a product people can use, share, and buy.