I'm not a technical person by origin. I've had my own startups, worked in marketing and growth at a unicorn company, and I approach things from a business perspective. I was always the one who understood the problem before the solution. With AI, that turns out to be exactly what's needed — because the tools advance on their own while you figure out what you actually want to build.
And that's where the mate comes in. Because while AI works, we talk. We understand the context, test ideas, adjust. A good Mate & Build session feels more like a great conversation than a technical class.
What moves me most about building with AI isn't the technology — it's the face of the person on the other side when something that didn't exist two hours ago suddenly works. That "I didn't know this was possible today" reminds me why I do it every time.
And today Mate & Build is more than me: senior co-facilitators and AI Champs we train inside each company. That's what lets us run a full-day buildathon with every area of a company building at once — me up front, the team on the field.
Want more context: how this started and the manifesto so you can build your own.