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The gap is the opportunity. The people who close it are being trained now.
Sources: Statistics Canada, small business AI adoption research, and Canada's national AI strategy. Figures as of 2026; program eligibility varies and changes over time.
Create. Publish. Maintain. Then get paid for it.
AI is not going to take your job. Someone who builds with AI might take your customers. In 12 weeks we teach you to be that person, and we do not require a single line of prior code. Everything we teach runs on one principle: human in the loop. AI does the work, you control the flow and lead the way.
Weeks 1 to 4 · Foundations
How the web and AI actually work, plus HTML, CSS, basic JavaScript, and design fundamentals in Figma, Canva, and Photoshop. You learn to read, shape, and direct what AI produces.
Weeks 5 to 8 · Build and ship
Two real applications, built and published live on the internet. Not classroom exercises: real users, real feedback, real maintenance.
Weeks 9 to 12 · Turn it into income
Marketing, customers, and pricing, plus the consulting method we use with real businesses. Capstone: present your shipped work.
You graduate with shipped work, not just a certificate. See the week by week curriculum
Three ways out. All of them yours.
Freelancer
Leave with a live portfolio and a client acquisition system: the website, the outreach, the pricing. Your first clients are a process, not a hope.
Business consultant
Learn the diagnostic method our consultants use inside real businesses. AI consultants in Canada average around $90,000 a year (market data, not a guarantee), and the strongest graduates interview for Lampstand’s own consulting team.
Software developer
Real shipped applications beat certificates in any portfolio review. Build the proof employers actually click on.
Fall 2026 Founding Cohort
Dates
September 15 to early December 2026. 12 weeks, roughly 9 hours per week.
Format
Live online sessions, evenings and weekends on Pacific time. The final timetable is set with the cohort: your application tells us your convenient times, and the majority decides.
Price
Founding Cohort $3,995. A $500 refundable deposit holds your seat; balance at start, three payment plan available.
Seats
Seats are limited and applications are reviewed in order received. Based in Chilliwack, open to students across BC and Canada.
Founding Cohort means you get the lowest price this program will ever have, and in exchange you become our proof: your outcomes, honestly reported, are how we earn the next cohort.
Priced to be decided on, structured to be manageable.
The Founding Cohort price of $3,995 is the lowest this program will ever cost. Here is how students make it work.
Program terms are stated in the enrolment agreement. Payment plan carries no extra fee. For business team training and grants, see Business Transformation.
Run a business? Our consultants transform Fraser Valley businesses with AI, and hiring us is how our graduates prove themselves.
For businessesAI training, courses and consulting across the Fraser Valley
Lampstand is a Fraser Valley based AI school. Our flagship AI Builders Program teaches people to build a career with AI in 12 weeks, live online, whether you are searching for an AI school in Chilliwack, an AI course in Abbotsford, AI training anywhere in BC, or a career change into AI from anywhere in Canada.
Our consulting arm transforms local businesses with AI, staffed by the graduates we train. If it involves building a future with AI in the Fraser Valley, it starts here.
What applicants ask us
Do I need a tech background to join the AI Builders Program?
No. The program starts from zero and is built for career changers with business or people skills. If you can run a spreadsheet and hold a conversation, you can learn to build with AI.
Is the program really online?
Yes. All sessions are live online on Pacific time, not recordings, though recordings are available if you miss one. Students join from anywhere in BC and Canada.
How is the class schedule set?
You tell us your convenient times on the application form, and the cohort majority sets the final timetable, roughly 9 hours per week across evenings and weekends.
Is the fee refundable?
A $500 deposit holds your seat and is refundable until two weeks before the start date. The balance is due at the start, with a three payment plan available.
Will I get a job after the program?
The honest answer: nobody can guarantee employment, and you should be wary of any school that does. What we do is train you on real shipped work, route you toward one of three income paths, hire the strongest graduates into our own consulting team, and publish real outcomes from every cohort.
I run a business. Is Lampstand for me too?
Yes, differently. Our consulting arm runs AI transformations for Fraser Valley businesses, and the BC Employer Training Grant can cover up to 80% of eligible team training costs. See our Business Transformation page.
- Author of two books
- Technology leader and advisor
- Educator and institution builder
- Computer Science and Engineering, MBA
A technologist, author and educator building what comes next.
I have spent my career at the intersection of technology, business and education, as a technology leader and advisor, an author of two books, and an educator. My focus is AI, digital transformation and future focused learning.
I have built and led an educational institution before, so I know what it takes to turn a vision into a program that genuinely changes people. Lampstand is how I am helping Fraser Valley businesses move early on AI and build a real, lasting advantage.
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Five minutes, and submitting commits you to nothing; it starts a conversation. We review applications in order received, set up a short call to make sure the program fits you, and a $500 refundable deposit holds your seat.
Your convenient times below genuinely set the schedule: the cohort majority decides the final timetable, and sessions run live on Pacific time.
Questions before you apply? Email [email protected] or follow us on LinkedIn.
Run a business? Our consulting enquiries live on the Business Transformation page.