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KHDA Approved Programme

AI for
Software Development

Build and deploy a real application, without writing a single line of code. Direct AI agents the way a senior engineer directs a development team.

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AI for Software Development — participants building real applications with AI agents at Saqr Academy

“I built it within five days, exactly the way I wanted. Someone actually offered to buy the app from me two weeks later.”

Ragid Khader

Lead Solutions Architect, NYUAD

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The Shift

A New Way of Building

Most non-technical founders and operators have tried to solve the same problem: they have a product idea, a process that needs automating, or a tool their team actually needs, and the only path forward is hiring a developer, waiting months, and hoping the output resembles what they described.

Over the last year, something has changed. A new kind of builder has emerged, one who does not write code, but directs a coordinated system of AI agents that does. They define the product vision, approve every plan, review every pull request, and maintain the same quality standards professional engineering teams use. The agents write the code. The human makes every decision that matters.

Until recently, this required knowing enough about software development to manage the process. You had to speak the language. That barrier is gone. The methodology is now teachable to anyone who can think clearly about what they want to build.

This programme gives you five sessions to build a live, deployed application, on your real product idea, using the same engineering workflow that professional software teams use every day.

Curriculum

What You'll Build

Five sessions. One live, deployed application.

Session 01

Foundation

Install your tools. Run your Vision Interview, a structured conversation that turns your product idea into a clear build direction. You leave with a Vision Document, a design system, and a technical foundation your agent can work from.

You'll be able to

Brief an AI agent on your product with enough precision that nothing gets built wrong.

Session 02

Specification

Write your Product Requirements Document. Define every feature with an ID, a priority level, and five acceptance criteria. Configure your CLAUDE.md, the project file that tells your agents what standards every line of code must meet.

You'll be able to

Specify a product so clearly that the agent never has to guess what done looks like.

Session 03

Project Initialisation

Bootstrap your project and establish the application scaffold. Run your first feature through the full review loop: plan proposed, reviewed, approved by you, code written, reviewed independently, merged. The codebase is live. The first feature is complete.

You'll be able to

Run the plan-review-approve-build-review loop that prevents the errors most AI-assisted builds accumulate over time.

Session 04

The Build Loop

Build multiple features in sequence, each through the same loop. Run a security review. Establish your troubleshooting workflow for when things behave unexpectedly, knowing how to respond is part of what you leave with.

You'll be able to

Maintain a production-grade codebase across multiple feature cycles, with the same quality gates a professional pipeline enforces on every commit.

Session 05

Deployment and Polish

Deploy to Vercel. Receive a live URL. Audit the UI against your design system. Leave with your complete prompt library, every workflow and instruction format from five sessions, ready to apply to the next thing you build.

You'll be able to

Ship a real product. Then ship the next one, faster, because the system is already built and the skill is already yours.

How This Works

Three Pillars

01

Built Around Your Product Idea

Every session uses your actual idea, your actual product requirements, and your actual codebase. You leave with a working deployed application, not a generic exercise. What you build is yours to keep, modify, and grow.

02

Professional Engineering Discipline From Day One

This programme teaches the four-role model used by serious software teams: you as the Operator, Claude Code as the builder, Codex as the independent architect and reviewer. Nothing merges without passing the review loop. The discipline is the product.

03

Small Cohorts, Direct Access

Sessions are capped at 18 professionals in person. Direct access to the instructor, real-time feedback on your build, and a peer group working through the same shift. You are not watching someone else build. You are building.

Who This Is For

Built for Builders

Non-Technical Founders

Non-Technical Founders

You have a product idea but no way to build it without hiring a developer. This programme gives you the skill to build it yourself, on your terms, using AI agents that write production-grade code.

Operators Who Need Tools

Operators Who Need Tools

Your team needs internal tools that do not exist yet. You have waited months, paid developers for work that came back wrong, or settled for off-the-shelf software that does not fit. Build what you actually need.

Professionals Ready to Build

Professionals Ready to Build

This is not an introduction to AI. It is not a coding course. It is a professional development programme for people who want to build real software products and leave with the skill to build the next one on their own.

In Their Words

What Graduates Say

As a non-technical person, I wasn't sure what to expect from the AI for Software Development Course, but in just five days I went from knowing nothing about app development to walking away with a fully built app. The experience far exceeded what I imagined to be possible and will have a significant impact on how I grow my business.

Lynne Meyer

Lynne Meyer

Founder, The People Strategy

I had previously paid developers AED 35,000 to build an app for me that never worked. In the AI for Software Development program, I built it within 5 days, exactly the way I wanted. Someone actually offered to buy the app from me two weeks later!

Ragid Khader

Ragid Khader

Lead Solutions Architect, NYUAD

As a founder leading a tech company, I realized that vision without technical execution has a ceiling. After Saqr Academy, I don't just lead teams. I can now understand, design, and build systems with AI. It's already impacting how we develop products: more speed, better architecture, and smarter decisions.

Victor Corvalan

Victor Corvalan

CEO, Progressia

I completed the AI for Software Development program at Saqr Academy in January 2026. Fantastic experience! Very hands-on, well structured, and focused on real-world use cases. Highly recommended.

Giuseppe R. Quevedo

Giuseppe R. Quevedo

Enterprise Account Executive, Acquia

Programme Format

Two Formats, Same Curriculum

Full-Time Intensive

Five Days

AED9,600

5 sessions, Monday to Friday, 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM. Immersive, fast, and complete in one week. You arrive with an idea. You leave with a live application.

KHDA certification
All programme materials
Complete prompt library
Alumni community access
Online attendance available
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Most FlexibleWeekend Track

Five Saturdays

AED9,600

The same five-session curriculum spread across five Saturdays, 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM. Same instructor, same hands-on approach, same deployed application at the end.

KHDA certification
All programme materials
Complete prompt library
Alumni community access
Online attendance available
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