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The AI Builder's Field Guide

Commit 5 weeks. Ship your first AI agent to production.

Do you think that? Every week, I post an update on my build progress on YC's founder platform. No skipped weeks.

Because entrepreneurship isn't a launch day: it's week after week of showing up, shipping, and keeping going when it's hard. That's grit, and you only get out what you relentlessly put in.

This field guide turns that same rhythm into a 5-week path: one part a week, from your first agent to production on Kubernetes. And you won't do it alone because : we build it together, as a community.

Week 1 is free: Part 1 (PDF) · Weeks 2–5: the full 50-page edition, community check-ins and lifetime updates, from the AI Entrepreneurs Weekly newsletter.

By Mélony Qin

Entrepreneur · Technologist · Investor

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Part 1: Foundations, plus your first commitment: name the one task your agent will do. Delivered to your inbox today.

The 5-week path

One part a week. One agent in production.

50 pages (not more!), built to be skimmed. Each week: read one part, watch the video, ship one milestone, and post your update to the community.

WEEK 1 · PART 1 · FREE

Foundations

LLMs, tokens, context windows, multimodal models and how to choose one.

Ship: the one job your agent will do, and the model for it.

WEEK 2 · PART 2 · FULL EDITION

Building AI agents that don't fail

One clear job, safe tools, memory, guardrails, human approval and evaluation.

Ship: a working agent with real tools and tests.

WEEK 3 · PART 3 · FULL EDITION

Running AI on Kubernetes

Reference architecture, GPUs, serving, autoscaling, RBAC and production readiness.

Ship: your agent deployed — on Kubernetes, or the lighter option that fits.

WEEK 4 · PART 4 · FULL EDITION

The economics of AI

Where the money goes, build vs buy, and a playbook to control your bill.

Ship: a cost baseline and a budget you can defend.

WEEK 5 · PART 5 · FULL EDITION

From builder to founder

Small-team leverage, the one-person unicorn idea, and lessons from the road.

Ship: your agent live in production — and your build story shared.

EVERY WEEK · TOOLKIT + COMMUNITY

Your weekly companion

Production checklist, architecture template, cost-audit worksheet, glossary — and a community posting their progress every week, just like you.

Commit like a founder. Get the full path.

Entrepreneurship is a commitment — so is this. Week 1 is free for everyone. Weeks 2–5, the toolkit, the video walkthroughs and the community are for paid subscribers of AI Entrepreneurs Weekly:

Founding members: the full path and videos now, plus lifetime updates
Yearly subscribers: included from day one
Monthly subscribers: unlocked after 12 months, then yours for life

Grit compounds. Once you're in, every update to the guide and every new video is free, forever.

Become a founding member →

Join on Substack: melonyqin.substack.com

Written for builders who

Want to ship their first AI agent, not just read about it
Need accountability — a weekly rhythm and people who notice when you show up
Are engineers, technical product leaders or founders who prefer working software over slides
Don't have (or need) a machine-learning research background

In 5 weeks, you'll

Scope an agent around one job you can actually measure
Design tools, guardrails and human checkpoints that prevent avoidable failures
Deploy it — on Kubernetes when it fits, and know when it's too heavy
Know what it costs to run, and have five weekly updates to prove you shipped

About the author

Mélony Qin

A tech product manager turned entrepreneur, technologist and investor. Kubernetes contributor and author of four technical books on cloud-native and AI infrastructure. Former Product Manager at Microsoft. At CVisiona, she follows one editorial rule: complex idea, simple stories.

She shares a build update every week on YC's founder platform — because progress is a habit, not an event. This guide invites you to build the same way.

Week 1 starts when you say so.

Name the one task you want to ship. Commit to 5 weeks. We'll build it together.