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Prior Cohorts' Graduation Videos
Real graduates recorded graduation videos in their own words, showing what they automated and what it took to get there. You can see what level they started at: most people started at an AI capabilities level of 1 to 3, and all ended much higher than that. To understand the AI capability levels, click here.
Understand the AI Capability LevelsVonetta
Started at Level 2Level 2 · AI SearcherNow AI replaces search for real learning, not just one-off questions. They compare options, dig into a topic, and ask follow-up questions instead of accepting the first answer. This is still passive research though; they are gathering understanding, not producing anything yet., reached Level 9Level 9 · AI Workflow OwnerThe automations from the last level stop being one-off experiments and become a documented, repeatable process someone actually relies on. There is a defined workflow for something real like content, sales follow-up, onboarding, or reporting, and it runs the same way every time instead of being reinvented per use., jumped 7 levels.
Nicola
Started at Level 5Level 5 · AI Contextual OperatorThe output stops sounding generic because the person feeds AI real material first: brand voice docs, past examples, client notes, SOPs, offer details. This is the point where AI work starts sounding like the business instead of sounding like AI. It is the last purely individual-skill level before things become repeatable systems., reached Level 17Level 17 · AI Operating System OwnerEverything connects into one system: agents, tools, memory, schedules, triggers, routing, dashboards, and model selection all work together instead of living as separate projects. You can see the whole operation from one place and reason about it as a system, not as a pile of individual automations., jumped 12 levels.
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Started at Level 2Level 2 · AI SearcherNow AI replaces search for real learning, not just one-off questions. They compare options, dig into a topic, and ask follow-up questions instead of accepting the first answer. This is still passive research though; they are gathering understanding, not producing anything yet., reached Level 13Level 13 · AI Operations ArchitectYour agents now behave like a real operation instead of a collection of scripts. Each one has a defined role, remembers relevant context, hands work to the next agent or person in a set sequence, and logs what it did so mistakes can be traced. When something fails, there is a recovery path instead of a silent break., jumped 11 levels.
Wes
Started at Level 4Level 4 · AI CreatorThe output moves past text into something visible: an image, a slide deck, a short video, a PDF, a worksheet. Someone at this level is making things they can hand to a client or post publicly, using AI as the production tool. It is still one-off asset creation, not a system or a pipeline., reached Level 12Level 12 · AI Agent ManagerYou are no longer running one agent, you are running a small staff. Each agent has a distinct job, its own inputs, and its own output, and you coordinate between them the way a manager coordinates between employees. The skill here is delegation and oversight across roles, not building any single agent better., jumped 8 levels.
Beata
Started at Level 2Level 2 · AI SearcherNow AI replaces search for real learning, not just one-off questions. They compare options, dig into a topic, and ask follow-up questions instead of accepting the first answer. This is still passive research though; they are gathering understanding, not producing anything yet., reached Level 12Level 12 · AI Agent ManagerYou are no longer running one agent, you are running a small staff. Each agent has a distinct job, its own inputs, and its own output, and you coordinate between them the way a manager coordinates between employees. The skill here is delegation and oversight across roles, not building any single agent better., jumped 10 levels.
Reza
Started at Level 3Level 3 · AI WriterAI becomes part of how someone communicates. They draft emails, rewrite messages for tone, outline a proposal, or punch up a caption. The output still gets read and edited by a human before it goes anywhere, but AI is now doing real first-draft work instead of just answering questions., reached Level 10Level 10 · AI Assistant OwnerSomeone now has an assistant, not just a tool, something that holds context across sessions and supports real work with a human still reviewing the output. It drafts replies, preps meeting notes, updates records, or organizes files, and the person checks its work rather than doing the work themselves from scratch., jumped 7 levels.
Pete
Started at Level 2Level 2 · AI SearcherNow AI replaces search for real learning, not just one-off questions. They compare options, dig into a topic, and ask follow-up questions instead of accepting the first answer. This is still passive research though; they are gathering understanding, not producing anything yet., reached Level 11Level 11 · AI Agent OperatorAn agent now takes real steps across tools instead of just producing text for you to copy and paste. It reads, drafts, files, schedules, or updates records on its own, but a human still directs the task and signs off before anything consequential goes out. This is the line between AI as a writer and AI as a worker with limited hands., jumped 9 levels.
Alla
Started at Level 2Level 2 · AI SearcherNow AI replaces search for real learning, not just one-off questions. They compare options, dig into a topic, and ask follow-up questions instead of accepting the first answer. This is still passive research though; they are gathering understanding, not producing anything yet., reached Level 11Level 11 · AI Agent OperatorAn agent now takes real steps across tools instead of just producing text for you to copy and paste. It reads, drafts, files, schedules, or updates records on its own, but a human still directs the task and signs off before anything consequential goes out. This is the line between AI as a writer and AI as a worker with limited hands., jumped 9 levels.
Marina
Started at Level 2Level 2 · AI SearcherNow AI replaces search for real learning, not just one-off questions. They compare options, dig into a topic, and ask follow-up questions instead of accepting the first answer. This is still passive research though; they are gathering understanding, not producing anything yet., reached Level 11Level 11 · AI Agent OperatorAn agent now takes real steps across tools instead of just producing text for you to copy and paste. It reads, drafts, files, schedules, or updates records on its own, but a human still directs the task and signs off before anything consequential goes out. This is the line between AI as a writer and AI as a worker with limited hands., jumped 9 levels.
Tiyana
Started at Level 3Level 3 · AI WriterAI becomes part of how someone communicates. They draft emails, rewrite messages for tone, outline a proposal, or punch up a caption. The output still gets read and edited by a human before it goes anywhere, but AI is now doing real first-draft work instead of just answering questions., reached Level 15Level 15 · Provider-Agnostic AI OperatorYou pick models the way a contractor picks materials, based on what the job actually needs. Cost, speed, quality, privacy, and context window all factor into which model runs a given task, and you are not locked into one provider out of habit. Different parts of your system can run on different models without anything breaking., jumped 12 levels.
Alicia
Started at Level 2Level 2 · AI SearcherNow AI replaces search for real learning, not just one-off questions. They compare options, dig into a topic, and ask follow-up questions instead of accepting the first answer. This is still passive research though; they are gathering understanding, not producing anything yet., reached Level 12Level 12 · AI Agent ManagerYou are no longer running one agent, you are running a small staff. Each agent has a distinct job, its own inputs, and its own output, and you coordinate between them the way a manager coordinates between employees. The skill here is delegation and oversight across roles, not building any single agent better., jumped 10 levels.
Quincee
Started at Level 1Level 1 · AI Question AskerThis is the first time someone opens ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini on purpose and asks it something. They treat it like a smarter search box: ask a question, get an answer, move on. There is no follow-up, no context, no real workflow yet, just a single question and a single response., reached Level 11Level 11 · AI Agent OperatorAn agent now takes real steps across tools instead of just producing text for you to copy and paste. It reads, drafts, files, schedules, or updates records on its own, but a human still directs the task and signs off before anything consequential goes out. This is the line between AI as a writer and AI as a worker with limited hands., jumped 10 levels.
Pina Maria
Started at Level 1Level 1 · AI Question AskerThis is the first time someone opens ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini on purpose and asks it something. They treat it like a smarter search box: ask a question, get an answer, move on. There is no follow-up, no context, no real workflow yet, just a single question and a single response., reached Level 7Level 7 · AI BuilderSomeone crosses from using AI to make content into using AI to make software. They can get a working page, prototype, or internal tool built with AI's help, even without being a professional developer. It is usable and functional, though usually still small in scope and run by one person., jumped 6 levels.
Naomi
Started at Level 1Level 1 · AI Question AskerThis is the first time someone opens ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini on purpose and asks it something. They treat it like a smarter search box: ask a question, get an answer, move on. There is no follow-up, no context, no real workflow yet, just a single question and a single response., reached Level 11Level 11 · AI Agent OperatorAn agent now takes real steps across tools instead of just producing text for you to copy and paste. It reads, drafts, files, schedules, or updates records on its own, but a human still directs the task and signs off before anything consequential goes out. This is the line between AI as a writer and AI as a worker with limited hands., jumped 10 levels.
William
Started at Level 4Level 4 · AI CreatorThe output moves past text into something visible: an image, a slide deck, a short video, a PDF, a worksheet. Someone at this level is making things they can hand to a client or post publicly, using AI as the production tool. It is still one-off asset creation, not a system or a pipeline., reached Level 14Level 14 · AI Routing ArchitectWork no longer gets assigned by hand every time. A routing layer looks at each incoming request and sends it to the right agent, tool, model, or workflow based on rules or classification, not your memory of who handles what. This is the shift from operating agents to operating a system that operates the agents., jumped 10 levels.
Alex
Started at Level 2Level 2 · AI SearcherNow AI replaces search for real learning, not just one-off questions. They compare options, dig into a topic, and ask follow-up questions instead of accepting the first answer. This is still passive research though; they are gathering understanding, not producing anything yet., reached Level 10Level 10 · AI Assistant OwnerSomeone now has an assistant, not just a tool, something that holds context across sessions and supports real work with a human still reviewing the output. It drafts replies, preps meeting notes, updates records, or organizes files, and the person checks its work rather than doing the work themselves from scratch., jumped 8 levels.