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Straight answers about robotics, AI, and what actually differentiates a student
Written by practicing Silicon Valley engineers who mentor students in grades 4–12 — including the parts that don’t flatter us.
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The 3 Tech Jobs AI Is Creating — and What a 12-Year-Old Can Start Building Now
Stanford AI lecturer Mihail Eric says computer science grads face 6.1% unemployment while three new engineering roles explode. The dividing line isn't coding skill — it's who writes the spec. Here's what that means for a middle or high schooler, and how our Robotics & AI Mentoring program builds the four skills he says put an engineer in the top 1%.
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Why Mentorship, Not More Content, Is the Right Answer for Grades 4–12 in the AI Age
AI has made content close to free. What it hasn't made cheap is the ability to frame a real question, direct tools at it, and defend the answer to a skeptic. Here's why that calls for mentorship, not more lessons — and how our Robotics & AI Mentoring program builds it in middle and high school.
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Future-Proofing Your Career in the AI Supercycle: A Guide for High Schoolers
Founders and operators from OpenAI, Anthropic, Databricks, Vercel, Baseten and Chai Discovery told a Stanford class where the next decade's value is actually going. It is not where the panic is. Here are the four bets, the majors they point to, and what a middle or high schooler should be building now.
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The Investor Who Bets on Childhoods: What Michael Moritz Looks For, and Why It Starts in Middle School
Sequoia's Michael Moritz says a founder's first 15 to 17 years tell him more than any spreadsheet. Here's what that means for your middle or high schooler — and what our Robotics & AI Mentoring program does about it.
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Robotics Kits Won't Get Your Kid Into Stanford. Here's What Actually Will.
A guide for Silicon Valley parents who already know the difference between a neural net and a gimmick — and want the real story on robotics programs before they write a check.
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