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New programme · Cohort 14 Jan – 2 Apr 2027

The first capstones arrive in April 2027.

In short · Why is there no AI programme work here yet?

This is a new programme. Cohort 1 starts building on 4 Jan 2027 and defends its capstones live before a panel by 2 Apr 2027. Their cleared case studies appear here after that. Until then, this page shows exactly what each portfolio will contain, and the design work our alumni have done since 2015.

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When the work appears
  1. 4 Jan 2027Studio starts
  2. By 2 Apr 2027Board defence
  3. Apr–May 2027Case studies here
12 seats · 12 capstones

Your capstone could be here.

Every Cohort 1 learner builds, tests and defends one AI product or proof of concept. Twelve seats means twelve frames on this page.

What a public case study looks like

One product, eight gates.

Sample case study format (illustrative, not a real learner)

Customer support · Route A, Builder

An AI assistant that helps support teams answer policy questions

What was built
A retrieval-based assistant over a policy library, with a hand-off to a human when confidence is low.
How it was tested
An evaluation set of real questions, accuracy and hand-off rates, and a red-team pass for unsafe answers.
Learner's role
Product design, retrieval set-up and evaluation; worked in a pod of four.
  1. Gate 01

    Problem and evidence

  2. Gate 02

    AI suitability and concept

  3. Gate 03

    Process, UX and architecture

  4. Gate 04

    Prototype or proof of concept

  5. Gate 05

    Evaluation and user evidence

  6. Gate 06

    Red team, security and responsible AI

  7. Gate 07

    Governance and economics

  8. Gate 08

    Final board defence, live

Capstone walkthrough · illustrative

Gate by gate, what gets built.

An illustrative example, not a real learner's work, showing what each gate produces. Your capstone follows the same path on your own problem.

  1. Gate 01

    Problem and evidence

    Interviews with 6 support agents; 40% of tickets are policy questions answered inconsistently.

    ArtefactProblem and evidence brief

  2. Gate 02

    AI suitability and concept

    Retrieval assistant suits it: answers exist in documents; risky answers can go to a person.

    ArtefactAI suitability assessment

  3. Gate 03

    Process, UX and architecture

    Agent drafts the answer with sources; agent approves; low confidence hands off.

    ArtefactJourney, interaction spec, system map

  4. Gate 04

    Prototype or proof of concept

    n8n workflow plus retrieval over 120 policy pages, inside a simple chat screen.

    ArtefactWorking build

  5. Gate 05

    Evaluation and user evidence

    80-question test set from real tickets: accuracy, citation quality, hand-off rate.

    ArtefactEvaluation set and results

  6. Gate 06

    Red team, security, responsible AI

    Tried prompt injection, personal data leaks and out-of-policy promises; added guardrails.

    ArtefactRed-team log, privacy review

  7. Gate 07

    Governance and economics

    Owner, review cadence, cost per answer and time saved per week.

    ArtefactGovernance pack, business case

  8. Gate 08

    Final board defence, live

    Live demo, failure cases shown honestly, questions from the panel.

    ArtefactBoard deck and recording

Proof you can check today

Who guides the work, and what our alumni built.

Qquench · since 2022Agentic AI, already in production.

Delivered an agentic AI solution for a luxury hospitality client in 2022. Juily, JB and the faculty bring that delivery experience into every studio session.

Qquench · 25+ years432+ projects for organisations worldwide.

Enterprise learning, UX architecture and AI automation. ISO 9001, ISO 27001, ISO 14001 certified.

Studio Incubator · since 2015Eleven years of design alumni.

Work from our UI/UX and graphic design learners, shared with their permission.

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Your work, shown responsibly

Public, private and verified.

Most capstone projects are built on real briefs from Qquench's practice, so the full work stays private. Each learner gets a public case study cleared by the studio, and employers can see the complete work under NDA.

Public

A cleared case study on your portfolio: the problem type, your role, what you built, how you tested it and what you learned. No client names, data or screens.

Seen byAnyone

Private

The full capstone: screens, prototype or working product, evaluation results, governance pack and board defence recording.

Seen byEmployers, under NDA, on request

Record

The verified Studio Project Record: what you built, your role, and the gates you passed.

Seen byEmployers, by record ID

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Cohort 1 · 4 Jan – 2 Apr 2027 · 12 seats · apply by 20 Dec

Start with your free account, get ₹2,000.

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  1. 01 · TodayCreate your free accountVerified within 1 working hour; ₹2,000 credit added. Want to see the studio first? Book a free Saturday session.
  2. 02 · By 20 DecTake the assessmentAbout 20–25 minutes, then a conversation with Juily or JB.
  3. 03 · 4 Jan 2027Start in the studioTwelve weeks, pods of four, faculty in the room.