Stevens School of Business · Business+AI

Build Real.
Build Now.

The Stevens School of Business program where cross-disciplinary teams build AI-enabled products for real partner organizations.

What We Do

Four ways to build

Build Studio is a flagship initiative connecting students, industry, and practitioners around one shared goal: building real products that create real value.

BAI 411: Build Studio

A 15-week studio course. Three sprints. Real challenges from partner organizations. From paper sketch to working AI-integrated product.

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Build Sprint

Each semester, student teams compete to build AI-enabled solutions to real business challenges — in a single day, with industry judges.

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The Podcast

Part documentary, part guest series. Follows student teams in real time and invites founders, builders, engineers, and researchers to talk about building.

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Advisory Council

Industry practitioners who shape our curriculum, sponsor challenges, critique student work, and connect students to the real world.

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"This is not a planning course; it is a build course." — BAI 411: Build Studio, Course Rationale
3
Sprint Cycles
15+
User Tests per Team
Real
Partner Organizations
1 Day
Build Sprint Format
BAI 411

Three sprints to a real product

Every team moves through the same three-sprint arc — sketching, validating, and delivering a working AI-enabled product to a real partner organization.

1
Weeks 1–5
Stand Up Your Narrative
User research · System diagram · Lo-fi prototype · 3 user stories
3-min presentation + lo-fi demo
2
Weeks 6–10
Validate Your Narrative
Working prototype · User testing (n=10+) · Data architecture
4-min presentation + working demo
3
Weeks 11–15
Deliver
Feature-complete product · Final validation (n=15+) · Handoff package
6-min final presentation to partner org
Partner Organizations

Organizations that submit real challenges to Build Studio teams and Hackathon competitors.

Ready to build?

Whether you're a student, a company, or a practitioner, there's a place for you in Build Studio.