Academics
Asking and answering the world's toughest questions.
Our academic mentors research and teach at ETH Zurich, EPFL, Harvard, MIT, Imperial and more.
Our students are the leaders of tomorrow
We teach students durable skills that matter in an AI world to set them ahead of the pack.
Top mentors from ETH Zurich, EPFL, MIT and Harvard
Taught at leading schools
The programme
How we get them there
It starts with one call, becomes a plan with milestones worth celebrating, and turns into a business your teenager keeps improving.
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It starts with our course
Every student begins with the online course teaching the foundations of entrepreneurship and AI, the shared foundation for everything that follows.
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An expert mentor builds the plan with them
The first call is with an expert mentor. From it we build a custom curriculum and a timeline with named milestones. Every milestone reached gets celebrated.
Eric Burns
Founder and CEO at Thunderstone
Doctorate, ETH Zurich and Paul Scherrer Institut
Intro call, 30 minutes03
Learn by building the real business
Lessons and mentor sessions run alongside the build. Students learn entrepreneurship and AI by applying both to their own business.
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They ask real people to buy
The website goes live and the offer goes in front of real people. Asking a stranger to pay is the hard part, and the mentor is there for it. The first sale changes how seriously everything else is taken.
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Gross volume
$418.00
- $29.00Essay engine pack
- $12.00Revision prompts
- $19.00Study pack
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The results set the next step
The results and the student's feedback decide what to learn next and which milestones come after.
The online course
Entrepreneurship and AI course
This is the foundational skill set in the age of AI. The outcome is a real business, that aims to facilitate the online sale and many more. Every tool is included, so there is nothing else to subscribe to.
Plans
Not sure which plan fits? Write to [email protected] and tell us where the business stands. Payments are handled by Stripe and the receipt comes from Hebbian GmbH.
Pick a base
Play the exercise
Total sales
$1,284.00
47
Orders
1,320
Visitors
3.6%
Buy rate
$27
Average order
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The website
The sales
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$418.00
Can you ask your five customers if they have anybody else who might be interested?
Mentor
StudentJoin other future leaders at our ETH summer programme
Our AI and entrepreneurship week runs every year at ETH Zurich, with more than 150 applications every year for a small number of places. Students come from all over the world and pitch at the end of the week to judges from Google and ETH Zurich.
It's amazing how much you can achieve with modern AI tools these days. Together with the pupil's creativity, we accomplished a lot in just one week.Jonas Blank, Master's student and course instructor, ETH Zurich
150+
applications every year
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week at ETH Zurich
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judges from Google and ETH
Read the news coverage: Young minds tackle AI and entrepreneurship
Watch a week at ETH ZurichRecap film, 2 minutesMentorship
Stand on the shoulders of expert mentors
Tomorrow's leaders stand on the shoulders of the leaders of today. In every field there are experts who have already paved the way, and a young person grows fastest when one of them takes a personal interest in their work. Each kind of expert below has earned a different perspective in their own space, and your teenager learns from the one leading the space they want to enter.
Entrepreneurs
Modern day explorers looking to bring value to the world through innovation.
Our founder mentors run ETH spin offs and leading startups from the US, Europe and Asia.
Industry leaders
The tried and true practices from the front lines.
Our industry mentors work at companies like Google, Nvidia, Formula One and UBS.
Student work
Projects from future leaders
Every project below started with a student who did not know where to begin.
STEM deep dive
Ayaan Agarwal
14 years old6 weeks of workResearch paper
RNA therapeutics for neurodegenerative diseases. A research paper reviewing RNA based treatments for Parkinson's, Alzheimer's and Spinal Muscular Atrophy, and what stands in their way.
Mentored by Arianna Dorschel
Web entrepreneurship
Ryan de Maria
12 years old6 weeks of workLive web app
Promptly Bud, a web app that turns any topic into better questions and detailed answers. The project became a mentored internship at Swiss International Air Lines.
Mentored by Robin Wiethuchter
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Engineering
Formula One aerodynamics
Student and figures to confirm
Optimising the shape of a front wing part for downforce and drag. The student ran the design loop with AI, tested each iteration against the last, and kept the version that won.
Mentored by James Rushbrooke
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Urban development
Urban planning and development
Student and figures to confirm
Redesigning a real neighbourhood block for density, transport and green space, then making the case for it the way a planning committee would want to hear it.
Mentored by Elina Kiosse
AI and art
Lea Stangl
15 years old6 weeks of workPublished book
Visions of the future. An AI powered art and research book exploring technology, healthcare, urban life and sustainability through written analysis and visual design.
Mentored by Robin Wiethuchter
Neuroscience
Amy Von Arx
16 years old6 weeks of workResearch study
A literature review on how chronic lack of sleep affects mood, cognition and mental health, and the two way link between sleep and depression.
Mentored by Asude Aydin
In their words
Why schools and families choose us
"I loved doing this project. It was so fun to work on, it gave me one more thing to look forward to coming to school. It was something I felt super passionate about."
Madeline S.
AI and entrepreneurship, June 2026
"This experience solidified my passion for neuroscience and confirmed my desire to pursue it further in my academic career. It also honed my research skills and taught me the importance of critical thinking and perseverance."
Amy Von Arx
Neuroscience, 16 years old
"The prep is well planned and my boys have walked away with enthusiasm and knowledge of the topics covered. You are selecting great instructors. The topics are very relevant."
Liz D.
Parent