BYU Marriott / AI Foundry
We build the AI leaders and production systems that transform how businesses compete.
Where builders forgeAI systems.
BYU's AI Foundry pairs MBA and undergrad builders with real clients to ship production AI systems. Not case studies. Not prototypes. Real work, real stakes — and a network of the sharpest AI minds coming out of BYU.
For companies
Submit a projectFor students
We make, not just study.
Cases are someone else's decisions, already made. We pick up the tools and forge our own — in code, in product, in the room with the client.
Real clients, real stakes.
Every project ships for an actual company with actual users. No simulations. No hypotheticals graded on a curve.
Production, not prototypes.
A demo proves an idea. Production proves you. We build systems that run after the semester ends — and put your name on them.
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What is AI Foundry
The builder is the new strategist.
Strategy, product, design, and engineering are collapsing into one role. The people who own the next decade won't wait for a hand-off — they'll take an idea from insight to shipped system themselves.
AI Foundry is a Learn, Do, Become program at BYU's Marriott School of Business. Each cohort pairs 12 MBAs with 12 undergraduates for one to two years of hands-on AI product work — with real clients and real stakes.
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Builders per cohort
12 MBA · 12 undergrad
1–2 yrs
Of intensive making
Real production systems
100%
Hands on the tools
Real clients. Real stakes.
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For organizations
Put the Foundry to work.
Demand is high. Every accepted project is taken on by a Foundry team and shipped as a production system — not a slide deck, not a proof of concept. We review every proposal.
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Submit a proposal
Tell us what you want built — the problem, who it's for, and what a great outcome looks like. Takes five minutes.
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We review and scope
Every proposal is reviewed by the Foundry team. Accepted projects are scoped with you before work begins.
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MBA + undergrad team ships it
A high-caliber cross-functional team builds and ships a production system. Flat $5,000 fee, subject to scope.
Why companies take the bet
Trust is forged, not claimed.
The Foundry is new, and we won't rent a logo wall to hide it. What we offer instead is a process built so the risk sits with us, not with you.
Submit a project →Reviewed, scoped, then built
No project starts until we've reviewed the proposal and scoped the outcome with you. If we can't ship it, we don't take it.
A team you can vet by name
Every builder behind the Foundry is on this site with a face, a bio, and a LinkedIn you can check. No anonymous bench.
Backed by BYU Marriott
An official program of BYU's Marriott School of Business. The university's name is on the door, and ours are right next to it.
One flat fee, no surprises
$5,000, an agreed scope, and a production system you own. If scope changes, we re-scope together before anything else is built.
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Program Structure
Three phases. One trajectory.
The Foundry isn't a single class — it's a multi-semester commitment that compounds. Each phase tempers the last.
Entry Point
01Prerequisite Course
AI product fundamentals, prompt engineering, and the builder mindset. This is where you prove you belong.
Every Semester
02Semester Courses
Project-based coursework. AI product strategy, technical architecture, design systems, go-to-market. You learn by making.
Ongoing
03Client Projects
Production AI systems for real companies. Scope it, architect it, build it, ship it. Your portfolio starts here.
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The team
The people behind the Foundry.
Fifteen MBAs run AI Foundry, from strategy and product to deals, finance, and design. Real people doing the work, with names you can look up.
Meet the full team →
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What you get
More than a class. A forge.
Every part of the Foundry is built to make you dangerous — the kind of builder companies fight to hire.
Real client projects
Build production AI systems for actual companies. Real users, real stakes — not case studies.
A sharp, curated network
Alumni and professionals across AI, consulting, PE, and finance. Capped on purpose. Quality over volume.
Competitions & industry trips
Hackathons, case comps, and visits to the teams shaping frontier AI.
Direct recruiting pipelines
Relationships with the companies building the future of AI — before you graduate.
A shipped portfolio
Graduate with real products you built and shipped. Not slide decks.
The builder community
The most plugged-in AI, product, and tech circle at BYU. Period.
Get involved
Three ways in.
Organizations
Have something that needs building?
Submit a project proposal. Our teams ship production AI systems — not prototypes. Reviewed by the Foundry, $5k flat fee.
Alumni & Professionals
Stay plugged into BYU AI.
Join the AI Foundry network. Get invited to live events, a weekly AI digest, and access to talent from the cohort.
BYU Students
Ready to stop studying and start building?
Apply to the Foundry. MBA and undergrad seats available. Rolling admissions — the strongest builders at BYU are already in.