10 scholarships · Starts 10 August 2026
Work on real business cases with John Ang, former Head of AI Engineering at Temus
Temus is a Temasek-owned portfolio company delivering digital transformation for enterprises and governments
Get personal feedback from John on what you build — what works, what does not, and what to improve
A new career path
SMEs, agencies, and enterprises are asking us for people who can understand how their businesses work and use AI to build working software
Strong candidates are still difficult to find
So we designed this programme to help domain experts turn what they already know into working software with AI — and see whether they could become the kind of builder companies are already looking for
If you understand a business or industry well, you do not need to become a conventional software engineer first You can learn to use AI coding agents to carry your judgement from the problem through to working software
They work close to the company and the real problem, combining domain expertise with AI coding agents to decide what should be built, then scope, build, test, and ship it
Why SMEs
Decisions sit closer to the work, with less legacy and cross-department change management That gives builders more room to reshape data, workflows, and management together
A new kind of builder
This is sometimes called forward-deployed building — combining domain judgement, customer proximity, and hands-on software delivery
How the two days work
Follow how he investigates the workflow, finds what drives value, and decides what should actually be built
Work with the ambiguity, constraints, data, and operating realities that come with a genuine SME project
Scope the first useful version, direct AI coding agents, and judge whether the proposed approach makes sense
Learn what holds up, what is off, and what you would need to correct before shipping
Testimonials
He is the kind of non-engineer this programme is built for — someone with strong user judgement who learned to carry that judgement through delivery
A real SME project shows the kind of problem this programme is built around — operational complexity, real constraints, and software that has to work after the room applauds
Mathias moved beyond waiting months to see what engineers shipped and learned to manage the software-development lifecycle himself with AI-assisted building
“My work used to end at the Figma handover Then I would wait months to see what was built After learning the software-development process from John, I now run the lifecycle myself with AI and can focus on what matters to the end user”
UX/UI designer · now managing six concurrent SME projects across multiple industries
Who will be teaching
John Ang has used this process to deliver bespoke software for more than 20 SMEs
Mentor and instructorFormer Head of AI Engineering at Temus and founder of Hasky Technologies
John teaches the same process his team uses to scope, direct, test, and ship software with AI coding agents
Watch John explain the method →In its first year, Hasky built bespoke software for more than 20 SMEs with a delivery team made up of non-engineers trained internally
John will provide real business cases for you to build around, using the same delivery process his team uses at Hasky
Who this is for
This programme is for operators, consultants, PMs, BAs, designers, and freelancers who understand real business problems and want to turn that knowledge into useful software with AI
You do not need to be a software engineer
Founding scholarship
Full programme value
What happens after you apply
A person from our team will review your application and get back to you If anything needs clarification, we may invite you to a short conversation
Questions worth asking
No conventional software-engineering background is required, but you do need the willingness to work hands-on, learn quickly, and keep going when the build becomes unclear
You will build working software around a real SME use case and learn production-minded practices — the exact readiness of any build depends on its scope, testing, data, and operating context
Yes, 10 selected participants receive the S$2,600 programme fully funded — a refundable $200 commitment deposit protects the limited places and is returned after you complete both days
A person from our team reviews every application and gets back to you A short conversation may be used when we need to clarify one or two things
10 founding scholarships
Apply for one of 10 founding scholarships A person from our team reviews every application and gets back to you