Australian-born global phenomenon Build Club is dialling up its education offering, launching Build Club Campus, a free virtual school for people to learn AI, get certified and build practical skills.
The move follows Build Club’s recent community launch in Singapore.
Cofounder Annie Liao said Campus takes the same hands-on learning model Build Club has used across workshops, hackathons, accelerators and enterprise programs, and brings it into one online platform.
“The goal is simple: help more people gain access to practical AI education for the workforce of the future,” she said.
“While AI tools are becoming more powerful, most people are still learning through scattered tutorials, social media threads or one-off workshops.”
Practical learning
Campus gives learners a more structured way to keep up, practise with the latest tools and prove what they know, Liao explained.
“AI should not be something only technical people or people in San Francisco know how to use. Campus is about giving people a place to learn by doing. You can take courses, build projects, get certified and actually understand how these tools apply to your work,” she said.
“Last year we launched Manus Academy where we had 20,000 signups in the first few days, the impact of this on ensuring more people can access AI education is going to be world changing”
Campus is already being used as the learning layer behind Build Club’s enterprise programs, partner academies and community initiatives, supporting courses and learning on tools and platforms including Manus, OpenAI, Claude, and Microsoft. It’s also used to support programs like the Women in AI Accelerator, helping women globally learn AI tools, ship projects and build confidence.
3 ideas
Liao said the Campus platform is built around three core ideas:
Learn the tools: Practical courses that help people understand what AI can do and how to use the latest products.
Build real projects: Hands-on learning across use cases in marketing, sales, operations, product, consulting, finance, leadership and more.
Get certified: Milestones and certifications that help learners show applied AI capability, not just course completion.
“Most AI education is still too passive. AI changes everyday,” Liao said.
“People do not need another generic intro to AI. They need to try the tools, see what is possible, build something useful and get recognised for it. That is what Campus is built for.”
Build Club now runs community-led events, workshops, academies and accelerator programs involving more than 70,000 members in 60 cities. Campus brings that same approach to online learning.
