SoCal's #1 Youth AI Bootcamp

I turn youth leaders
into AI builders.

6 weeks. 3 real AI products. Portfolio pieces that open doors and start conversations.

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8 spots Coming Soon Irvine, CA
What You'll Ship

3 real AI products.
6 weeks. Zero fluff.

Students don't just learn concepts — they ship real AI products they can demo, improve, and put in serious college applications.

Week 1–2

AI Chatbot

A custom chatbot students deploy and own, built to solve a real problem they care about.

Week 3–4

Voice Agent

A voice AI students can actually talk to — language practice, interview prep, or study coaching.

Week 5–6

Customer Support Agent

An AI support agent that connects real tools students already use — saving time on scheduling, homework, and personal projects.

What People Are Saying

Real parents.
Real results.

"Tech and AI are moving fast, but helping kids build discernment, judgment, and confidence takes time, repetition, and trust. The program and your personal brand are tied together right now. Projects that show real-world application, consistency, and follow-through."
— KV, SoCal Parent
The Founder
Kyle Tran — founder of Lynx Combinator
6 Weeks
3 Products
Community

About Kyle

i didn't go to school for this. i taught myself — chatbots, voice agents, customer support agents, websites shipped on vercel. zapier led to chatgpt led to claude code led to realizing i could build real things that worked.

then i met a family. their kids were half my age — curious, energetic, asking questions nonstop. something clicked.

i thought about who i was at 16. junior year. AP classes. track and field. already racing against time without knowing where i was running. nobody handed me a roadmap. i had to find that years later, alone.

those kids didn't have to wait that long.

Technical Initiative

You didn't wait to be taught — you built something real.

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Problem-Solving Ability

Real AI projects prove you can think, not just code.

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Future Readiness

Whether college apps or your own startup — builders stand out.

Founder, Lynx Combinator · Irvine, CA
Parent FAQ

Questions we hear most.

Straight answers from Kyle — no sales pitch.

The founding cohort is $1,500. That's beta pricing for the first 8 students. Once this cohort fills, the price goes up. This founding cohort pricing doesn't come back once we start graduating cohorts.
That's exactly who this is built for. We're not training software engineers. We're teaching students to use AI tools the way professionals actually use them — going from idea to working product without writing code from scratch. Curiosity and willingness to figure things out matter more than any technical background.
Three things you can't get from a video: deadlines, feedback, and someone who knows your kid by name. In this program, students ship real products on a real timeline with a real person reviewing their work. YouTube teaches you concepts. This program makes you finish something. There's a difference between watching someone cook and learning to cook.
About 3 hours a week. I designed it this way on purpose. Your kid still has a life. Weekends are theirs. This runs alongside school, not instead of it. If they can find 3 hours in a week, they can finish the program.
Three working AI products: a custom chatbot, a voice agent, and a customer support agent. Not mockups — actual software they built, can demo, and own. They also present at Demo Day in front of people who build AI for a living. That's a college application section, a conversation starter, and proof that they can build things.
Me. I don't have a CS degree. What I do have is a track record of building these products, all self-taught. I built this organization, website, and program entirely on my own — living proof that you can build anything if you put your mind to it. I founded an AI safety education program and led AI operations at organizations before starting Lynx Combinator. I teach this because I went through the hard version of figuring it out alone, and I don't want another kid to wait as long as I did. My team also includes lead instructors, program coordinators, mentor network leads, and engineers.
They come to office hours. I hold 1-on-1 time specifically for students who are stuck — not a group Q&A, direct time with me to get their questions answered. No one falls behind because they didn't understand something the first time.
Because I'm not running a lecture. I'm leading a cohort. The whole model depends on me knowing every student's project, their blockers, and where they're getting stuck. At 8 students, I can do that well. When it's full, it's full.
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Ready to build?

Coming soon · 8 spots · Beta pricing for early applicants.

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