Founding Cohort | April 15 – May 1, 2026 | Taught live by Tiago Forte
You've tried ChatGPT or Claude. You've gotten some useful outputs. But somehow you still end up re-explaining context, correcting the same mistakes, and spending more time editing AI outputs than just doing the work yourself.
Meanwhile, you're caught between two traps:
There's enormous potential here, but you can't seem to unlock it.
When ChatGPT arrived in late 2022, I made an unusual decision: I stopped teaching. After training 6,000 students over six years in Building a Second Brain, I stepped back. The technology had shifted too fundamentally to keep teaching the same methods with a clear conscience.
I spent the next three years deeply immersed in AI. And what I found surprised me.
Most people think better results come from better prompts, better tools, or smarter models. They don't. Better results come from better context.
Here's how my team uses it every day:
Not with a better model. With better context.
This isn't tips and tricks. It's a system. And once you build it, it compounds.
April 15 – May 1, 2026
Founding Cohort Bonuses:
Foundational
The AI Second Brain system: See the complete system end-to-end before diving in — so every component has a place and you always know what to build next.
Choosing your AI tools: How to pick the right LLM, harness, interface, and model for how you think and work — and stop tool-hopping for good.
Your Master Prompt: A portable "operating manual" that gives any AI your role, values, goals, and standards — so every interaction starts with context, not from scratch.
Intermediate
PARA for the AI era: Turn your notes and files into modular context bundles AI can use on demand — so you stop copy-pasting and start giving your AI a long-term memory.
Your capture system: A notetaking practice designed to feed your AI Second Brain — so every note you take compounds into leverage for every future project.
Mastering the day-to-day: A repeatable workflow for getting consistently high-quality results from any LLM, including when to use AI and when not to.
Advanced
Your AI Board of Advisors: Specialized advisor roles — financial strategist, health coach, domain expert, devil's advocate — you can consult for better decisions on the things that matter most.
High-leverage use cases: Deep research, voice-first capture, document analysis, multi-domain synthesis — the workflows with the biggest real-world payoff, demonstrated live.
Integration and the big picture: Bring every component together into a working system, and zoom out to the bigger questions about clarity, taste, and judgment that only you can answer.
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You'll leave with a 90-day roadmap and a working AI Second Brain that has the context to help you implement it — turning your plan into an execution system, not just a document.
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The cohort is your on-ramp. Your year of Second Brain Membership keeps the momentum going — with weekly implementation sessions, Show & Tells with Tiago, and a global community of real-world practitioners building and refining their systems alongside you.
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Architects, engineers, consultants, marketing professionals, COOs. You manage complex information for a living, but can't seem to manage your own. AI should be your biggest leverage point, but instead, it's just another tool you haven't had time to set up properly.
Content creators, coaches, startup founders. You need systems to produce, but the system-building itself keeps eating into your production time. You want AI that works with your creative process, not one that adds another layer of complexity to it.
You're reinventing yourself, maybe in your 40s, 50s, or 60s, and the digital skills gap feels real. You don't need another beginner tutorial. You need a framework that meets you where you are and makes your experience an asset, not a liability.
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If you have ADHD or think differently, tool complexity hits harder. The promise of AI is real for you, maybe even more than for most, but only if the system is built to reduce friction, not add it. This program is designed around structure that works with how your brain operates.
April 15 – May 1, 2026
Founding Cohort Bonuses:
Most AI content is built on hype and urgency. We're building on something else.
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One well-designed system beats a hundred prompting hacks. You'll build infrastructure that gets better the longer you use it, not a bag of tricks that expires next month.
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There are real tradeoffs, hidden limitations, and tons of tacit knowledge needed to make AI work well. We'll be honest about what AI can and can't do, so you can trust what you create.
84% of the world’s population still hasn't adopted generative AI. If you pay for any AI product, you're in the top 1% worldwide. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to build something meaningful, calmly and deliberately.
I paused teaching for three years to go deep on AI, rethinking my entire approach from first principles. The AI Second Brain represents everything I've learned.
I'm the author of Building a Second Brain and The PARA Method, both published by Simon & Schuster and translated into more than 25 languages. Together they've sold more than 500,000 copies worldwide.
Through Forte Labs, I've trained tens of thousands of professionals from 70+ countries. My YouTube channel has 376,000+ subscribers and over 18 million views on topics like productivity and AI. More than 150 companies and organizations have brought my methods in-house, from startups to multinationals like Genentech, Toyota, and Nestlé.
500K+ Books sold
30,000+ Professionals trained
70+ Countries & languages
700K+ Followers & subscribers
Every session is recorded and available for a full year. That said, the live sessions and implementation labs are where the real breakthroughs happen, so we encourage you to attend as many as you can.
Here's the full schedule:
Live sessions with Tiago (90 min., Mon/Wed/Fri, 11 AM ET):
Implementation labs (60 min., Tue/Thu): Optional working sessions where you implement what you learned in the live sessions, with real-time support from the Forte Labs team.
No. Everything is built on those foundations, but we'll get you up to speed. If you have used them before, this is the next chapter.
The program is taught using Claude (including Claude Cowork and Claude Code). Everything we cover can be applied to other AI tools like ChatGPT or Gemini, and we include guidance on how to choose the right tool for how you work. But for live demos and hands-on sessions, we'll be using Claude so we can go deep rather than trying to cover everything.
We’re happy to offer you a “buy now, pay later” option through Klarna, Afterpay/Clearpay, and Affirm, which enables you to pay for the course in installments. You'll see these options at checkout.
We're dedicated to making the course accessible to a diverse range of people. If you're a nonprofit or NGO employee, educator, student, retiree, or veteran, please reach out to support@fortelabs.com to inquire about reduced pricing.
We also support Purchasing Power Parity Pricing. Based on your location, you might qualify for a reduced price. You'll automatically see a banner with a coupon code on this page. (Make sure to disable any VPN, since this will block the banner from showing.)
Attend the first week, and if it's not the right fit, email support@fortelabs.com by April 21 at 11:59 PM PT to request a full refund.
Yes, and many already have. AI upskilling is one of the most common professional development investments companies are making right now, and a structured program like this is often easier to get approved than a conference or a self-paced course.
If your company offers a learning stipend, professional development budget, or tuition reimbursement, this program likely qualifies. We've put together a Reimbursement Request Template you can customize and send to your manager to make the process easier.
We can't guarantee it. This founding cohort is your best opportunity to learn directly from Tiago in a live, hands-on setting.
Didn’t see the answer to your question? Reach out to support@fortelabs.com.
April 15 – May 1, 2026
Founding Cohort Bonuses: