My Experience at the AI and Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Teens

Written by Hussein Mrouh, Cohort 1 Student 

When I first joined the AI camp, I thought AI was mainly a tool for asking questions and getting answers. Over four weeks, that perspective completely changed.

Throughout the course, I learned how to prompt more effectively, explore different AI tools, think more creatively, and use AI to develop ideas rather than simply search for information. The biggest shift for me was realizing that AI could become a creative partner.

That mindset helped me develop ReadCycle. What began as a simple idea gradually became a real project. I used AI to brainstorm, organize my thoughts, improve the concept, and turn something that existed only in my mind into something I could actually present.

The experience was not only about technology. The people I met, the teamwork, the discussions, and even the small moments of helping and encouraging each other made the course much more meaningful

ReadCycle is a platform built around the idea of giving books a second life. It makes it easier for people to exchange and reuse books instead of leaving them unread, creating a simple cycle where one person’s finished book can become someone else’s next read. Developing the idea showed me how AI can help turn a simple concept into something more structured and practical.

My biggest takeaway from the experience is simple: don’t just use AI, build with it.

You do not need to have everything figured out before you start. Experiment, try ideas, make mistakes, improve them, and keep creating.

For me, the course was a shift from simply using AI to actually thinking and creating with it.