PROTOPILOT · DESIGNING WITH AI

Extendyour limits.

A playbook for reinventing how you work with AI.

Up to now, everything you've made has been restricted by the limits of your own skills and the time it takes to learn new ones. The idea in your head has always needed other people to make it tangible and shareable. AI changes that. This course teaches you how to use AI to reinvent your process, and gives you the instant skills to make your idea a reality on your own. The ideas you discarded because of your own limits are no longer out of reach. You can now build anything you can imagine. Extend your limits.

Every mission begins with a free diagnostic. Book yours →

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THE FORK

Two ways to go from here

Self-test

Take the five-minute scorecard and see where you sit on the AI Native ladder, from AI Curious to AI Native, and the one move that takes you furthest.

OR

More recon

Not ready to be tested? Keep reading and see how the whole thing works first.

THE FLIGHT PLAN

How the whole thing works

Sixteen lessons. Between them you build one real product of your own, learning AI by using it. You're led by me and a personalised AI co-pilot that emails you a branded deck after every session. You've got me on WhatsApp throughout, and it all starts with a free diagnostic.

Sixteen lessons, one product

You build a real 0-to-1 product of your own as you go.

Led by me and a co-pilot

A personalised AI emails you a branded deck after every session.

Me on WhatsApp

Direct access throughout, so you're never stuck waiting.

Starts with a diagnostic

A free hour together to map your path before lesson one.

Choose your path

Every good game makes you pick a class first. Same here. Three paths, one course underneath. The lessons are the same, but the weighting and the support shift to fit who you already are.

choose wisely

Product designer

You're strong on craft. I'll lean harder into the product thinking and strategy you get less practice at, so you can run the whole thing yourself.

Take the designer path

Product manager

You're strong on product. I'll lean harder into the design and build craft, so you make the thing yourself instead of speccing it for someone else.

Take the PM path

Founder

You've got the vision. I'll help you turn it into a real, working product you can put in front of investors.

Take the founder path
FROM THE PILOT

What the first students say

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“I'm finding this course really interesting. As someone who's worked across product and service design for years, I especially appreciate how it organizes concepts and best practices into a clear, usable structure rather than just theory. Darren is a great guide, and I'm excited to keep progressing.”
MarcellaSenior Product Designer
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“Really enjoying the format so far. I appreciate your approach and specific techniques holding it all together. It's a very overwhelming space, and you're cutting through the noise in a personalised way.”
VenHead of UX
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“Super impressed with Darren's ProtoPilot course so far. I had tried using AI for prototyping so assumed I would get most out of the more technical hands-on stuff. But the first few lessons framing my experience of using AI and introducing the right mental models have already proved to be invaluable in how to think about AI as a tool for design. Highly recommend Darren as teacher!”
Stuart CurranPrincipal Design Consultant, ThoughtWorks
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