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2025 AI Product Fellowship at Byte&Chord

Led by Alisha Outridge — Serial Entrepreneur, Award-Winning Chief Technology & Product Officer (CTO+CPO), Adjunct Professor at Brown & CUNY

Led by Alisha Outridge — Serial Entrepreneur, Award-Winning Chief Technology & Product Officer (CTO+CPO), Adjunct Professor at Brown & CUNY

🚀 This isn’t a class — it’s a 10-week Founder Simulation.

Build real products. Lead like a tech-savvy startup CEO.

Learn directly from Alisha Outridge — a seasoned Chief Technology & Product Officer (CTO+CPO), entrepreneur, and professor — to master how to use, build, launch, and lead AI-driven products across healthcare, music, wellness, and social innovation.

Work 1:1 inside live startup environments — applying proven frameworks, AI tools, and leadership techniques to accelerate execution across healthcare, music, media & relationship tech.

This is an elite, limited-access program for ambitious professionals, operators, intrapreneurs, and innovators who are ready to master real-world AI leadership — building skills, instincts, and products that set them apart in a rapidly changing world.

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About Your Mentor

About Your Mentor

About Your Mentor

Alisha Outridge is an Adjunct Professor and Lecturer at Brown University’s School of Engineering and CUNY Hunter College, where she teaches Emerging Technology Leadership and Entrepreneurship.

She’s the Founder of Byte&Chord and Co-Founder, CTO/CPO at The MetaPause, building next-generation AI platforms across women’s health, music tech, and wellness.

With 18+ years of experience as a C-suite product and technology executive at Meta/Facebook, Reuters, iHeartRadio, and FlyBy (acquired by Apple), she is also a co-inventor of core AI/ML technologies used by more than a billion people globally.

Alisha is also an Executive Coach with AnitaB.org and the Symphonic Women in Music Mentorship Program, mentoring rising executives, founders, and creatives across tech, product, and music innovation.

Alisha Outridge is an Adjunct Professor and Lecturer at Brown University’s School of Engineering and CUNY Hunter College, where she teaches Emerging Technology Leadership and Entrepreneurship.

She’s the Founder, CTO+CPO of Byte&Chord and Co-Founder, CTO/CPO at The MetaPause, building next-generation AI platforms across women’s health, music tech, and wellness.

With 18+ years of experience as a C-suite product and technology executive award-winning leader at Meta/Facebook, Reuters, iHeartRadio, and FlyBy (acquired by Apple), she is also a co-inventor of core AI/ML technologies used by more than a billion people globally.

Alisha is also an Executive Coach with AnitaB.org and the Symphonic Women in Music Mentorship Program, mentoring rising executives, founders, and creatives across tech, product, and music innovation.

90% of fellows ship a real product or launch an impactful startup feature within 4-5 weeks.

90% of fellows ship a real product or launch an impactful startup feature within 4-5 weeks.

What You'll Learn

This is not an internship. It’s a product-building apprenticeship:

This is not an internship. It’s a product-building apprenticeship:

How to design a compelling research question

You’ll learn how to take a broad interest and turn it into a focused, researchable question that goes beyond surface-level thinking — something original, relevant, and worth exploring. Example: “How do TikTok’s recommendation algorithms shape the visibility of underrepresented artists in hip-hop?”

How to conduct a literature review & cite sources properly

We’ll walk through how to find credible sources (academic, journalistic, industry-specific), identify gaps in existing knowledge, and create a foundation your research can build on — all while citing like a pro.

How to use AI tools to organize, synthesize, or explore topics

This is where Byte&Chord’s DNA comes in. You’ll explore how to use tools like ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, or Notion AI to summarize articles, test hypotheses, and speed up your learning — without shortcutting the work.

How to present findings with clarity & purpose

You’ll learn how to take your messy notes, brainstorms, and data — and turn them into a clean, clear research paper, white paper, or case study. We’ll go over narrative structure, tone, and visual presentation.

How to package your research into a Common App-ready summary

We don’t stop at writing the paper — you’ll get a polished abstract and a 1-paragraph project description ready for your Activities Section, plus language to reuse in essays, interviews, or program applications.

How to collaborate with a high-level mentor & request a recommendation letter

This is real mentorship. You’ll learn how to ask smart questions, respond to critical feedback, and advocate for yourself — the same skills you’ll need in college, internships, and life. If you show up and do the work, you’ll walk away with a signed letter of recommendation that actually means something.

How to design a compelling research question

You’ll learn how to take a broad interest and turn it into a focused, researchable question that goes beyond surface-level thinking — something original, relevant, and worth exploring. Example: “How do TikTok’s recommendation algorithms shape the visibility of underrepresented artists in hip-hop?”

How to conduct a literature review & cite sources properly

We’ll walk through how to find credible sources (academic, journalistic, industry-specific), identify gaps in existing knowledge, and create a foundation your research can build on — all while citing like a pro.

How to use AI tools to organize, synthesize, or explore topics

This is where Byte&Chord’s DNA comes in. You’ll explore how to use tools like ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, or Notion AI to summarize articles, test hypotheses, and speed up your learning — without shortcutting the work.

How to present findings with clarity & purpose

You’ll learn how to take your messy notes, brainstorms, and data — and turn them into a clean, clear research paper, white paper, or case study. We’ll go over narrative structure, tone, and visual presentation.

How to package your research into a Common App-ready summary

We don’t stop at writing the paper — you’ll get a polished abstract and a 1-paragraph project description ready for your Activities Section, plus language to reuse in essays, interviews, or program applications.

How to collaborate with a high-level mentor & request a recommendation letter

This is real mentorship. You’ll learn how to ask smart questions, respond to critical feedback, and advocate for yourself — the same skills you’ll need in college, internships, and life. If you show up and do the work, you’ll walk away with a signed letter of recommendation that actually means something.

You won’t just learn frameworks.

You’ll ship real features inside real companies.

You’ll master how top professionals & founders use AI to move 10x faster, validate faster, scale faster — and stay ahead in their career.

You won’t just learn frameworks.

You’ll ship real features inside real companies.

You’ll master how top professionals & founders use AI to move 10x faster, validate faster, scale faster — and stay ahead in their career.

You won’t just learn frameworks.

You’ll ship real features inside real companies.

You’ll master how top professionals & founders use AI to move 10x faster, validate faster, scale faster — and stay ahead in their career.

Fellowship Tiers & Tuition

Executive Track

$14,000

Includes everything in Core Track

Weekly 1:1 coaching with Alisha

Group sessions + office hours

Access to premium or custom 0-to-1 product vision scoping, definition & development projects

Personalized feedback + portfolio development

Personalized Endorsement (for high performers)

Certificate of Completion

Core Track

$7,000

Weekly group coaching with Alisha + office hours

Access to shared 0-1 product vision scoping, definition & development projects

Feedback via async channels (WhatsApp & Slack)

Personalized Endorsement (for high performers)

Certificate of Completion

Scholarships Available

We are committed to equity and access. A limited number of partial scholarships are available for high-potential, low-income applicants. Scholarship application is part of the general form.

🎯 Ready to Build, Launch, and Lead?

Project Domains

Hands-on experience working with Alisha & her founding teams across AI, health tech, music, and innovation — plus additional startups from our evolving portfolio.

MetaPause — AI for Women's Health

  • Hormonal Health & Longevity AI

  • Symptom Prediction, Diagnostic Data & Personalization

  • Deep Health Tech & Data Science Research

  • GTM Strategy & Marketing Operations

  • Branding & Research

Byte&Chord — Music FinTech Innovation

  • Venture Studio Fund & Music FinTech Innovation

  • AI in Music Creation & Distribution

  • Startup Model Design & Market Testing for Music, Media, Education & Healthcare Industries

  • Launch & Operate 3+ Tech Podcasts

Snark Tank — Tech + Comedy Crossover

  • Live startup roast shows blending real founder pitches with comedic tech commentary

  • Build & grow a niche brand at the intersection of innovation and entertainment

  • Startup event production, marketing strategy, & creative audience engagement (Remote & IRL)

Flirt Tank (formerly Flirt Live) — Tech-Enabled Relationship Innovation

  • Build and test live singles mixer formats using matchmaking, comedy, and community-building

  • Productize IRL event formats into scalable tech concepts (dating meets startup meets comedy)

  • Explore MVPs for social connection, gamification, and experiential marketing (Remote & IRL)

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