An AI community for Australians who actually build.
Every Wednesday, noon AEST — a room of Australian solopreneurs, entrepreneurs and microbusinesses shipping real agents, workflows, tools and AI-native businesses, together. Information isn't the problem anymore. Applying it is.
Australian-run · Australian hours · Australian-English spelling
A room, not a course.
Hosted on Skool. Small on purpose.
One live hour. One shared problem. We build, debug, and ship together — out loud.
A deep build session. Bring a real project; leave with it working.
Async channels for shipping, asking, showing. No lectures. No recycled YouTube.
Information is free. Application is the moat.
Whatever actually moves your business forward.
businesses
In three days, you build one that actually works for your business.
Not a demo. Not a toy. An agent doing one real thing — answering your inbox, triaging your leads, drafting your invoices — by Friday night. With twenty others in the room doing the same.
Every Wednesday. Noon. We build together.
One hour, one room, one shared problem. No slide decks. No icebreakers.
Kyle Behrend.
Fifteen years inside small teams. Now teaching them AI.
I spent thirteen years building the digital and operational systems for one of Australia's most recognised sanctuaries. When I left, the systems kept running without me — that was the test. These days I collaborate with OpenAI on their Academy, run weekly learning labs for 250+ paying members, and have delivered over 200 AI workshops across four continents. AI Mates is the room I wished existed when I was the only person in my organisation trying to figure out what to do with this stuff.
Save your seat.
Who's this actually for?
Australian solopreneurs, entrepreneurs, and microbusiness owners who are intermediate-or-beyond with AI — already using ChatGPT or Claude, ready to move from “I’ve watched tutorials” to “I’ve shipped something that works.”
What do I need to show up?
A paid ChatGPT or Claude subscription. An openness to trying Codex (OpenAI) or Claude Code. A real problem in your business you’d like one agent or workflow to solve.
When's the challenge, exactly?
Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, 12:00–1:00pm AEST. Three sessions. Free to join. Replays available if you miss one.
Do I need to code?
No. Comfort with tools like Zapier, Airtable, or Notion is plenty. Some of us write code, most of us don’t. You’ll choose your own track.
What happens after the challenge?
The challenge is free. If you want to keep building with the room, you join the paid community on Skool — every Wednesday at noon AEST, plus the monthly Saturday build day, plus the between-calls channels.
What does it cost?
The challenge is free. Community membership pricing is announced at the end of the challenge, with founding-member pricing locked in for those who join that week.