Huge congrats to @Antra Verma for being the first to cross the finish line 👏 To celebrate, we're hooking her up with a FREE AIS shirt, and her official completion certificate is attached below 🏆 Let's give her a massive round of applause in the comments, she set the bar! Can't wait to see more of you submit your projects and join the graduate club. 👉 Want to take on the challenge? Head to the Classroom section or jump in HERE 👕 And if you want to grab some AIS merch for yourself, check it out HERE Cheers everyone! - Nate

Big thank you to Nate for putting this together and providing all the resources for free — honestly made it super easy to follow and take action. For my build, I wanted to challenge myself to keep everything 100% free. I ended up using the OpenRouter free APIs and the openrouter/free model, which dynamically picks from available free models. This helped me get around the usual limits you hit when sticking to a single free model. Still pretty basic right now, but it’s working — and that’s what matters. I’ll keep improving it step by step from here. The next step is to build something that actually provides real value and start something of my own. I’ll see you in AIS+ @Nate Herk If you're just starting out, don’t overthink it — you can build something real without spending anything. 💪