The Struggle No One Talks About When Learning AI
Thoughts on why AgentBuild exists, why I am creating AgentBuild Circles, how can you benefit from the Community, what opporutnities lie ahead...and why is AgentBuild Circles free to join?
A few months ago, someone I’ll call Alex sent me a message on LinkedIn.
I was at my desk, half-empty coffee mug next to me, tabs upon tabs open on my screen. I had just spent another hour reading about planning agents and tool orchestration, only to realize I understood less than when I started. My notes were a mess, my code wouldn’t run, and I had that sinking thought:
“How are we supposed to keep up with all this?”
Alex wrote:
“I’m trying to figure out how to actually build with AI agents. But every time I think I’ve learned something, a new framework drops. I feel like I’m running on a treadmill that’s speeding up… and everyone else seems to be ahead of me.”
That message stopped me. Because it wasn’t just Alex.
I’ve had the same late nights, the same knot in my stomach scrolling through LinkedIn, seeing shiny agent demos thinking, “Am I already falling behind?”
And here’s the thing: this isn’t just a developer’s problem.
Product managers, consultants, data folks, business strategists - we’re all staring at the same firehose of change. Most of us are learning in silos: watching tutorials alone, bookmarking blogs we’ll never finish, sitting on unanswered questions because we don’t know who to ask.
That night, I imagined something different.
What if instead of sitting alone with a cold coffee and a growing sense of panic… we could jump on a call with a small circle of people just like us?
What if we could say, “Hey, I don’t get this either,” and work it out together?
What if breakthroughs didn’t come from another YouTube video but from peers sharing hard-won lessons in real time?
That’s how AgentBuild was born.
Not another lecture or course.
Not a place to watch others build.
But a table where we all sit down, roll up our sleeves, and figure out how to actually build AI agents together.
Because the truth is, no one is ahead of anyone else here. We’re all climbing the same mountain, and it’s a lot less terrifying when you know there are people right beside you.
1. What are AgentBuild Circles?
AI is moving faster than any one person can keep up with alone.
But together?
We can actually figure this out.
That’s why AgentBuild Circles exist - not as another Slack channel full of noise or another 10-hour course you’ll never finish.
But as a small, human circle where you:
Bring your real challenges and get unstuck faster than Googling (if you still Google anymore) for hours.
See how others are building, what’s working, what’s failing, in real time.
Learn skills you can actually use at work, not just watch someone else demo.
Build confidence knowing you’re not the only one figuring it out as you go.
And maybe most importantly, you stop feeling like you’re on that late-night treadmill alone.
Because when you join a circle, you’re not just signing up to “learn AI.”
You’re choosing to stop climbing solo and finally have people beside you who get it, who want you to win, and who will walk the path with you.
That’s why I’m building this. For Alex. For myself.
And for every one of you who’s been quietly thinking:
“I just wish I had someone to learn this with.”
2. How AgentBuild Circles Work?
When I thought about how these circles should work, one thing became clear:
We don’t need another theory-heavy program.
What we need is a sandbox - a space where curious people can take a raw idea and, week by week, shape it into a working prototype.
Here’s how we’ll do it together:
Week 1 – Spark the Idea
We kick off by sharing ideas. Each person brings a real problem they wish an agent could solve - at work or in life. As a circle, we brainstorm, vote, and refine the concept we’ll build together.
Week 2 – Map the Workflow
We sketch the blueprint:
What tasks should the agent handle?
What steps will it take?
What tools will it need?
By the end of the week, we’ve got a visual map of the agent’s workflow - simple, clear, and ready to build.
Week 3 – Build the Brain
We give the agent its mind.
Writing prompts
Creating its planning logic
Making it reason through steps
This is where it starts to “think,” even if it’s still rough.
Week 4 – Add the Hands
Now, we make it act.
Tool integrations
APIs
External data fetching
This week is about giving the agent the ability to do real-world tasks, not just talk about them.
Week 5 – Memory and Refinement
We teach it to remember.
Adding short-term and long-term memory
Making it improve through feedback
By now, we’ve got something that feels alive - a little smarter, a little more useful.
Week 6 – Demo Day
We polish and present.
Each circle create a demo to present it to the community.
On the final day, we do a live showcase - celebrating what we’ve built, sharing lessons learned, and walking away with a real, working prototype to show friends, teams, or you never know - even investors.
By the end of these 6 weeks, you’re not just learning concepts.
You’re living them - sketching, building, iterating, and creating something real with others beside you.
That’s what AgentBuild Circles are:
Not another course.
Not another lecture.
But a workshop-style journey where strangers become teammates, and ideas become working AI agents.
3. How do you join?
Go to this google form and register your interest:
👉 AgentBuild Circles Joining Form
We close registrations on 8th August.
Let’s get started.
4. Clearing the Air: Myths vs Facts
Before you join, let’s bust a few common myths. Here’s the truth about what AgentBuild Circles really are - and aren’t.
🚫 Myth #1: “I need to be an AI expert to join.”
✅ Truth: AgentBuild Circles are designed for all levels. You don’t need to know how to code or have deep AI knowledge. Curiosity and willingness to collaborate are enough.
🚫 Myth #2: “It’s just another online course.”
✅ Truth: This is nothing like a course. It’s a hands-on, design-sprint experience where you build a working AI agent prototype with others - not watch pre-recorded lessons.
🚫 Myth #3: “I won’t have time for a 6-week program.”
✅ Truth: Circles are designed for busy professionals - just 120 minutes a week of live collaboration plus optional time if you want to go deeper. The focus is on progress over perfection.
🚫 Myth #4: “I’ll probably just watch and not contribute much.”
✅ Truth: Every participant has an active role - whether it’s ideating, designing workflows, testing, or coding. You’ll be a co-creator, not a spectator.
🚫 Myth #5: “This won’t help me in my career.”
✅ Truth: You’ll walk away with hands-on experience, a showcase-worthy prototype, and practical knowledge of agentic workflows - skills highly relevant to future-proofing your career in AI.
5. Why is AgentBuild Circle free to join -
what’s the catch?
AgentBuild Circles is free because this is our first-ever pilot. I want to learn what works (and what doesn’t) directly from you. There’s no catch - no hidden upsell, no secret fee later on.
Together, we’ll build a community of AI builders from the ground up, and that opens doors you can’t get from a course or solo learning:
Be a Founding Member: Shape how AgentBuild Circles evolve and have a lasting voice in its direction.
Early Access to Networks: Connect with other builders, technologists, and innovators before this community scales.
Visibility & Recognition: When we showcase projects and stories publicly, founding members get highlighted as early pioneers.
Future Collaboration: The relationships you form here can lead to co-building agents, starting ventures, or even landing opportunities in AI-first companies.
Exclusive Future Perks: As the platform grows, founding circle members will always have priority access to advanced circles, events, and potentially revenue-sharing opportunities.
This isn’t just a 6-week sprint. It’s planting yourself at the start of something much bigger - a space where learning together leads to building products, launching ideas, and shaping your future.
6. Take Action
That night, sitting at my desk with Alex’s message open, I realized something:
We’re not struggling because we’re not smart enough.
We’re struggling because we’ve been trying to do this alone.
AgentBuild Circles is my way of changing that - of building the thing I wish existed when I first tried to understand AI.
A small group.
Hands-on.
Real problems, real builds.
People who get it, walking the same path beside you.
👉 Join today: AgentBuild Circles Joining Form
We close registrations on 8th August.
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Thanks,
Sandipan.
AgentBuild Community