Business owners build 11 apps with AI in three days
From a made-to-order restaurant's ordering system to a pilot's digital logbook, the work from SV Academy's first business Demo Day.
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An order placed during a live demo arrived at the judges' table.
That happened on stage at the Demo Day of SV Academy for Entrepreneurs & Business Owners, on Sunday 11 October 2026 at The Standard, Bangkok Mahanakhon. The system that took the order was OrderDi, an ordering and payment app for a made-to-order restaurant. It was one of 11 pieces of software the course's first cohort of business owners built with AI, SV Academy's results post shows.
Here is the interesting part. The course page says most people who join have never written code. Each owner walked in with one problem from their own business and walked on stage with software they could demonstrate live.
SV News sums up what the 11 products are, how they were built in three days, and where to start if you want to try this in your own business.
11 products: from a made-to-order restaurant to a cockpit
The 11 products fall into 4 groups, by who uses them.
The first group works at the front of a business, where customers see and use it.
- OrderDi: ordering and payment for a made-to-order restaurant.
- An eyewear shop assistant: frame suggestions from a photo of the customer's face.
- An EV rental app: customers book a car themselves in three steps.
- Paw & Play: breed-by-breed care notes, so pet groomers know what to watch for before they start.
The second group handles back-office and specialist work.
- Tower Control: job tracking for hire trucks.
- PilotOS: a digital logbook for pilots.
The third group is for marketing.
- Verywhere Team: turns a brand guideline into ready-to-use posts.
- ALLSET: turns a single product into social media ads.
The last group is for families and city life.
- Sanroo: a real-time map of flooding, traffic and air quality in Bangkok.
- Nitan AI: picture books that parents write for their children, built around what the child likes.
- Long La Ork ("try quitting"): a game that simulates life after leaving your job.
Put simply, most of them start from a job the owner faces every day. A restaurant wants orders to move faster, an eyewear shop wants to help customers choose frames, and a truck business wants to know where each job has got to.
Each founder had six minutes to pitch, demonstrate live, answer questions and take feedback on the spot. The judges, named in a post on 10 October, were Tupthai Ritthaprom (Junior), founder and chief executive of Firefly Holding; Kacha Mahadumrongkul (Shogun), founder and managing director of Avant Labs; and Sorawich Aungsuthar (Bright), co-founder of Hatyai Connext and City Connext.
Behind it: Claude Code, mentors and real use
The main tool is Anthropic's Claude Code. Students describe what they want in plain language, and Claude Code writes and changes the code as they direct. The code lives on GitHub, and the apps go live on SV Cloud, a hosting platform built by the same team.
The course page sets the rhythm:
- Day 0: a 30-minute online session to share the goal and get accounts and tools set up.
- Day 1 (a Saturday): learn how modern software works, then build. The app goes live on the student's own address before they go home.
- Gap week: no class. Use what you built in real work, and ask the team in a group chat when you get stuck.
- Day 2 (the next Saturday): keep building from what the week taught you, with an "AI Power Hour" of the engineers' own techniques and a pitch rehearsal.
- Day 3 (the Sunday): final polish, a full rehearsal, then Demo Day.
Standing next to the students are the three co-founders. March Mairin is a senior software engineer who built systems for Amazon, Databricks, Uniswap and Magic Eden. Charlie Pisuraj is a senior software engineer who built back-end systems for Meta, Google X's Wing and Robinhood. Prom Parndejpong is a designer and second-generation educator at Lertlah School. A team of teaching assistants works in the room. Their story is in how SV Academy began.
The course page puts the promise in four words: "software, not a certificate". Students own the code, the accounts and the system, with no monthly rent, and four follow-up sessions, twice a month for two months, help them keep improving it.
Try it yourself: start with these 4 steps
All 11 products started from one problem in the owner's own business. To find your first project:
- Write down the tasks you or your staff repeat every day, such as taking orders, booking appointments, writing quotations or checking stock.
- Pick the one that takes the most time or causes the most mistakes.
- Compare it with the examples on the course page: a booking system connected to LINE, a quotation or invoice generator, a stock checker, a market research tool or a dashboard of the numbers that matter.
- Make the first version as small as possible, then test it with a real order or a real customer, as OrderDi did on stage.
The next cohort: spring 2027, 30 seats
The next cohort runs in spring 2027 in Bangkok, with up to 30 seats. Dates and the venue will be announced later. What the course includes, according to the course page:
- Three days: three full days over two weeks, plus a 30-minute online Day 0.
- Meals: meals during the course and the dinners.
- Four follow-ups: twice a month for two months, to keep improving the software after the course.
- Come as a pair: two seats can be booked together, and the two people do not need to work for the same company.
Students bring their own laptop (a MacBook is easiest, Windows works) and one business problem. Teaching is in Thai, with technical terms in English. Prices and sign-up are on the course page.
FAQ
What did the first cohort build?
Eleven products, including OrderDi for restaurant orders, Tower Control for hire trucks, an eyewear frame adviser, Nitan AI picture books for children and PilotOS, a logbook for pilots.
Do I need to know how to code?
No. The course page says most people who join have never written code. The main tool, Claude Code, takes instructions in plain language.
How long is the course?
Three full days over two weeks, plus a 30-minute online Day 0 and four follow-up sessions afterwards.
Where can I see the price and sign up?
On SV Academy's course page, which has the details of the next cohort and how to apply.
When is the next cohort?
Spring 2027, with up to 30 seats. Exact dates and the venue have not been announced.
