Inspirit AI's AI Scholars Live Online is a 25-hour virtual AI bootcamp for high school students, taught by Stanford and MIT alumni and graduate students in small groups of five students per instructor. Students choose from seasonal cohorts consisting of 10 sessions of 2.5 hours each. Winter 2026 offers two separate date groups: December 19–30, 2026 (no December 24–25 classes), or December 26, 2026–January 5, 2027 (no January 1 class). Each has three daily time options in Pacific Time.
The curriculum covers core AI topics including computer vision, natural language processing, recommendation systems, and deep learning, with no prior programming experience required. Students build a social impact AI project and deploy a custom web application by the end of the program. Advanced cohorts are available for students who already have programming experience. The program also includes career exploration sessions and college preparation workshops, with access to the Inspirit AI Learning Portal for additional resources.
The program fee is $1,400 (all inclusive), with need-based financial aid and installment payment plans available. Over 2,800 students from 70+ countries have participated, with instruction from 450+ Stanford and MIT-affiliated instructors. An in-person option is also available in the San Francisco Bay Area for students seeking an on-site experience.
Source check — November 4, 2026: the official Live Online page now gives November 15, 2026 as the Winter application deadline, replacing the former catalog's October 15 claim, which was not reverified. It explicitly states rolling review and limited seats; no deadline cutoff time is given. The official FAQ confirms international participation, the USD1,400 fee, limited need-based aid, and installment plans.
The current schedule explicitly lists Spring 2027 and Summer 2027 dates despite its broader heading saying 2026. Spring weekly options run January 14–March 18 (Thursday), January 15–March 19 (Friday), January 16–March 20 (Saturday) or January 17–March 21 (Sunday). Summer weekday options are June 7–18, June 21–July 2, July 5–18, July 19–30, August 2–13, or August 16–27, 2027. The printed July 5–18 option ends on a Sunday although the page describes weekday options as Monday–Friday for two weeks; this discrepancy is unresolved. Weekend options are June 5–July 4 or July 10–August 8, 2027. These alternatives are separate attendance periods; all class times are Pacific Time. Spring/Summer application dates are unknown.
Historical Summer 2026 weekday/weekend and Fall 2026 groups are preserved above, but their former date ranges and application deadlines were not reverified from current official pages and should not be treated as current application opportunities.