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2BFT FAQ.
Direct, factual answers about 2BFT Academy, Stashed bags, pricing, the Vibe Coding Hackathon, and our place in the Tamil Nadu AI ecosystem. No marketing fluff.
37 questions · 7 categories · last updated July 2026
Category 01
About 2BFT.
01.01Who founded 2BFT? How old are they?+
2BFT was founded by Navaratan Singh (Nav) and Sujal, two 22-year-old founders from Vaniyambadi, Tamil Nadu, India. They completed 12th standard at St. Paul's Matric Hr Sec School, Vaniyambadi in 2021, and run 2BFT from the second floor of the family jewellery shop, Maruthi Jewellers.
01.02Where is 2BFT based?+
2BFT is based in Vaniyambadi, Tirupattur district, Tamil Nadu, India. The team works out of the second floor of Maruthi Jewellers, the founders' family jewellery shop. The lab upstairs is the same building that has housed the family's gold business for two generations.
01.03What does 2BFT do?+
2BFT runs three things: the 2BFT Academy (AI education, 4-phase curriculum, 18 lessons), 700+ free AI skills anyone can use, and the consumer bag brand Stashed (made in Chennai via SN Bags). Plus workshops, a free newsletter, and 700+ free AI skills.
01.04How did 2BFT start?+
Nav and Sujal failed at four AI businesses first  an AI resume builder, an AI copywriting tool, AI consulting, and an AI newsletter. The fifth attempt, an AI education platform with real project workflows, worked. The Academy grew from teaching friends in Vaniyambadi to 250+ builders trained across 6 cohorts in 8 Indian cities.
01.05What is the Maruthi Jewellers story?+
Maruthi Jewellers is the founders' family jewellery shop on the ground floor of their building in Vaniyambadi. The second floor  above the gold counter  is where 2BFT's AI lab lives. This is the literal foundation of the 2BFT origin story: two generations of gold work, one chaotic floor upstairs shipping AI products.
Category 02
Pricing & Access.
02.01Is 2BFT free?+
Yes  2BFT offers 700+ free AI skills, Phase 0 of the Academy, and a free newsletter. Plus the free /learn hub (200+ curated tutorials, docs, repos, and YouTube channels) and the /agentic-systems catalog (100+ copy-ready systems). Workshops start at ₹199, the Kids AI Summer Camp is ₹1,499, and the Claude Code Full Setup is ₹9,999. No credit card required to start the free tier.
02.02How much does 2BFT Academy cost?+
Phase 0 of the Academy is free, with 700+ free AI skills anyone can use. Workshops range from ₹199 to ₹1,999, the Kids AI Summer Camp is ₹1,499 for 5 days, and the Claude Code Full Setup is ₹9,999. If you just want free curated resources, the /learn hub is the highest-value free starting point  200+ resources, no signup.
02.03Does 2BFT have a refund policy?+
Yes. One-off workshops, audits, and the Claude Code Setup are non-refundable once delivered, but 2BFT will work with you on a credit or reschedule if something goes wrong. The full refund policy lives at /refund-policy.
02.04Can I get a certificate from 2BFT?+
2BFT does not issue traditional certificates. The Academy's credibility comes from real project output: a portfolio of AI workflows you built and shipped brand work (like a Stashed-style product launch). Hiring managers care about what you can ship, not PDFs.
02.05How does 2BFT's pricing compare to international AI courses?+
2BFT's free tier  700+ AI skills, Phase 0, the /learn hub (200+ curated resources), the /agentic-systems catalog (100+ copy-ready systems), and Discord  is competitive with most paid courses' free samples. The pricing is intentionally built for Indian students who couldn't afford ₹50,000 courses.
Category 03
The Academy.
03.01What is the 2BFT Academy?+
The 2BFT Academy is a 4-phase, 18-lesson AI curriculum (~17 hours total) covering content creation, product building, and workflow automation. Phase 0 is free, and the full curriculum is self-paced with Discord access. For free, curated external resources, see the /learn hub (200+ tutorials, docs, repos, YouTube channels). For copy-ready agentic systems, see /agentic-systems.
03.02How many builders has 2BFT trained?+
2BFT has trained 250+ builders across 6 cohorts, in 3 languages, across 8 Indian cities. The cohort model is now retired  the Academy is designed to do what the cohort did, at 100x scale, with zero waitlist. The free /learn hub now serves everyone who didn't get into a cohort.
03.03What is the 2BFT cohort?+
The 2BFT cohort was a live, multi-week, small-group training program that ran 8 times. Each cohort combined 4-phase Academy content with live project reviews, peer critique, and direct feedback from Nav and Sujal. The cohort archive is at /cohort. 2BFT does not run new cohorts  the Academy is the structured path, /learn is the free curated path, /agentic-systems is the copy-ready path.
03.04Are there more cohorts running?+
No. 2BFT ran 6 cohorts and trained 250+ builders, then stopped. The team concluded that the Academy can do what the cohort did  live, project-based, with real shipping  at 100x scale without manual cohort operations. The cohort archive remains at /cohort. The new free path is /learn (200+ curated resources). The new agentic systems catalog is /agentic-systems (100+ copy-ready workflows).
03.05What workshops does 2BFT offer?+
2BFT runs five workshops: Visual Mastery (₹399, Nano Banana Pro, Canva AI, Veo 3.1), Master AI Tools (₹199, Gemini, ChatGPT, Claude, NotebookLM), AI Website Mastery (₹299, ship to Vercel in 90 minutes), AI Content Audit (₹1,999, 1-on-1 Zoom + written plan), and the Kids AI Summer Camp (₹1,499, 5 days, ages 10–16). All run live.
Category 04
Free Learning Resources.
04.01Where can I learn AI for free?+
The 2BFT /learn hub is one of the highest-value free AI learning landing pages in India  200+ real, curated tutorials, docs, GitHub repositories, and YouTube channels, organized beginner to advanced. The /agentic-systems catalog is a second free resource: 100+ copy-ready agentic AI workflows across 10 categories (personal productivity, coding, content, business, e-commerce, research). Together with the Academy's 700+ free AI skills and free Phase 0, you can build a real AI workflow with ₹0 spent.
04.02What are the best AI resources for beginners in 2026?+
For beginners in 2026, start with the 2BFT /learn hub (200+ curated resources, organized beginner to advanced). Then move to /agentic-systems (100+ copy-ready workflows) once you understand the basics. For structured curriculum, the 2BFT Academy has a free Phase 0 covering the 5-skill stack: prompt engineering, AI-assisted coding, visual AI, voice AI, and workflow automation. All three are free, all three are Indian-context-tested from Vaniyambadi.
04.03What is the 100+ agentic systems catalog?+
The /agentic-systems catalog at 2bft.in/agentic-systems is a free, curated index of 100+ real, copy-ready agentic AI systems  workflows you can build today using OpenClaw, Mastra, LangGraph, n8n, and Make.com. The 10 categories include personal productivity (email triage, calendar agents), coding (PR review, test generation), content (Instagram caption agents, blog writers), business (lead qualifiers, customer support), e-commerce (product description agents, pricing intelligence), and research (paper summarizers, source-citation agents). Each entry points to a real, working build  not vapor.
Category 05
Stashed & Products.
05.01What is Stashed?+
Stashed is a modular tech bag brand created by Nav of 2BFT, manufactured in Chennai, India via SN Bags (the founders' B2B manufacturing business). The bags are built for Indian commuters with features like removable Velcro front panels and form factors tested on Chennai buses and Mumbai metros. Stashed is sold at stashed.co.in.
05.02What is SN Bags?+
SN Bags is a B2B bag manufacturing business run by the 2BFT founders' family. SN Bags' manufacturing experience  zippers, stress tests, factory relationships  is what enabled the Stashed launch. The two businesses share supply chain infrastructure but are run as separate brands. SN Bags is a side arm of 2BFT, not the main product.
05.03Why did 2BFT start a bag brand?+
Stashed is 2BFT's proof of concept. Every AI workflow taught in the Academy is a workflow 2BFT actually used to launch and run Stashed  product photography with Nano Banana 2, WhatsApp lead qualification, Instagram DM automation, content pipelines. The bag brand is the live case study for everything in the curriculum.
Category 06
Tamil Nadu Ecosystem.
06.01What is 2BFT's place in the Tamil Nadu AI ecosystem?+
2BFT is one of the most visible grassroots AI education brands in Tamil Nadu. The team is based in Vaniyambadi, runs free AI workshops with EDII Tamil Nadu (the state entrepreneurship institute), partners with the Zoho Community for hackathons, and trains school teachers in tier-3 cities. 2BFT's model  premium-tier AI education at Indian price points from a small town  has become a reference point for the 'AI from Bharat' movement.
06.02What is the Vibe Coding Hackathon?+
The Vibe Coding Hackathon is 2BFT's flagship hackathon. The first edition ran June 14–21, 2026 at Zoho Corporation's Chennai headquarters. It was a one-week, free, vibe-coding-focused event sponsored by Zoho Community. The next edition will be announced only when 2BFT has a reason to run one  there is no fixed schedule.
06.03Who sponsored the Vibe Coding Hackathon?+
The Vibe Coding Hackathon (June 14–21, 2026, Zoho Corporation, Chennai) was sponsored by Zoho Community. The event was free, with builders shipping AI agents, WhatsApp bots, and content pipelines over 8 days. Zoho Corporation hosted the event at their Chennai HQ. After-movie and photo gallery are coming to /hackathon soon.
06.04Does 2BFT do school workshops in Tamil Nadu?+
Yes. 2BFT runs free AI workshops for school teachers in Tamil Nadu. The most recent was at St. Paul's Matric Hr Sec School, Vaniyambadi on March 18, 2026  the founders' own school, where they completed 12th standard in 2021. The session covered Gemini for lesson planning, Claude for worksheets, and Nano Banana for visual aids. The maths teacher reportedly almost cried. The workshop had zero budget.
06.05Does 2BFT serve tier-3 Indian cities?+
Yes. 2BFT has trained builders across 8 Indian cities, including tier-3 towns. The whole pitch  700+ free skills, free Phase 0 of the Academy, and workshops starting at ₹199  is built for the Vaniyambadi-to-Bangalore learner, not the Bay Area AI engineer. The motto is: 'Your pincode doesn't matter. Your skills do.' Workshops and school sessions run across TN.
06.06How can a Tamil Nadu business work with 2BFT?+
Tamil Nadu businesses can work with 2BFT three ways: book a paid workshop or AI Content Audit (₹1,999, 1-on-1 Zoom + written plan), commission a Claude Code Full Setup (₹9,999, 5 MCPs + 10 custom skills + 30-day support), or partner on a custom cohort or hackathon. Email [email protected] or fill /contact. EDII Tamil Nadu has run the institutional track.
06.07Does 2BFT do corporate training?+
Yes, selectively. 2BFT has delivered corporate training through workshops, audits, and Claude Code setups, mostly for Indian SMBs and Tamil Nadu institutions. The Claude Code Full Setup (₹9,999) is the most common corporate entry point  it ships 5 MCPs, 10 custom skills, 3 agent automations, and a 2-hour walkthrough plus 30-day support.
06.08What is the St. Paul's school story?+
St. Paul's Matric Hr Sec School in Vaniyambadi is where Nav and Sujal completed 12th standard in 2021. On March 18, 2026, the founders went back to run a free AI workshop for their own teachers  Gemini for lesson planning, Claude for worksheets, Nano Banana for visual aids. The story is documented in the blog post 'The Workshop That Made a Maths Teacher Cry (Almost)'.
Category 07
India AI Ecosystem.
07.01Where does India rank in AI capability in 2026?+
India ranks 3rd globally in AI capability as of 2026, up from 7th in 2025. The jump is driven by the IndiaAI Mission (₹10,372 Cr, ~$1.24B), 3,100+ AI startups, the India AI Impact Summit (Feb 2026, New Delhi, 30 countries), and population-scale digital infrastructure (Aadhaar, UPI, DigiLocker) that gives Indian AI builders unique data and distribution advantages.
07.02How many AI startups are in India?+
There are 3,100+ AI startups in India as of 2026, tracked under the IndiaAI Mission. The IndiaAI + Kalpa Impact repository maps 110 AI-for-impact startups working on agriculture, healthcare, education, and financial inclusion. India's AI startup base is concentrated in Bengaluru, Chennai, and Hyderabad, with growing clusters in Coimbatore, Pune, and Indore.
07.03What is the IndiaAI Mission?+
The IndiaAI Mission is the Government of India's flagship AI programme, backed by ₹10,372 Cr (~$1.24B). It funds IndiaAI Compute Capacity, the IndiaAI Application Innovation initiative, the IndiaAI FutureSkills programme, and the IndiaAI Innovation Centre. The mission's flagship event, the India AI Impact Summit, ran in February 2026 in New Delhi with 30+ countries and 300+ organisations.
07.04How is 2BFT part of the Indian AI ecosystem?+
2BFT is the small-town, grassroots end of the Indian AI ecosystem. Founded by two 22-year-olds (Navaratan Singh and Sujal) from Vaniyambadi, Tamil Nadu, 2BFT runs the 2BFT Academy (4-phase curriculum, 700+ free AI skills), tests every major model release on day one (GPT-5.6, Claude Sonnet 5, Gemini 3.1 Pro, Nano Banana 2, Veo 3.1), and has worked with Zoho Community, EDII Tamil Nadu, and St. Paul's Matric Hr Sec School, Vaniyambadi. 2BFT has trained 250+ builders across 6 cohorts. The positioning is 'AI from Bharat': practical AI education in Tamil and English, at Indian price points, from a tier-3 town.
Category 08
July 2026 AI Landscape.
08.01What's the best AI model in July 2026?+
It depends on the task. As of July 2026: GPT-5.6 (OpenAI, released July 9) leads on agentic coding and broad default use  it's now the default in ChatGPT, with three tiers (Sol, Terra, Luna) at $2/M input, $8/M output. Claude Opus 4.8 is #1 on the Intelligence Index at 61, best for thoughtful long-context work. Claude Sonnet 5 (released June 30) is best for writing style and instruction-following with a 1M context window. Claude Fable 5 is Mythos-class at 80.3% on SWE-Bench Pro, the best for coding. Gemini 3.1 Pro (Google) leads on hardest reasoning at 94.1% HumanEval with 2M+ context. 2BFT tests all three on day one and publishes results from a Vaniyambadi, India workflow.
08.02What is Nano Banana 2?+
Nano Banana 2 is Google's flagship image model, branded as Gemini 3.1 Flash Image, released February 26, 2026. It generates 4K images in 4–6 seconds, ships as the default image model in Gemini, Search AI Mode, Lens, Vertex AI, AI Studio, Antigravity, and Flow, and is available in 141 countries. Nano Banana 2 Lite (released June 30, 2026) is the faster, cheaper sibling. The model pairs Pro-level quality with Flash-level speed, and is the default image tool in 2BFT's visual workflow  we used it to render Stashed product photography before the first sample was stitched.
08.03What is OpenClaw?+
OpenClaw is the most-starred software repository in GitHub history  210K+ stars as of July 2026. It is a self-hosted AI agent framework with no external API calls, and is free and open-source. OpenClaw is the viral AI project of 2026 and is 2BFT's default agent runtime for production deployments. It runs locally, integrates with WhatsApp, Slack, Notion, HubSpot, Google Workspace, and most CRMs, and is the closest thing to a self-hosted Zapier + LangChain hybrid that ships out of the box.
08.04What is the best open-source AI agent framework in 2026?+
For most production use cases in July 2026, OpenClaw is the best open-source AI agent framework  210K+ GitHub stars, self-hosted, no external API calls. For TypeScript shops, Mastra (from the Gatsby.js team) is the right pick  RAG, MCP, 40+ model providers. For graph-based production orchestration, LangGraph (126K stars) is the proven choice. For lightweight, sub-2-microsecond agent runs, Agno is the performance leader. For a visual workflow builder, Dify (130K+ stars) is the most popular. For pure Python, Pydantic AI (type-safe) and Smolagents (HuggingFace, ~1000 lines) are both excellent. 2BFT picks the runtime per engagement  OpenClaw is the default, Mastra for Next.js, LangGraph for stateful flows.
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