AI coding for product managers — Maven 6-week course review

Rajesh Pentakota is a product leader with 15+ years of experience at Flipkart, Zynga, and Walmart who now builds CodePup AI as a solo founder. His Maven course takes a direct approach: PMs who can use Claude Code to build working software will ship faster and collaborate more effectively with engineering teams. The course runs for six weeks across six live workshops.

What the course covers

The curriculum starts with an 8-principle workflow for AI-assisted coding — how to structure prompts, run smoke tests, and move from a product idea to a testable app in small, disciplined steps. Students then build a complete end-to-end product using React, Node, Supabase, and Claude Code, covering authentication, user-owned data flows, and interface design. Later sessions focus on integration work and on evaluating AI-generated outputs as a PM: not just whether code runs, but whether it solves the right problem.

Architecture thinking comes before any writing of code. The course emphasizes understanding the structure of what you are building — why a particular data model or auth flow matters from a product perspective — before asking Claude Code to implement it.

Students leave with a live, hosted project in a GitHub repository, not a prototype that lives only in a local environment.

Who it is for

The course targets PMs who want to move from spec-writing to hands-on building without waiting for engineering bandwidth. It also suits technical product leads and early-stage founders who want to stay close to implementation. Prior coding experience is helpful but not required; the course teaches through real projects rather than theory.

What it does not cover

The course is not an introduction to product management and does not address AI product strategy, model evaluation, or enterprise AI deployment. Those looking for a broader strategic foundation should look elsewhere; this course is for those who want to build something that works and ship it.

The next cohort starts March 26, 2026. The course costs $1,499 and is backed by the Maven money-back guarantee.