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MINT – Monetizing Intelligence & Talent
MINT  ·  Monetizing Intelligence & Talent

Real Projects.

Real Income.

Real Impact.

Software you build goes into production, used by real organisations. Your talent has value — MINT converts it into income before you graduate.

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Applications Open — Limited Seats | Season 1

Build Agentic AI ProductsThat Ship.

The Stakes

Replace tools companies pay crores for.

You build AI-native products that get deployed for real — not toy projects, not simulations.

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Student Developers Participating

And growing every season

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Production Projects

Shipped to real users

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CEO Letters of Recommendation

For every project delivery

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How It Works
About the Program

Every line of code is AI-native. Every product is AI-powered.

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AI-Native from Day 1

Every product is built with AI at its core — not bolted on. You architect, build, and ship systems that think.

Production-Grade Quality

No toy projects. No simulations. Real products deployed to real users, reviewed by senior engineers at every milestone.

Builder Pods & Mentorship

Work in small pods of 3–4 FDEs with a dedicated senior mentor. Collaborate like a startup. Ship like a pro.

What You'll Build

Real Business Problems. AI-Native Solutions.

We build AI-native products for the most operationally heavy, tool-dependent areas in modern businesses. Starting with three high-impact domains — with more coming.

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HCM Tool

Human Capital Management

AI-native HR — attendance, payroll, recruitment, onboarding, performance management & workforce analytics. Built for how modern teams actually work.

For: HR teams, managers & employees

10+ modules live
Starting here

Sales Tech & CRM

Sales & Revenue Operations

AI-powered sales — lead management, pipeline tracking, deal forecasting & outreach automation. Tools that help revenue teams move faster and close smarter.

For: Sales reps & revenue leaders

Briefs coming soon
Starting here

Campus Ops Tech

Education & Campus Operations

AI-native campus ops — student lifecycle, batch scheduling, compliance tracking & communication workflows. Built for program managers who run at scale.

For: Program managers & coordinators

Briefs coming soon

More domains coming

Finance ops, logistics, internal tooling & more — we go where the biggest operational pain is.

How It Works

From Eligible to Deployed & Paid

6 steps across 3 phases — every project you complete goes into production and earns you real income.

Eligibility1 – 2
Selection3 – 4
Building5 – 6
01
EligibilityEntry Gate

Become Eligible

Complete the required GRIT assessments. Clearing these benchmarks is your entry point — it confirms you're ready to take on a real, production-grade project.

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EligibilityNotification

Get Access to Projects

When a new project is published, MINT notifies eligible students. Confirm your interest within the timeframe to unlock the proposal stage.

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SelectionProposal

Submit a Proposal

Outline your approach — problem understanding, architecture, tech stack, timeline, and risk plan. Quality proposals get shortlisted.

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SelectionMerit-Based

Evaluation & Selection

All proposals are reviewed for clarity, feasibility, and depth. One student is selected per project — based entirely on merit.

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Building~3 Months

Build the Project

You own the full lifecycle — architecture to deployment. Structured oversight and senior mentors support you throughout the 3-month engagement.

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BuildingIncome + Certificate

Deploy & Get Paid

Your project ships into production, actively used by a real organisation. You receive your payment, a completion certificate, and formal recognition.

Your Role

Not Just a Coder.
A Forward Deployed Engineer.

Wear all the hats. Take all the ownership. Build your portfolio by shipping real AI products.

Translate Problems

Decode messy real-world workflows into structured technical plans.

Own the Solution

Architect, build & ship AI-native products from V1 to sign-off.

Deliver Impact

Success = user adoption, time saved, quality improved, cost reduced.

Perks & Rewards

Real Recognition. Real Opportunities.

Ship real products, earn real recognition. Every milestone unlocks something meaningful.

CEO Appreciation Letter

Signed recognition from the CEO on every shipped project.

GRIT Opportunity

Top performers unlock the GRIT track — the next level.

Direct Hiring Conversations

Your work speaks. Get noticed by teams that matter.

Exclusive Merchandise

Earn NxtGig merch after hitting 3 shipping milestones.

Flexible Schedule

Work on your own time. Milestone-based, not clock-based.

Production Portfolio

Ship live SaaS used by thousands. Portfolio that explains itself.

Multi-Project Access

After your first ship, unlock more projects to keep building.

This isn't an internship. You own the code, you ship the product, you earn the recognition — while still in college.

What You'll Become

Master the Skills Beyond Technical.

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Leadership

Stakeholder Management

Working with business owners

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Why it matters

You learn to translate business problems into engineering decisions — and present your trade-offs to people who care about outcomes, not code.

Ownership

End-to-End Ownership

Problem to production sign-off

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Why it matters

You own scope, architecture, implementation, and deployment. No handoffs. No excuses. The product's success is yours.

Versatility

Cross-Domain Business Acumen

Think beyond your stack

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Why it matters

HR workflows, sales pipelines, campus operations — you build for them all. That context makes you 10× more effective than a developer who only knows syntax.

Strategy

Product Thinking

Prioritization & feedback loops

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Why it matters

You ship, watch real users interact, gather signal, and iterate. This loop — not a feature list — is what separates products that survive from ones that don't.

Credibility

Confidence from Real Shipping

Thousands of real users

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Why it matters

Having a product in production with real usage is an unfakeable signal. CEOs notice it. Interviewers can't dismiss it. It's the credential that needs no explanation.

Communication

Engineering Communication

Docs, reviews & clarity

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Why it matters

Writing clear specs, leading code reviews, documenting decisions — this is how senior engineers operate. You develop this habit while still in college.

Most developers can code. Builders who ship, own, and communicate — that's what companies actually hire for.

Open Projects

Pick a Project. Ship It.

Real business problems. AI-native solutions. Each project comes with a full brief — problem, context, personas, and scope.

Projects are being finalised.

We're curating the first batch of real-world product briefs across HCM, Sales Tech, and Campus Ops. Check back here soon.

Coming soon — this space will light up.

The Rules of Building Have Changed

Top tech leaders aren't looking for coders. They're looking for problem-solvers who can translate human intent into AI-powered solutions.

"It's our job to build computing technology such that nobody has to program, and that the programming language is human."
JH

Jensen Huang

CEO of NVIDIA

"English is becoming the universal coding language."
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Andrej Karpathy

Founding Member of OpenAI

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FAQ

Got Questions? We've Got You.

It's a builder accelerator. You don't shadow anyone — you scope, design, build, test, and deploy production software. Think of it as a compressed 0-to-1 product experience, mentored by senior engineers.

Ready to Build the
Future of AI?

Apply now, get selected, join a builder pod, and ship a real AI-native product — while still in college.

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