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title: "Founder resources"
description: "Playbooks for building with AI: idea to MVP in a few weeks, an AI stack for a pre-seed startup, and when to hire versus when to embed. Plus a free readiness scan."
source: "https://www.kensink.com/founder/resources/"
canonical: "https://www.kensink.com/founder/resources/"
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FOUNDERS AI · THE HUB

# Playbooks for building with AI.

Field notes for founders, drawn from how we actually build. No theory, no fluff, just what works.

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PLAYBOOK 01

## Idea to MVP in a few weeks

How to scope an AI product down to the smallest thing worth shipping, and ship it before the idea goes stale.

6 min readRead →](https://www.kensink.com/founder/resources/idea-to-mvp-in-a-few-weeks)[

PLAYBOOK 02

## An AI stack for a pre-seed startup

The boring, cheap, scalable stack we reach for when a founder has no infra and no time to manage it.

7 min readRead →](https://www.kensink.com/founder/resources/an-ai-stack-for-a-pre-seed-startup)[

PLAYBOOK 03

## When to hire vs when to embed

A simple test for whether you should hire an AI team now, or embed one until you have traction.

5 min readRead →](https://www.kensink.com/founder/resources/when-to-hire-vs-when-to-embed)

## Not sure where your idea stands?

Run the free AI Readiness Scanner and get a score, your gaps, and a roadmap in two minutes.

[Run the free scan →](https://www.kensink.com/founder/readiness)