AI workshops · Bangkok & Online

Learn to use AI with confidence.

Hands-on workshops, guided courses, and a friendly community — built for real people and real work, not tech demos. No experience needed.

Free community · Learners from Thailand and around the world

John Vilaikeo, founder of Baan Arun
💡 Bring a real task
🛠️ Leave with it working
30 yrsBuilding technology
3Ways to learn
TH + 🌏Local roots, global tools
100%Hands-on, no fluff

Start where it feels comfortable.

Every format is built around practical use — you’ll always be making something useful, never just watching.

01 · Live

Workshops

Focused, friendly sessions for individuals and teams. Bring a real task from your work or life and walk out with a working solution.

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02 · Guided

Courses

Structured lessons and exercises at your own pace, turning new tools into skills you can repeat — long after the session ends.

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03 · Ongoing

Community

A welcoming space to ask questions, share what you’re building, and keep learning with others — free to join today.

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Our method

Start with a question. Leave with something working.

  1. Bring something real — a task, process, or idea that actually matters to you or your team.
  2. Learn by building — pick up the useful concepts while making it, side by side with an instructor.
  3. Test with judgment — see what works, and understand exactly where human judgment stays essential.
  4. Keep going — continue with courses and community support after the session ends.
บ้านอรุณ

Built in Thailand

Local context. Global tools.

We are building an accessible learning community in Thailand while connecting people to practical AI ideas from around the world.

The first program will be announced when the curriculum, venue, and support experience are ready.

John Vilaikeo, founder of Baan Arun

Meet your instructor

Three decades of making complex things simple.

John Vilaikeo is a Thai-American technologist and community builder. He’s helped scale platforms at Oracle, Splunk, and SignalFx — and spent years serving Thai-American cultural and youth programs.

Baan Arun brings those paths together: technology shared with clarity, learning rooted in culture, and a welcoming place to build useful things.

30 yearsin technology
2009–2015Thai community leadership
B.S. MISSan José State