Yuzheng Sun (孙煜征) is also known as 立正 and 课代表立正. He is the founder of Superlinear Academy, an author, and a conversation host. He teaches and builds the community with Yage.
Superlinear Academy (超线性学院) is the parent institution and brand for the free community, AI Builders, Stay Superlinear, and enterprise programs. Each is a way to participate based on what you need.
Read, explore real projects, and meet people building with AI.
Public AI essays, selected training recordings, member projects, discussion, and collaboration opportunities. Start by reading or bring something you are making.
Who it is for
People exploring AI practice, looking for peers, or sharing projects and questions.
Format & language
An online community with public articles and recordings, member posts, and discussion.
What access includes
Free registration. Project sharing and ordinary member discussion are open to the free community.
Current price
Free
How to chooseStay is a separate paid membership. A course or membership purchase is not required to join the free community.
Understand AI systematically and build reliable work with it.
Co-taught by Yuzheng Sun and Yage. Follow AI Coding → AI Builders → AI Architect, with Agentic AI as an elective, progressing from a first build to reliable delivery and a substantial project of your own.
Who it is for
Technical and non-technical professionals with domain experience. Prior programming expertise is not required; hands-on project work is part of the learning.
Format & language
Self-paced. Four courses in Chinese; AI Builders and AI Architect also have English versions. Maven offers a separate scheduled English live-cohort option.
What access includes
One purchase includes lifetime access and future updates to all four courses, plus 12 months of Stay Superlinear. Course access continues after membership ends.
Current price
$1,048 / ¥7,145 · one-time purchase
The USD price becomes $1,299 on January 1, 2027, Beijing time. The current self-paced plan has a 14-day, no-reason refund policy.
How to chooseChoose this for the complete learning path and lifetime course access. Its included 12-month membership does not need to be purchased again.
Keep learning, discussing real questions, and using better tools.
Co-founded by Yuzheng Sun and Yage: 12+ guest-led, closed-door masterclasses per membership year, monthly in-depth Q&A, analysis, courses, and a searchable recording archive. Annual plans also include curated Skills and tools such as AI Builder Space.
Who it is for
Practitioners applying AI to their work and people building on existing professional experience. Previous AI Builders enrollment is not required.
Format & language
Primarily Chinese content and discussion, with online activities, recordings, and courses. Reading and using resources at your own pace is also a complete way to participate.
What access includes
Benefits are available during membership. Current member courses include AI Coding, Agentic AI, and 真本事; the flagship AI Builders and AI Architect courses are separate.
Current price
Founding annual plan: $149 / ¥999
Available to the first 3,000 new annual members; continuous annual renewals retain the Founding price. Later new annual plans are $299 / ¥1,999. See the official site for quarterly and 14-day paid trial options; external-tool benefits vary by plan.
How to chooseChoose Stay for ongoing content, activities, and practitioner discussion. The AI Builders plan provides lifetime access to the complete four-course path.
Start with an organization session, standard course enrollment, or a private cohort. Add company-specific cases and material, or design a fully custom program around the work itself.
Who it is for
Business, technical, and learning leaders responsible for engineering or non-engineering teams.
Format & language
Language, schedule, and delivery are scoped with the team. Custom work starts with actual roles, workflows, and evaluation criteria.
What access includes
Team seats, private cohorts, and custom programs have separate scopes and quotes. Usage rights are confirmed in the formal proposal.
Current price
Sessions from $2,000; fully custom programs from $100,000
Planning prices in USD before tax. See the enterprise page for team enrollment, private cohorts, and course customization.
How to chooseUse the standard course when it fits. Add customization when company cases, workflows, or evaluation needs change what people must learn and do.
AI Builders provides lifetime access and future updates to all four courses, plus 12 months of Stay. Those included membership months do not need to be purchased separately.
For ongoing learning and discussion
Join Stay independently; prior AI Builders enrollment is not required. Member courses include AI Coding, Agentic AI, and 真本事 during membership. The flagship AI Builders and AI Architect courses belong to the complete learning plan.
PUBLIC WORK & SOURCES
Read the work. Follow the sources.
Explore the ideas, find evidence, or use the public materials in your own agent.
Knowledge Bank
Public AI essays by Yuzheng and Yage on principles, engineering, products, and organizations. Check each article's authorship and date when citing a specific view.
Searchable articles, transcripts, and person and episode catalogs, with sources, dates, speaker attribution, and per-item licenses. Original material and AI-derived context are stored separately.
This page explains product relationships and fit. Consult the respective official product site, checkout, or formal quote for current prices, access, and purchase terms.
When citing an article or conversation, retain the author or speaker, original source, and date. Open Context lists reuse terms for each item. AI-generated answers and summaries link back to original material for verification.