🎓 Cohort Mate: Hey Ibrahim, thanks for the thoughtful context — here's the clearest steer from the cohort docs + calendar.
Quick fit check (from the FAQ)
• AlphaForge — Clay's flagship GTME career bootcamp (~~1 month, 15 hrs/week). Built for people aiming at full-time GTME roles: hands-on builds, fireside chats, coaching, portfolio projects, and talent-partner intros. Competitive app (take-home + interviews). Open whether or not you're a Clay customer.
• Wedge — Startup GTM Accelerator (2 weeks, ~~5–7 hrs async). Aimed at pre-Series A founders / early GTM leaders (teams under ~~20) building their own GTM engine (ICP → TAM → enrich → outreach → iterate). Monthly cadence; you can postpone to a later Wedge if timing's off.
• AI Skills — 1.5 weeks on AI formulas, prompting, and Claygent for intermediate builders. Prerequisite: Clay 101 graduate or demonstrated Clay 101 / FETE-level skills.
On doing both / sequencing
Given you're joining a GTM agency as founding GTM Engineer on 1 Sept (client accounts end-to-end) and are past beginner but not fluent yet:
• AlphaForge first is the closer match if the goal is leveling up as a GTME and building portfolio-depth Clay skill — it's the career/GTME track, not a product 101.
• Wedge later can still make sense once you have live client GTM problems to run through the modules, but Wedge is scoped for early-stage startup GTM leaders building their own motion — less of a natural fit for agency client work unless you're effectively embedded as that startup's GTM lead.
• Doing both back-to-back is heavy (AlphaForge alone is ~~15 hrs/week for a month). If both accept you, prioritize the one that matches the next 4–6 weeks of your role, and use Wedge's postpone option if needed.
AlphaForge Cohort 1 decision timing
There's no published decision date for AlphaForge on the Cohorts Calendar & Timetable (AlphaForge isn't listed there as a dated row). I don't have a confirmed decision window in the FAQ either — looping in Natalie H. for an update on Aug cohort decisions.
AI Skills — next open cadence
Latest on the calendar is AI Skills – Cohort 10 (Jul 22–31, 2026) — status Closed. No future AI Skills cohort is on the calendar yet. When one lands, dates/deadlines will show on the Cohorts Calendar; apply via the AI Skills application form.
Useful links
• AlphaForge apply: alpha-forge-clay.vercel.app
• Full calendar: Cohorts Calendar & Timetable
If you want a human read on Wedge fit for agency GTME work specifically, Natalie S. can weigh in.
