Code the Jon Nichols
Co-founder · CEO
An operator and builder who works with AI tools every day, and a dad of two. Jon designs the curriculum and platform around the real workflows AI is reshaping—not toy computer-science exercises.
About Code the Future
We built it for our own kids first. The mission is bigger than one age group.
A Louisville AI literacy initiative for older kids, young teens, and adults—so more people can understand artificial intelligence instead of feeling intimidated by it.
AI is being woven into school, work, communication, healthcare, creativity, and everyday decisions. At every age, the advantage begins with understanding it: how it works, what it is good at, where it can mislead you, and where it still needs a human.
Our mission
Code the Future teaches AI literacy and modern problem-solving through hands-on use, with humans retaining judgment and control. Our live founding program gives kids real AI experiences; the young-teen and adult tracks apply the same learn-by-doing philosophy at the right pace and level for each audience.
The skill that matters in an AI world is not memorizing answers. It is asking great questions, spotting when an answer is wrong, and knowing when to trust the machine. That is exactly what our game-like missions train.
Who’s behind it
Louisville parents. Different expertise, one shared mission.
Kenya Guarnieri
Co-founder · Child Psychologist
A child psychologist and parent of two who helped design the platform and curriculum to be developmentally right for 8–11-year-olds: calm, confidence-building, and genuinely kid-safe.
Built in Louisville
Local sessions · practical learning
Small groups meet for guided labs at the Louisville public library, then keep building at home on the Code the Future platform.
How the current kids program works
A guided path from curiosity to something real.
Small-group sessions
A weekly 90-minute session at the Louisville public library with a coach who works in the industry.
Game-like missions
Twelve focused missions per module on our web platform, built around real AI tools.
Make and test
Kids turn their questions into projects, explain their choices, and improve what they made.
Kid-safe by design
No child email required, filtered cohort chat, staff visibility, no ads, and a curriculum shaped with a child psychologist.
Ready to explore?
Help them understand the world they are growing up into.
Compare programs, review the parent FAQ, or ask us what starting point makes sense.