AI Foundations · Artificial Intelligence · Automation · Online Business · United States
Drake Surach is the co-founder and CEO of AI Foundations, a YouTube channel and paid Skool community on AI automation for business owners that he runs with his brother Carter Surach.
Drake Surach is a creator and founder who teaches business owners to use AI tools such as Claude, Claude Code and n8n to automate their work. On his personal site, drake.ceo, he describes himself as "builder · writer · founder" and says he runs AI Foundations with his brother, Carter Surach. His Skool profile lists him as "CEO @ AIF".
According to his own account on drake.ceo, he and Carter started a t-shirt business for a local festival when he was 13, later ran a web design business and a social media marketing agency during his teenage years, and at 18 lost his savings on cryptocurrency before turning to AI and starting a YouTube channel. His age and year of birth are not stated in any public source we reviewed.
The company behind the project is AI Foundations LLC, named in the terms of service and privacy policy of aifoundations.io (both updated March 26, 2026), which are governed by the laws of the State of Michigan. The AI Foundations YouTube channel, which lists the United States as its country and was created on August 17, 2022, had 365K subscribers and 170 videos when read on September 16, 2026. He also posts on X as @drake0DTE and on LinkedIn.
The main paid offer is the AI Foundations community on Skool. As of September 16, 2026, the checkout page listed a standard membership at $67 per month or $562 per year, which includes the Automated C-Suite, Claude Code Mastery and Expert Launchpad courses, weekly live calls and a private community, and a higher tier at $997 per year that adds a one-on-one strategy call and extra VIP calls each week. The aifoundations.io shop also sells individual courses: Claude-o-Mation ($449), Expert Launchpad ($497), five "Mastery" courses at $347 each (Claude Code, Large Language Models, n8n, Agent Builder, and a voice agent course taught with agency owner Barb McGowan), and a $97 pack of n8n templates. The terms state that all sales are final unless a refund is offered in writing for a specific product. On drake.ceo he also describes "build engagements", consulting work for businesses, with no public price.
The website claims "5,000+ customers" since 2023; this is the company's own figure and we found no independent source for it. The testimonials on aifoundations.io are published by the company itself. We did not find press coverage or interviews about Drake Surach in independent media. No FTC action or court case under his name or AI Foundations LLC appeared in web searches run on September 16, 2026. The Michigan registration of AI Foundations LLC could not be checked because OpenCorporates required a captcha.
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| Program | Type | Published price | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| AI Foundations community (Standard) Skool membership with the Automated C-Suite, Claude Code Mastery and Expert Launchpad courses, weekly live calls and a private community; also $562 per year. | Community | $67 Checked Sep 17, 2026 | View |
| AI Foundations community (Premium) Annual tier with everything in Standard plus a one-on-one strategy call and two or more extra VIP calls per week. | Community | $997 Checked Sep 17, 2026 | View |
| Claude-o-Mation Course on automating a business with Claude Code. | Course | $449 Checked Sep 17, 2026 | View |
| Expert Launchpad Course on selling a product or offer through AI tools and organic marketing. | Course | $497 Checked Sep 17, 2026 | View |
| Claude Code Mastery Course on building and deploying apps with Claude Code. | Course | $347 Checked Sep 17, 2026 | View |
| Large Language Model Mastery Course on using generative AI text tools in daily work. | Course | $347 Checked Sep 17, 2026 | View |
| n8n Mastery Course Course on building agents and automations in n8n. | Course | $347 Checked Sep 17, 2026 | View |
| Agent Builder Mastery Course on building agents with OpenAI's Agent Builder. | Course | $347 Checked Sep 17, 2026 | View |
| Voice Agent Mastery Course Course on building AI voice agents, taught with agency owner Barb McGowan. | Course | $347 Checked Sep 17, 2026 | View |
| Templates and Systems Pack of n8n blueprint files ready to import. | Other | $97 Checked Sep 17, 2026 | View |
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He is the CEO of AI Foundations, which he runs with his brother Carter Surach. The project's YouTube channel had 365K subscribers in September 2026, and it sells AI automation courses and a paid Skool community for business owners.
On September 16, 2026, the Skool checkout listed $67 per month or $562 per year for the standard membership and $997 per year for a tier with a one-on-one strategy call and extra VIP calls. Individual courses on aifoundations.io range from $347 to $497, plus a $97 template pack.
The standard plan lists the Automated C-Suite, Claude Code Mastery and Expert Launchpad courses, weekly live calls, a private community, an agent skill library and an AI audit tool. Free guides and prompts are also posted in the Resources section of aifoundations.io.
It is run by AI Foundations LLC, whose terms are governed by Michigan law, and payments go through Skool or Stripe. Sales are final unless a refund is offered in writing. The 5,000+ customer figure and the testimonials come from the company itself; we found no independent press coverage and no FTC action in searches on September 16, 2026.
The reviews we could find are testimonials chosen and published by AI Foundations on its own website, such as members describing their first AI agent. We did not locate press coverage, a published court decision or a regulatory action about Drake Surach or AI Foundations LLC in searches on September 16, 2026, so there is no independent assessment of the courses to point to.
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