A bootcamp by Clay · Cohort 03 · August 2026
For aspiring GTM Engineers.
Spend 4 intensive weeks building real go‑to‑market systems with a cohort of driven, curious peers. Learn to think, build, and ship like a GTM Engineer.
Spend 4 intensive weeks building real go‑to‑market systems with a cohort of driven, curious peers. Learn to think, build, and ship like a GTM Engineer.
AlphaForge was a transformational experience in my career. You hear peers discuss every aspect of GTM engineering in a collaborative space — test hypotheses, get them questioned, sharpen your thinking. It's a wonderful program to understand GTM engineering and to challenge your current skill sets.
Forget passive learning. 12 projects over 4 weeks — real GTM systems you design, build and ship from scratch. No lectures. No busywork. By the end, you have a portfolio that proves what you can do on day one.
You'll join a tight cohort of 50 peers — engineers, ops leads, sellers, data scientists, all making the same leap.
GTM Engineering is the fastest‑growing role in tech, and hiring managers don't know where to look. We do. Graduating candidates are introduced directly to employers. If we can't match you, you get a full refund.
"If there was one thing I took away from AlphaForge, it was the mindset of a GTM Engineer. Knowing how to build a table in Clay is easy. Knowing what to build is a whole different ball game."
"AlphaForge gave me a chance to formalize a lot of what I'd learned on the job but hadn't had the chance to publish. I left with a stronger network and a clearer understanding of my technical strengths. Would 100% recommend."
"AlphaForge was about more than just using Clay — it was about coming together and sharing strategies, tools, challenges, and backgrounds to paint a fuller picture of what's truly happening in the business world today. The group helped build up each other's confidence when it came to venturing into the unknown. We were challenged to learn beyond Clay (some assignments didn't involve Clay at all), and to step beyond just knowing what's possible and into making it possible. It was the kind of environment where there were no stupid questions, because each person was a master of a different, occasionally overlapping, domain."
"I gained so much invaluable experience in GTM Engineering, with projects I can actually speak to in interviews. Working alongside such an intelligent group accelerated my learning more than anything else I've tried."
"It has been challenging, honestly, but in a good way. I have found myself digging deeper into GTM concepts I didn't understand purely to engage in better discourse with my pod members and to really understand other people's work and provide meaningful feedback. It's interesting because it's even helped me at my current job. I hear topics come up in meetings about enrichment and sourcing strategies, where I might have usually tuned out or just figured 'not in my field,' but now I find myself interested, thinking through strategies, and even pushing or asking questions where I might have shied away in the past. One of the coolest things I have gained is insight into creative thinking again. I feel like, as adults, the world rips that from you, you stop asking why, and you get stuck in 'Default Thinking,' and this is huge in helping me step outside of that. I feel ambitious and curious again at work, mainly because I'm being challenged mentally here."
