15 July 2025
A week after the launch of WAT, Thibaud Elzière officially launched the NoCode School. This new kind of school embodies the ambition to foster a different relationship with artificial intelligence - one designed for young people and rooted in a local, inclusive dynamic.
“I hate emptiness, and I couldn’t bear to see these buildings go unused. WAT is a committed project, with a strong vision: we believe in community, in local engagement, and in tech as a driver of inclusion. That’s how the school was born.”
- Thibaud Elzière
Free and open to children aged 7 to 15, the NoCode Summer School offers workshops throughout the summer that combine coding initiation, AI discovery, as well as creative and sports activities.
Its goal is clear: to help children take control of technological tools - not to endure or consume them passively, but to understand them, repurpose them, and use them as levers for creativity and self-expression.
The NoCode School is built around the belief that technology should be accessible to all - a tool for inclusion - and that creativity can serve as a means of empowerment and self-affirmation from an early age.
While WAT helps today’s entrepreneurs grow and scale, the NoCode School prepares those of tomorrow.
The NoCode School aligns with the major shifts of our time: code is disappearing, execution is instant.
In this new landscape, true value lies in time spent thinking.
By reducing production time, we increase time for reflection - thinking better before acting.
In practice, each child learns by creating, guided by a personalized AI agent, custom-built to adapt to their age, interests, and passions.
The teaching method is based on the principle of delayed execution: think before acting, experiment, discuss, create.
Far from technological dependency, the experience values critical thinking, autonomy, and human interaction.
Each week ends with a tangible, individual project - presented during an afternoon inspired by DemoDays, where children showcase their creations.
“The first beta-testing week was simply extraordinary. We saw incredible projects come to life: a one-on-one ‘super football’ game imagined by a 7-year-old, a literary encyclopedia on the romantic soul by a 14-year-old girl, and even a mini quiz on K-pop created by a 10-year-old. It’s immensely rewarding and exciting to witness this creativity — and we can’t wait to see what comes next.”
- Thibaud Elzière
This project came to life in just 30 days, driven by Charlotte Keup and Louis Langendries.
In a single month, they designed the educational program, gathered 40 computers with the help of Okamac, furnished classrooms with Relieve Furniture, developed a custom AI platform with Boldys, built a team of 12 mentors, recruited 200 participants, achieved their inclusion goals, and united a network of partners - including Korys for snacks and beverages.
“This project embodies what we want to achieve with WAT: meaningful innovation, collective energy, and a true creative space. It also reflects what I personally believe in — technology as a lever for inclusion, and knowledge-sharing as a driving force.”
- Thibaud Elzière
The NoCode School marks the very first public initiative of WAT - a tangible, accessible project at the crossroads of education, technology, and social impact, demonstrating a strong commitment to grounding innovation locally, in service of youth.
Born from the energy and creativity of a Summer School, the project is designed to grow and endure.
