Build & Deploy a Full Stack AI SaaS: Real-time AI Learners Matching Platform, Next.js 16

⭐️ Github Source Code & CHEATSHEET: https://dub.sh/meetsy-ai-cheatsheet

🚀 Check out the Clerk Next.js Guide: https://go.clerk.com/X2swX9H

🤝 Discord for help: https://dub.sh/anky-discord
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In this 6+ hour hands-on build, you’ll create a production-ready, full-stack AI SaaS called Meetsy, a community learning platform that intelligently matches learners with compatible study partners based on goals, interests, and learning style.

Users can set learning goals, get AI-curated matches, chat in real time, and receive AI-generated conversation summaries with action items, turning learning into a social, goal-driven experience.

Huge thanks to Clerk for sponsoring this video and making this entire build completely free 🙌

👉 $0 Tech Stack: Everything used in this project is free to get started.

What to Check Out Next:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tI_Nt32_4wM

✨ Application Features

- 🤝 AI-powered semantic matching beyond keyword search
- 🎯 Community-based learning with goal tracking
- 💬 Real-time chat with learning partners
- 📊 AI-generated conversation summaries with next steps
- 🔒 Secure authentication and protected routes
- 👨‍💼 Free & Pro subscription tiers
- 💳 Subscription-ready billing flows
- 📱 Fully responsive mobile-first design
- 🔔 Real-time toast notifications
- ✨ Smooth animations
- 📈 Performance optimizations & caching
- 🚀 Production-ready deployment

🧠 What You’ll Learn

- 🚀 Next.js 16 App Router with Server Components
- ⚛️ React 19 for building interactive user interfaces with reusable components
- 🔑 Clerk authentication (Billing, Pricing, User Management)
- 🤖 OpenAI GPT-4o-mini for AI matching & summaries
- 🎨 ShadcN UI for accessible, customizable React components
- 💾 PostgreSQL + Drizzle ORM
- ⚡ Hono for Blazing Fast API routes
- 🔄 TanStack React Query for server state, Data fetching, Caching
- 🔔 Toast notifications for user feedback
- 📜 TypeScript for static typing and enhanced development experience
- 🚀 Deployment on Vercel

Tag me on X or LinkedIn or Bluesky once you start the build or complete it:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/kulkarniankita9
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kulkarniankita
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/kulkarniankita.com

⏰ Course Timeline

00:00 Introduction
5:05 App Demo
11:43 Project Setup
20:09 Authentication & Subscriptions
50:23 Landing Page
1:22:38 Full Stack AI SaaS Architecture
1:54:58 Backend Architecture
2:41:34 Communities Page
3:17:55 Learning Goals
3:37:52 AI Matching
4:45:34 Chat Page
5:28:26 AI Summaries
5:40:26 Deployment
5:48:45 What have you learned & Next steps

🔗 Next Steps

🔥 Free Next.js Hot Tips Course: https://bit.ly/nextjshottips
👉 Join the Next.js Course: https://bit.ly/nextjscourse

Work with me 1:1: https://dub.sh/one-on-one-with-ankita

🐤 Find me here
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