About Divine

I build with AI, and I help others do it too.

I'm a product builder from Lagos. I trained as a mechanical engineer, spent five years shipping software, and now spend my time on two things: building AI products that people rely on, and leading a community of 4,800+ people learning to build them.

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Divine John smiling in a patterned shirt
Divine John, Lagos
Based in
Lagos, Nigeria
Currently
Founder, Flowstack AI
Leads
AI Builders Circle
Trained as
Mechanical engineer

How I got here

Ten years, three careers' worth of lessons, one thread: making things that work for real people.

  1. 2016

    Engineering, mechanically

    I studied mechanical engineering and learned to think in systems: how things carry load, and how they fail. That habit still shapes everything I build.

  2. 2020

    Into software

    I taught myself to code and joined Brightpath as a mobile and web engineer, shipping features used by thousands of learners every day.

  3. 2022

    Infrastructure and real-time

    At Paylane and Clearcall I moved deeper into cloud infrastructure and live video, building systems that had to stay up for people on weak networks.

  4. 2023

    Starting a community

    I started AI Builders Circle as a weekly live session for 20 friends. It grew into a community of 4,800+ builders across 23 countries.

  5. 2024

    Founding Flowstack AI

    I founded Flowstack AI to help small businesses hand off repetitive work to AI they can check and trust. Today it serves 300 businesses.

What you can expect working with me

Plain languageYou'll always know what we're building, why, and what it costs, without the jargon.
Outcomes firstI measure success by what changes for your users, not by features shipped.
Responsible AIHuman checkpoints, honest limits, and data handled with care.
Build togetherI teach as I build, so your team can carry the work forward.

What I'm focused on now

Updated November 2026
  • Flowstack AI. Helping 300 small businesses automate their admin safely.
  • AI Builders Circle. Launching a 6-week cohort for first-time AI builders.
  • Writing. A series on scoping AI products for non-technical founders.

Beyond work

I mentor young engineers through a free monthly clinic, read founder biographies, and travel to tech events across Africa whenever I can.

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