--- title: Build and Deploy an AI SaaS with Next.js 16 - Full... description: A full-course walkthrough for building and deploying an AI image generation SaaS app using Next.js 16. Covers the complete stack including authentication with... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/build-and-deploy-an-ai-saas-with-next-js-16---full-course-for-free-tflamo6le twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Build and Deploy an AI SaaS with Next.js 16 - Full Course for Free | daily.dev og:description: A full-course walkthrough for building and deploying an AI image generation SaaS app using Next.js 16. Covers the complete stack including authentication with... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/build-and-deploy-an-ai-saas-with-next-js-16---full-course-for-free-tflamo6le og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/tflAMo6LE.png og:image:alt: Build and Deploy an AI SaaS with Next.js 16 - Full Course for Free og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Build and Deploy an AI SaaS with Next.js 16 - Full Course for Free **[As a Programmer](https://daily.dev/sources/asaprogrammer)** · 190 min read · 16 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary A full-course walkthrough for building and deploying an AI image generation SaaS app using Next.js 16. Covers the complete stack including authentication with Clerk, payments, PostgreSQL database via Neon, file storage with ImageKit, error monitoring with Sentry, and UI with shadcn/ui and Tailwind CSS. The course demonstrates an AI-assisted development workflow using Cline (an open-source AI coding agent) to generate UI components, set up middleware, and scaffold features. Intended for intermediate-to-advanced developers who want to ship a monetizable product. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@lucas39** · 0 upvotes > "who want to ship a monetizable product" > > No, this AI slop won't monetize anything. And you won't learn anything in the process. 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