Build an AI-Powered Startup OS in One Day - No Code Required
Andrea Marchiotto
AI Systems Builder for Founders.
Most founders are still running their startups manually. That ends today.
You've tried the AI tools. You've watched the demos. Maybe you've even built a few prompts that work some of the time.
But your startup is still running on spreadsheets, Slack threads, and your own mental RAM. Every week, the same bottlenecks. Every month, the same ops debt.
Here's what nobody tells you: the founders pulling ahead aren't using more AI tools, they're running systems. Connected, agentic workflows that handle intake, research, content, decision support, and knowledge capture without requiring you to babysit every step.
That's what this workshop builds.
In one day, you'll design and deploy your own AI-Powered Startup OS, a set of working agentic workflows tailored to your business. No code. No engineers. No fluff. Just a functional system you can run from Monday morning.
I've built 30+ of these systems for real startups across Latin America, Europe, and North America, including an AI co-pilot for SMB operations, a deal vetting system for a venture fund, and a multi-channel content engine. I'm not teaching theory. I'm handing you the architecture I actually use.
You won't leave with slides. You'll leave with a system.
Workshop agenda
- 10:00AM EDT
Why Founders Need Systems, Not Just Tools
We break down why scattered AI fails founders and introduce the Startup OS model. You'll map your top operational bottlenecks and choose your highest-leverage automation target for the day.
- 11:00AM EDT
Agentic Workflow Design for Non-Technical Founders
Learn how agentic workflows differ from simple prompts. We cover input/output logic, trigger design, and decision routing, the architecture layer that makes automation reliable and repeatable.
- 12:30PM EDT
Build Your First Workflow: Intake, Research, or Ops
Hands-on build session. Using Make.com and your AI model of choice, you'll deploy your first working agentic workflow, a real system connected to your actual business inputs and outputs.
- 2:30PM EDT
Connect and Stack: Build a Multi-Agent Flow
Take your first workflow and connect it to a second. We cover multi-agent logic, handoff design, and error-handling basics, so your system works end-to-end without manual intervention.
- 4:00PM EDT
Knowledge Capture and SOP Automation
Turn your messy operational knowledge into structured SOPs, checklists, and decision trees, automatically. This module draws directly from real systems built for LATAM SMBs and venture studios.
- 5:30PM EDT
Your Startup OS: Review, Refine, and Scale
We close with a live review of every participant's system, a scaling roadmap for adding workflows over the next 30 days, and a Q&A focused on your specific use case and business.
What you’ll learn
Ship a working AI Startup OS in one day, agentic workflows that automate your ops, so you run your business instead of being run by it.
Apply the Startup OS framework to map your highest-leverage automation targets, intake, research, content, or decision support
Use Make.com's visual builder to connect triggers, AI models, and outputs into a working end-to-end workflow
Leave with a deployed, live workflow, not a prototype or a demo
Understand how agents hand off tasks to each other and how to design reliable multi-step logic without engineering support
Connect two or more workflows into a stack, so outputs from one agent automatically feed the next
Apply error-handling and decision routing so your system works without constant manual oversight
Use our knowledge-capture model to extract tacit expertise and turn it into structured, reusable operating procedures
Build AI prompts that generate SOPs, delegation guides, and mini-training modules from raw input
Apply this directly to onboarding, delivery, sales, or any recurring process that currently lives in your head
Design AI-assisted intake systems that score, filter, and route inbound requests, leads, partners, or applicants
Build structured scoring and decision logic so your system recommends action, not just collects data
Model drawn from a real deal vetting system built for an active venture fund
Audit your full operation and identify the next 3 workflows to build after the workshop
Prioritize by time-to-value and complexity so you grow your OS incrementally without overwhelm
Leave with a written, sequenced roadmap you can execute solo or hand to a team member
Write system prompts with behavioral rules, scope locks, and role-based logic, not just one-off instructions
Design for adoption: plain language outputs, WhatsApp-safe formatting, and minimal friction for real users
Apply prompt architecture patterns used across 30+ real AI tools built for startups and SMBs
Learn directly from Andrea
Andrea Marchiotto
Built 30+ AI Systems | Author | ex-Amazon, Philips, Unilever | Founder, BC Labs
Who this workshop is for
Early-stage founders (pre-seed to Series A) who are doing everything manually and know AI should be helping, but don't know where to start.
Operators and startup team leads who've tried AI tools but never connected them into systems that reliably save time and reduce manual work.
Non-technical founders ready to automate key workflows, intake, research, ops, without engineers or a technical co-founder.
Prerequisites
Make.com Account
You'll need an account set up to be ready to build. You can use this referral link: https://www.make.com/en/register?pc=blackcubelabs
Airtable Account
You'll want an account set up to be able to connect your data easily. You can use this referral link: https://airtable.com/invite/r/PpM354Ni
What's included
Live sessions
Learn directly from Andrea Marchiotto in a real-time, interactive format.
Lifetime access
Rewatch every session, revisit workflow templates, and access new resources as they're added, so your Startup OS keeps improving after the day is over.
Community of peers
Join a group of founders and operators at the same stage. Share workflows, ask questions, and stay accountable inside the BlackCube Labs builder network.
Certificate of completion
Show your Startup OS skills on LinkedIn or with investors. Proof that you didn't just learn about AI, you built with it.
Workflow Templates & Blueprints
Walk away with ready-to-deploy Make.com workflow templates, system prompt blueprints, and SOP frameworks, pre-built from real startup use cases.
Live Build Sessions - You Ship on Day One
This isn't lecture-only. You'll spend over half the day building your actual workflows inside the tools, with live support when you get stuck.
30-Day Scaling Roadmap
Leave with a personalized plan for the next 30 days, including which workflows to build next, how to connect them, and how to hand them off to your team.
Maven Guarantee
Your purchase is backed by the Maven Guarantee.
Testimonials
Andrea showed great visionary skills, team collaboration, and the ability to motivate senior leadership to follow and fund his vision. An example is how he pioneered the most innovative project at Philips, Web3/NFT, and Metaverse, being a true change agent, good leader, and true intrapreneur.
Borja Matheu
Entrepreneur In Residence, Pardon Inc.Andrea's ability to motivate and lead the team during uncertain times was truly impressive. He is a very humble and understanding leader. I appreciated his willingness to help me to improve my skillsets. He was highly collaborative, and I look forward to working on one of his ventures again.
Duygu Baki
Lead Product Designer | AI x HealthcareAndrea brought other functions in to help us understand and integrate the digital side of Foods. His consistent ambition to bring out his best self and ask the right questions to provoke we also bring the best is refreshing and makes for a fantastic learning curve.
Marko Tuševljak
Global Brand Manager Hellmann'sThere are few visionary leaders like Andrea, and I’m glad to have had the pleasure of working and learning from him at Unilever as a fellow, like-minded ex-Amazon and great mentor and coach. Andrea is highly knowledgeable about new online business models, disruptive innovation, and digital marketing, a true asset to any start-up or company.
Stefanie Cunningham
MD, Global eCommerce & Retail Media Leader Omnicom Media GroupOutstanding fit for for founders, operators, and product teams who are ready to go beyond "minimum viable" into purpose, scale, and impact.
Mauricio Suarez
Founder AI Startupo ItogaiIt was a tremendous success. He listened carefully to my goals and thought critically about solutions quickly.
Matthew Goodrich
Sales Expert, Data Scientists and Automation Expert
Example #1 of what you'll actually build today
A real agentic workflow built for a venture-backed LATAM startup, this is the level you'll reach.
Example #2 of what you'll actually build today
A founder intake and startup vetting workflow built for a venture fund.
Built by someone who ships, not just teaches
In the last 18 months I've designed and deployed 30+ AI systems for startups, venture studios, and SMBs across three continents. That includes an agentic co-pilot for operational knowledge, an automated social posting generator, a sales funnel automation from customer requests to project proposals, a deal vetting system for Boardy Ventures, and a multi-channel content repurposing engine, all built without an engineering team.
Everything I teach in this workshop comes from systems I've actually shipped. No theory borrowed from a textbook. No demo that only works in ideal conditions.
You're getting the architecture, the shortcuts, and the failure patterns, from someone who learned them in production.
Frequently asked questions
$497
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