Marily Nika

AI Agents War Room: Build an Agent in 20 minutes

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Dr. Marily Nika

GenAI Product Lead @ Google, ex-Meta, Top AI Educator @ Fortune, TED AI, Harvard

Use AI agents to simulate product, eng, growth, and legal in one fast workflow.

Why to incorporate AI Agents on your day to day

Set up instant agent workflows that have impact

Faster actions with fewer meetings

Meet the Wayfound founder and explore a CUJ end to end

Explore a new tool: Wayfound

NOTE 1: The price shown on this page is in _USD_.NOTE 2: There are not many live sessions in this bootcamp and the majority of your interaction with us will be through 1 on 1 calls with the teaching staff (5 of us).NOTE 3: Check out the incentive program on this page for ways to save money. 🟢 WHAT WILL I BE ABLE TO BUILD IN THIS COURSE?You’ll build a functional application powered by LLM agents to automate a workflow of your choice. Along the way, you'll learn to design agent workflows, and integrate required tools. By the end of the course, you'll have a working MVP ready to showcase in a public demo. You can see this playlist for examples of what previous students built: https://tinyurl.com/llm-agent-demos 🟢 HOW WILL YOU HELP ME BUILD APPS LIKE THESE IN JUST 7 WEEKS?This course is all about learning by doing. You do a real project, applying concepts you learn about AI agents with our expert guidance. Specifically:👨🏽‍🏫 1:1 sessions with the instructors to help you think through bigger picture questions👨‍🎓 Async and sync sessions with a dedicated TA for constant support, code reviews, and real-time feedback We also provide the "agents playbook" a step by step guide for building agentic systems with lots of hints, tips, and resources. 🟢 OK! THAT DOES SOUND FUN, BUT HOW DO I KNOW IF I HAVE THE PRE-REQUISITES AND I'M READY FOR BUILDING?That's the most common question we get! The best way to assess is to check out the "agents playbook" we provide for free and get a sense of what you need to do, and also check out the resources we curated. Here: https://maven.com/p/b0756d/agents-playbook 🟢 I SEE! SO, I'LL DO MY PREP BEFOREHAND, THEN WHAT SHOULD I EXPECT TO HAPPEN DURING?Think about it like this (since we're developing a product here, eh?): This is a 3-sprint product dev + 1 week of prep for the public demo.🖌️ SPRINT 1 - DESIGN (weeks 1 &amp; 2)🔨 SPRINT 2 - DEVELOP (weeks 3 &amp; 4)🚢 SPRINT 3 - DEPLOY (weeks 5 &amp; 6)🎭 PUBLIC DEMO (week 7)In each sprint, you communicate your progress or blockers on Slack, you collaborate on your designs / code on GitHub, you show up to provide weekly project updates and get feedback, and finally you do an end of sprint demo. 🟢 OK! HOW WOULD I KNOW IF I'M MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION?You will get feedback async via Slack and other platforms we use, and also you join weekly group office hours, and when you need you can book the teaching staff for a 20 min 1:1 call. In addition, each sprint will wrap up with a "sprint demo" where you can show what you've done up to that point, and your peers and the teaching staff will provide feedback. We also will invite guest experts for each of the demos to provide additional feedback:🖌️ SPRINT 1 - Sr. AI Product Experts🔨 SPRINT 2 - Sr. ML Engineers🚢 SPRINT 3 - Sr. MLOps Engineers🎭 PUBLIC DEMO - Investors, Experienced Founders, Corporate Directors 🟢 WHAT IF I DON'T HAVE A PROJECT IDEA?We will have a default project (most probably related to Deep Research) that you can participate in. If your goal is to better internalize the concepts rather than working on a specific idea, you can join that project. We commonly see that people re-take the course in the future to further develop specific ideas they have, and focus on building the foundations the first time they take the course. 🟢 COOL! I'M EXCITED TO GET STARTED, AND A DISCOUNT WOULD REALLY SWEETEN THE DEAL!Glad to hear that! There are a few options:🧑🏿‍🤝‍🧑🏼 You can find a buddy or colleague and sign up together. (20% off 2-9 seats&nbsp;|&nbsp;25% off 10+ seats)✴️ We often share discount codes with communities (including AISC members - reach out to community@ai.science if you're not part of our slack). So, check in with the communities you are part of.📆 We regularly hold events and info sessions where we share flash sales discounts valid for a day or two. Join the mailing list on this page to receive notifications about those.👨🏽‍🏫 You can apply to our Inventive Program that provides up to 75% refunds (not discounts). Apply here: https://forms.gle/YnvsoREuEX35DAxv8

Mentorship Program to Help You Build an Agent-based MVP

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Course syllabus

We will have group discussions and guests lecturers on Thursdays, and project office hours on Sundays.

Thursdays & Sundays

Course will run for 7 weeks in January and February. You will have access to reading / watching material, instructor, and hands-on teaching assistants.

Jan. 13, 2025 - Mar. 1, 2025

There will be a project that you will do alongside the course material with weekly milestones.

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You want to build an agentic MVP to demonstrate your skills for career progression purposes.

You want to build an agentic MVP to test the feasibility of your startup idea.

You want to build an agentic MVP to explore the new feature you want to add to your existing product

This course is for you if...

At the end of this course you will ...

Grasp how multiple LLMs can collaborate with each other, get feedback from or assign tasks to humans, ad use tools to tackle complex problems

Understand the core principles of multi-agent LLM systems

Bridge the gap by crafting strategies to seamlessly integrate LLMs with existing products, boosting user experience, productivity, and business metrics.

Integrate LLMs with existing product offerings to enhance user and customer experience

Learn what it takes to build robust multi-agent LLMs. Understand security best practices and ensure system reliability.

Understand key considerations for securing, robust, and reliable LLM systems

Design, develop, deploy, and demo an LLM agent application in 7 weeks!

Amir Feizpour, PhD

10 yrs in NLP, Founder of AISC - Community of 5k AI devs and founders

Abhimanyu Anand

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**AI Build Lab Launch Studio is an 8-week, cohort-based program designed for graduates of the 'How to Scale a Business With AI Workflows – Foundations' course. It equips hands-on AI creators with the expertise to craft and deploy high-impact agents and workflows that scale businesses. AI Build Lab is an 8-week cohort for AI practitioners ready to go from "I get the concepts" to "I can build this in my sleep."We don’t teach theory. We teach you how to build.In this round, we're taking you into the eighth dimension (#IYKYK)—where you’ll design and deploy one of the most in-demand agentic workflows in we get as AI Practitioners today: Agentic Doc Gen Solutions.This isn't a hypothetical sandbox. You're building a real multi-agent AI system designed to replicate and scale expert knowledge—turning hours of high-skill human effort into automated, scalable systems.By the end, you’ll walk away with a marketable DocGen MVP, clarity on how to apply it to your business or clients, and the technical and strategic skills to deploy it with confidence. **You'll be building towards a 50 step agentic workflow working on a project we would charge 6 figures for. You'll be equipped with every resource, template, and asset you need to adapt and launch this project into your business or vertical with the same kind of support you got in Foundations! What You’ll Actually Build We’ll guide you step-by-step through the creation of a 50+ step agentic system that:- Extracts subject-matter expertise from transcripts and notes &amp; other inputs- Orchestrates multiple agents (think: router, domain experts, QA, content finalizer)- Generates personalized, strategic documents at scale—ready to ship to clients, customers, or internal teams- Captures and encodes institutional knowledge so it doesn’t walk out the door when someone quits- Delivers ROI, not just insight Think: business plans, roadmaps, PRDs, grant proposals, training manuals. Systems that make your company (or your clients) faster, smarter, and more scalable. You’ll Learn How To- Architect and orchestrate multi-agent workflows using real-world tools (Cassidy, TypingMind, N8N)- Build systems that mimic the nuance of human experts—and do it faster, cheaper, and more reliably- Create, test, and run evals on your AI workflows to ensure trust, quality, and relevance- Scope projects that deliver value in the real world—not just pass a sniff test Who This Is For This is not a beginner course. You should already have:Completed Foundations: How to Scale a Business With AI WorkflowsOr be actively building with Agentic AI in complex real-world contexts Why DocGen? Because every business creates documents.And most of them do it slowly, manually, and inconsistently—with the best ideas trapped in someone’s head.You’ll learn how to extract that expertise, encode it, and scale it—with agentic systems that deliver personalized, high-context outputs at near-zero marginal cost.It’s one of the highest-ROI use cases in AI right now—and it’s yours to master. Your Final Deliverable You’ll graduate with:A working, marketable DocGen workflowA mapped-out client-ready or business-specific use caseThe ability to scope, sell, and build high-value Agentic workflowsAnd a deeper understanding of how to design systems that scale expert knowledge In short, AI Build Lab will transform you into a market-ready AI builder, ready to tackle high-impact, real-world challenges with no-code AI solutions that scale. You’ll not only know what it takes to build AI that’s deployable and marketable but feel empowered to do it, project after project. ** Remember - Everyone starts with our 'How to Scale A Business With AI Workflows - Foundations' 4 week cohort first, even experienced practitioners (trust us!)

AI Build Lab Approach: Design + Build + Deploy & Join The 1% of AI Practitioners

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Non-tech professionals looking to become the 1% AI Leaders &amp; Operators in their organizations

Consultants &amp; agencies looking to provide AI consultancy &amp; implementation services

Business leaders &amp; owners looking to build scalable growth machines with AI.

Who is this course for

What you’ll get out of this course

Level up your AI skills to build and deploy AI agents &amp; agentic workflows designed to solve real business challenges. You’ll gain the confidence to tackle client needs with AI solutions that are market-tested and demand-driven.

Hands-On Expertise in Building Market-Ready AI

We're working on a real business (permission granted!) doc gen solution with synthetic data to mimic the real process.

Real-World, Client-Centric Projects

This course is 100% no-code, making it accessible to non-tech professionals who want to build AI solutions without the steep learning curve of coding. Every session is hands-on, turning complex AI workflows into achievable, high-value results.

Advanced No-Code Skills for Business Impact

Beyond technical skills, you’ll learn to think strategically about implementing AI in business. With guidance on designing scalable, impactful solutions, you’ll leave prepared to integrate AI effectively and drive growth wherever you go.

Develop A Strategic, AI-Ready Mindset

Join a cohort of ambitious professionals also looking to scale their AI capabilities. Gain insights from peers, share ideas, and collaborate on projects that mirror the challenges and demands of today’s business landscape. The magic happens in the LIVE classes!

Community & Collaboration

From design to deployment: Build market-ready AI agents & agentic workflows w real, marketable client & upvoted projects ready to implement

Cohort 4 - April '25

Sara Davison

Founder & Chief AI Growth Architect at Maivenly

Tyler Fisk

Founder & Chief Nerd at Galactic Ranch

Cohort 3 - Feb 2025

Cohort 5 - July '25

This course is designed for:Product Leaders who are early in their AI journey but need to make strategic decisions about AI now. More specifically:👍🏼 Current Product Leaders (managing PMs) who:•	Have strong product leadership experience but limited AI expertise•	Need to make strategic decisions about AI implementation•	Must guide their teams through AI transformation•	Want to confidently evaluate AI opportunities and risks 👍🏼 Senior Product Managers transitioning to leadership who:•	Are taking on or about to take on team leadership responsibilities.•	Need to understand AI from a strategic rather than just a tactical perspective.•	Want to develop AI-driven leadership skills before stepping into larger roles. 🚫 This course is NOT for you if:•	You are primarily interested in individual contributor AI skills•	You are just starting your product management career•	You are looking for deep technical AI implementation details ﻿So, what's this course about? 🎯 The ChallengeProduct leaders today face mounting pressure to:•	Navigate an increasingly AI-driven product landscape•	Make high-stakes decisions about AI implementation•	Lead teams through rapid technological change•	Balance innovation with responsible AI practices Most product leaders—regardless of their current AI expertise—struggle to effectively integrate AI into their workflow and product strategy, risking falling behind as AI reshapes product management. ✨ Why This CourseThis intensive 3-week program is designed for product leaders at all stages of their AI journey, whether you're:•	Just starting to explore AI capabilities•	Looking to move beyond basic AI tools to strategic implementation•	Ready to lead teams through AI transformation•	Wanting to make more informed decisions about AI in your product strategy•	Aiming to stay ahead of AI trends while maintaining focus on business outcomes 📚 Program Structure•	6 live interactive sessions (90 minutes each)•	3 practical assignments with peer review•	Comprehensive final project•	Direct access to instructor support 💫 What Makes This Course Different•	🎯 Built for Product Leaders: Focus on leadership challenges and strategic decisions, starting from the basics.•	⚡️ Immediately Applicable: No prior AI expertise required—apply learnings directly to your current role.•	🤝 Learn from Experience: Benefit from 20+ years of product leadership expertise.•	📈 Results-Focused: Clear frameworks and tools for implementing AI across your organization, with guidance every step of the way. Transform your approach to product leadership in the AI era. Go from feeling uncertain about AI to confidently leading AI initiatives in just three weeks. No advanced AI knowledge required—just bring your product leadership experience and readiness to learn.

Make AI decisions with confidence - even without a technical background.


First Module


Course syllabus 


Interactive lectures, discussions, and workshops.

Six Live Interactive Class Sessions


Apply what you've learned to your work environment.

Four "assignments"


All you need to do is ask; topic of discussion is your choice.

Office Hours


Develop a draft AI integration strategy for your product line or organization, incorporating learnings from all aspects of the course.

Final Project


...Product Leaders (someone who manages PMs) looking to understand how AI impacts their role, their team, and their product strategy.

...Senior-level Product Managers aiming to advance to a Product Leader role, seeking to develop AI-driven leadership skills.

...Startup Founders who recognize the critical importance of building and leading an AI-ready product team to drive innovation.

This course is designed for...


🎯 Identify high-impact opportunities for agent implementation🏗️ Design effective agent architectures and boundaries🧪 Create testing frameworks specific to autonomous systems🛡️ Implement appropriate safety and ethical controls

JUST ADDED: Develop AI Agent Strategies


🛠️ Get hands-on experience with ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, ChatPRD, and Wisary AI⚡ Set up your workspace for maximum AI productivity📚 Receive a curated library of prompts for product management tasks

Master Essential AI Tools


⏱️ Cut days or weeks from market analysis and requirements writing📝 Generate and evaluate product requirements with AI assistance🗺️ Create data-driven roadmaps and prioritization frameworks

Speed Up Your Product Decisions


📊 Apply the AI Competencies Framework to assess your team📈 Create targeted learning plans for different team members🌱 Create an environment where your team confidently embraces AI innovation

Lead Your Team's AI Transformation


📋 Learn frameworks for success metrics, risk assessment, and implementation timelines🔄 Build robust AI product development processes✅ Manage risks and ensure quality in AI implementations

Develop AI-Enhanced Products


🎯 Create compelling presentations and reports💼 Build business cases for AI initiatives🤝 Address common concerns and misconceptions

Enhance Stakeholder Communication


💡 Use AI to rapidly test product concepts🎨 Create functional prototypes using AI tools🚀 Accelerate your development cycle

Prototype and Iterate Faster


🏢 Drive responsible AI adoption across your company⚖️ Apply the Key Principles of AI Ethics framework (transparency, fairness, accountability, privacy, safety)📐 Implement practical AI governance frameworks that scale

Lead Your Organization's AI Journey


💪 Multiply your impact by strategically applying AI to product management🎯 Use the AI in Product Lifecycle framework to identify high-impact opportunities🔄 Create sustainable systems for staying current with AI

Scale Your Product Leadership


👥 Learn alongside experienced product leaders💭 Share challenges and solutions with peers🤝 Build relationships that last beyond the course

A Community of Product Leaders


📝 Receive personalized feedback on assignments📞 Schedule one-on-one coaching calls📧 Get rapid responses to your questions via email

Direct Access to Me (20+ Years Product Experience)


[UPDATED - now includes AI Agents] Transform from AI-curious to AI-confident Product Leader in 3 weeks - no technical background required. 


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Michael Hirsch

20+ years in Product | Strategy Professor | AI and Product Coach | Engineer

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AI Agents Bootcamp is a five-week, high-accountability program&nbsp;that helps you confidently identify, validate, and prototype AI solutions that&nbsp;solve real business problems—whether that's through multi-step agents, intelligent automation, or a hybrid of both. AI is moving fast—but so are the opportunities.&nbsp;The time to build AI agents is&nbsp;now: companies of all sizes are initiating AI agent programs in 2025.This isn't yet another cohort class that promises to "break you into AI".&nbsp;We will be doing hands-on work to teach you&nbsp;how to ideate, scope, and prototype AI solutions.In addition to lectures, we will build together 2 solutions, one focused on agentic AI, and one on business automation ($3000 value). You will get access to over extra 8 hours of group coaching ($2,000+ value) that you can work on your own capstone project with my mentorship. By the end of this course, you'll be able to:✓ Gain confidence with identifying and validating AI opportunities that are feasible, defensible, and actually worth doing✓ Design agentic systems and automations that solve real business problems—and know when to use which✓ Prototype quickly and credibly with the clarity to explain what you built, why it works, and how it delivers ROI Why this course was createdThanks to agentic AI and automation, we can now build intelligent systems that reason, take action, and drive measurable business impact. But most builders, consultants, product managers, and operators are stuck. Why? First, many lack a clear framework for spotting and qualifying high-value opportunities for implementing AI agents and automations.&nbsp;They either chase the latest shiny tool or sit paralyzed, unsure what's worth building. Or, they're overloaded with noise and lack a way to filter signal from hype. Without a clear approach, everything feels like a guess—and nothing moves forward. Or, even when they&nbsp;do&nbsp;decide on an idea, they are often stuck at architecting the solution.They're unclear on what today's AI can reliably do, what's still flaky, and how to connect the dots between models, tools, and workflows. The result? Either overengineered tech demos that never launch, or vague ideas that stall out in meetings. This course is designed to close that gap—by giving you the strategic lens&nbsp;and&nbsp;the technical confidence to move from "AI sounds cool" to "Here's what we should build, why it matters, and how it'll work." You'll learn:• How to spot and qualify AI agent and automation opportunities&nbsp;in different domains, with explanations of proven implementations.• When to use agentic architectures vs. automations—and how to design the right solution• How to rapidly prototype AI agent and automation solutions&nbsp;that demonstrate value and de-risk execution• How to calculate and communicate ROI, risk, and feasibility&nbsp;to clients, execs, or partners You'll also get:• Two live build-alongs: one focused on agentic AI, one on business automation• Frameworks and templates&nbsp;for opportunity validation and solution architecture• Reusable code, prompts, and scaffolds&nbsp;to speed up your own builds• A&nbsp;capstone project&nbsp;you can pitch, launch, or scale post-bootcamp• Weekly&nbsp;live lectures,&nbsp;group coaching, and&nbsp;direct feedback&nbsp;from me throughout

Learn to build AI agents and automations that solve real business problems

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Business leaders and entrepreneurs Learn to grow your business and increase margins by automating business processes with AI agents

Consultants and agencies Deliver value by creating an AI consultancy offering with repeatable and proven AI solution templates

Product Managers and Internal Leaders Learn to spearhead internal AI projects with real ROI to advance your career

Learn a repeatable framework for spotting high-impact GenAI use cases—backed by business logic, not hype. Understand how to assess feasibility, cost, and payoff.

Learn to identify AI Opportunities with Real ROI

Gain a systems-level understanding of how to wire up tools, APIs, models, and workflows to create agentic solutions that are robust, not just clever demos.

Learn how to architect AI agents and AI  automation

Build working demos in days—not months—using proven prototyping flows. Learn what to build, what to fake, and what to measure.

Prototype Fast Without Overengineering

Get clear-eyed guidance on what GenAI can and can’t do. Avoid overpromising and learn how to design around known risks and limitations.

Understand Technical Limits and Possibilities

Complete a self-directed build with mentorship from instructor that demonstrates your ability to solve a real business problem with AI. Leave with something you can put in front of a client, stakeholder, or investor.

Deliver a Capstone Project Worth Showing Off

Discover AI Agents That Deliver Business Value

Learn to build AI agents and AI automation that solve real business problems, mentored by ex-AWS AI engineer and Alexa PM.

Lightning Lessons

AI Agents War Room: Build an Agent in 20 minutes