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AI Agent Building Bootcamp for Product Managers [2hrs]

Hosted by Dr. Marily Nika and Dmitry Shapiro

Mon, Sep 22, 2025

5:00 PM UTC (2 hours)

Virtual (Zoom)

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AI Agent Product Management Certification by AI Product Academy
Dr. Marily Nika, Justin Fineberg, Dr. Tatyana Mamut, and Jacob Bank
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What you'll learn

Build your first AI agent in minutes

Learn the exact steps to turn a concept into a working agent—without needing to write code.

Connect tools, APIs, and workflows

See how to link multiple components together so your agent does something useful, not just impressive.

Avoid dead ends and wasted time

Use a proven framework to explore ideas quickly, iterate effectively, and avoid common mistakes.

Why this topic matters

Most people talk about AI agents. Few can actually build one. In this hands-on bootcamp, you’ll follow a structured process to go from idea to execution using MindStudio and other tools. Whether you’re a PM, founder, or builder, you’ll walk away with a working agent, a repeatable method, and clarity on where the opportunity really is.

You'll learn from

Dr. Marily Nika

Gen AI PM Lead @ Google | ex-Meta, Fellow @ Harvard | TED AI Speaker | 40u40

AI PM Newsletter (30k+)

🔗 LinkedIn (90k+)

❌ Twitter

🎥 YouTube channel

🤝 Coaching


Based in Silicon Valley, Dr. Marily Nika is an award-winning AI Product Management leader & one of the world's best AI educators, with 12+ years of experience at Google & Meta, with a PhD in Machine Learning. Featured in TechCrunch, executive Fellow at Harvard, TED AI Presenter.


Marily created the first (and best) AI Product Management Certification on Maven. Marily is also a keynote speaker (TED AI / 3 x TEDx) and has been recognized for her contributions in AI & tech several times: Amplitude most influencial product leader, medal of Outstanding Achievement, WISE Influence Award, 2020's Top 100 Women in tech, Emerging Leader Award, 2021's 40 under 40 list.


Marily is also an Executive Fellow at Harvard Business School where she teaches AI Product Management.


She has taught over 8k students on Maven and offers these courses:


✉️ maven@aiproduct.com

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Dmitry Shapiro

CEO @ MindStudio.ai | fmr Product @ Google | CTO @ MySpace | Raised $140m+

Dmitry Shapiro is an American entrepreneur. He is the founder and CEO MindStudio.ai, an AI Agent building platform (over 200k AI Agents deployed). Prior to MindStudio, Dmitry was CEO of Koji, an App Store and platform for building social mini-apps that can be integrated into various Links In Bios. Koji was acquired by LinkTree in 2021.

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