AI Workforce Certification: Build AI Agent Employees
Rea Ara
Ex-Google Lead; Founder Stealth startup
Certified AI Agent Builder: Automate Your Workspace in 6 Weeks
🚨Early Bird 10% Off is open till April 26 with code "EARLY10."
Most professionals are watching AI happen to them instead of using it. They're copy-pasting into ChatGPT, waiting for their company to figure it out, and hoping it doesn't make their role irrelevant.
The ones pulling ahead aren't smarter. They've just built one AI agent that handles something real — and now they can't imagine working without it.
This cohort is where you build yours. Not a demo. Not a toy. A working AI agent running in your actual workflow by the time we're done.
Six weeks. Live sessions. Direct access to someone who builds agents in production every day — with 11 years across Google DeepMind, Accenture, and Deloitte, and a filed patent with NYU.
You'll learn to identify what to automate, build with the tools the best teams use, and ship something real. No coding required. No fluff. Just outcomes.
The professionals who figure this out now will spend the next decade ahead of everyone else. The ones who wait will spend it catching up.
May 1 is your start date. Twenty spots. When they're gone, they're gone.
What you’ll learn
Build and deploy a working AI agent that automates real tasks in your workflow — no coding required, no theory, just results.
Design a fully functional AI agent using Claude, n8n, or Make.com with zero coding experience required.
Deploy your agent so it runs automatically around the clock while you focus on higher-value work.
Walk away on day one with a live agent that is already saving you measurable hours every single week.
Apply a proven step-by-step framework to map your daily tasks and uncover your best automation wins.
Learn which workflows belong to agents versus standard tools like Zapier so you build the right thing.
Leave with a personalized automation roadmap built entirely around your actual job and daily workflow.
Integrate your agent directly with Gmail, Google Calendar, Notion, and Slack in one hands-on session.
Chain multiple tools together into one seamless automated workflow that runs without you touching it.
Connect any app using webhooks and APIs without needing an engineering background or technical degree.
Run your agent through real-world failure scenarios and edge cases before you ever deploy it live.
Diagnose and fix broken workflows in minutes without having to tear your entire automation apart.
Add practical guardrails that keep your agent focused and on task even when inputs get unpredictable.
Document your entire agent build as a polished professional case study ready to share with employers.
Present your working agent confidently to a recruiter, hiring manager, executive, or potential investor.
Walk away with undeniable proof of real hands-on AI expertise that immediately sets you apart from peers.
Stack multiple agents together so your email, calendar, research, and reporting run without you daily.
Design your personal AI employee with a defined role, memory, and decision-making rules it follows.
Go from managing tasks manually to overseeing an autonomous system that compounds your output weekly.
Learn directly from Rea
Rea Ara
AI Security Founder & Researcher | 11+ years ex-Google, Accenture & Deloitte
Who this course is for
Busy professionals and operators who want to automate repetitive work but have no coding background and don't know where to start.
Product managers, consultants, and founders who understand AI conceptually but have never actually built and shipped a working agent.
Ambitious professionals who want to future-proof their career and get ahead before AI agents become the workplace default.
Prerequisites
Basic AI Familiarity
You've used ChatGPT or Claude at least once. No coding required — just curiosity and a willingness to build something real.
A Laptop and Internet Access
You'll need a laptop and free accounts on Claude.ai and Make.com. We'll set everything else up together in the first session.
A Real Problem to Solve
Come with one recurring task or workflow you want to automate. The more specific your problem, the better your agent will be.
What's included
Live sessions
Learn directly from Rea Ara in a real-time, interactive format.
Lifetime access
Go back to course content and recordings whenever you need to.
Community of peers
Stay accountable and share insights with like-minded professionals. Join the Slack Community: https://arctic-owl.slack.com/archives/C0ASJB4MAFQ
Certificate of completion
Share your new skills with your employer or on LinkedIn.
Maven Guarantee
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Course syllabus
7 live sessions • 28 lessons • 5 projects
Week 1
May
2
Live Session 1: Give It a Brain — Build Your First AI Agent
Watch: What Are AI Agents? — IBM Technology
Read: Anthropic's Guide to Building with Claude Agents
Tool Tutorial: Setting Up Claude.ai for the First Time
Case Study: How a Consultant Replaced 10 Hours of Admin With One Agent
Discussion: What's the one task you most want to automate? Post it on Slack
Quiz: Agent Fundamentals — Test Your Understanding Before Friday
Project: Write Your Agent's Job Description
Bonus: Deep Dive — How Claude's System Prompt Actually Works
Week 2
May
9
Session 2: Give It a Memory — Connect Your Agent to Real Data
Watch: How AI Agent Memory Works — Explained Simply
Read: The Difference Between Short-Term and Long-Term Agent Memory
Tool Tutorial: Connecting Your Agent to Google Docs and Notion
Case Study: How a Startup Used Agent Memory to Automate Client Onboarding
Discussion: What documents would change everything if your agent could read them
Quiz: Memory Types and Retrieval — Test Your Understanding Before Friday
Project: Feed Your Agent 3 Real Documents
Bonus: Deep Dive — Vector Databases and Why They Matter for Agent Memory
Schedule
Live sessions
2 hrs / week
One 2-hour live session every Friday evening from May 1 to June 12. Sessions run 5:30–7:30 PM PT / 8:30–10:30 PM ET via Zoom. Every session is hands-on — you build something real during the call. Recordings posted within 24 hours for anyone who misses.
Sat, May 2
12:30 AM—2:30 AM (UTC)
Sat, May 9
12:30 AM—2:30 AM (UTC)
Sat, May 16
12:30 AM—2:30 AM (UTC)
Projects
3-6 hrs / week
One hands-on project every week due before the next live session. Each project is a real build — not a worksheet. Budget 4 hours but most students finish in 180 minutes once their tools are set up.
Async content
3-5 hrs / week
Nine curated resources per week — two videos, two readings, one case study, one tool tutorial, one quiz, one project, and one bonus deep dive. Complete the watch and read materials before Friday's live session. Everything is short, focused, and directly relevant to what we build together on Friday.
Why is This Course Different?
Built by someone actively doing it — not just teaching it. I'm a founder building AI security infrastructure and researching agentic AI with NYU. Every tool and workflow in this cohort runs in my production stack today.
You build something real every single week. No theory-only sessions. Every Friday you build. Every week you ship. By Week 7 you have a fully deployed AI employee running in your actual workflow — not a demo, not a prototype.
Deliberately small. Deliberately selective about students with a vetted application process. Direct access to Rea in every session, written feedback on every project, and a community where everyone actually knows each other.
Post-cohort support that doesn't disappear. Monthly alumni office hours for life. Private Slack that stays open after the cohort ends. Alumni pricing on every future cohort. You don't graduate and get forgotten.
Security depth nobody else teaches. AI agents that can't be trusted or audited are a liability. You'll build agents that are not just useful — but safe to deploy.
What You Additionally Get
Community + Network Monthly live sessions open to all alumni — for life. A private Slack community where cohort members share wins, debug agents together, and stay ahead of the fastest-moving space in tech. You're not joining a course. You're joining a network of professionals who build.
Direct Access to Rea Every session is taught personally by Rea — not a TA, not a guest lecturer. Written feedback on every project. Office hours by booking a call. Slack always open between sessions.
Ready to Get Started? If you're ready to stop watching AI happen to you and start building the systems that run your work — this is your cohort. Spots are selective. Cohort 1 starts May 1.
Apply now → Book a call → Join the waitlist
Frequently asked questions
$2,000
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