Make It, Sell It: AI Agents Workshop for Small Businesses | VecStack
Make It, Sell It: AI Agents Workshop for Small Businesses | VecStack
A hands-on afternoon for the people actually building and selling things. 🛍️
If you run an online store, a physical retail shop, a design studio, or a product brand — and you've been wondering how AI can actually help your day-to-day operations — this one's for you.
VecStack is hosting a focused two-hour workshop at UW Startup Hall, bringing together 2–3 AI agent product teams who are building tools specifically for small and mid-sized businesses in commerce, manufacturing, and product development. You'll see live demos, ask real questions, and get hands-on time with tools you can start using right away. 🤝
You'll especially feel at home here if you are: 🏠
A seller or vendor operating online or brick-and-mortar in North America 🛒
A physical product developer, indie maker, or creative brand founder 🎨
A cross-border trader or importer/exporter navigating sourcing and sales 🌏
A local manufacturer or fabricator exploring automation 🏭
A design studio looking to streamline from concept to production ✏️
We want to hear what's actually hard about running your business — and show you what agentic AI can realistically do about it today, not in theory. Each team will walk through a live demo, take your questions, and sit with you to help you get started on the spot. No slide decks full of TAM charts. Just tools, context, and real conversation. 💬
We also welcome: AI developers and startup leaders who want to share a working AI-for-business solution or a perspective worth the room's time. This is an open, flat, and practical exchange — bring something useful and you'll fit right in. 💡
Agenda 🗓️
10:00 AM — Welcome & Framing (15 min) Quick intro from VecStack on why agentic AI is hitting an inflection point for small businesses — and what that actually means for someone running a real operation today.
10:15 AM — Demo Block: AI Agent Products for SMB Commerce (60 min) Three back-to-back live demos, each ~15–20 minutes. Each team will show their tool in the context of a real small business use case, then take questions from the room.
🔷 VecStack — AI-assisted physical product development: from idea to factory-ready spec in days, not months
🔷 [Partner Team 2 — TBD] — [Brief placeholder description of their tool and use case]
🔷 [Partner Team 3 — TBD] — [Brief placeholder description of their tool and use case]
11:15 AM — Open Floor: Roundtable & Hands-On Time (35 min) This is the part we're most excited about. Pull up a chair with whichever team you want to dig into. Ask the hard questions. Try the tools. Tell us what's broken in your workflow — we want to hear it.
11:50 AM — Wrap-Up & Connections (10 min) Quick closing, resource sharing, and open networking. Bring your business card or just your phone. 📱
Speakers & Hosts 🎤
Yitong Du — Co-founder & CEO, VecStack Yitong built and scaled WeGoGo, a 3D-printed sculpture brand with distribution across the US, China, and Singapore, generating over $130K in revenue — and navigated overseas factory relationships firsthand. That experience is what VecStack is built on. He also previously served as an AI consultant for the City of Seattle and brings a background in HCI, architecture, and AI product design. 🔗 vecstack.ai
Wyatt Delahunt — Co-founder, VecStack Wyatt is a mechanical engineer with a Boeing background specializing in parts design, manufacturing tolerances, and production documentation. At VecStack, he leads the technical translation layer between creative product concepts and factory-ready output. 🔗 vecstack.ai
[Speaker 3 — Partner Team 2] Name, Title, Company — TBD One-line description of what they're building and who it's for.
[Speaker 4 — Partner Team 3] Name, Title, Company — TBD One-line description of what they're building and who it's for.
Come curious. Leave with something you can actually use. ✅
📅 Friday, July 31 | 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM 📍 Startup Hall, University of Washington, Seattle
Free. Open to all. Part of Seattle Tech Week 2026 — July 27–31 🌟