Build with Claude at UW Foster: Your AI Chief of Staff + Vibecoded App
Build with Claude: Your AI Chief of Staff + First App
Seattle AI Week | Claude Community × University of Washington Foster School of Business
Learn with Professor Léonard Boussioux, an MIT PhD and recipient of 11+ teaching awards, recognized among Poets&Quants’ 2026 Best 40-Under-40 Business Professors and Puget Sound Business Journal’s 2026 40 Under 40.
What could you build if AI helped you turn your ideas into working tools?
Join the Claude Community at the University of Washington’s Foster School of Business for a fast-paced, hands-on workshop full of live demos, practical ideas and time to build. We’ll go beyond asking AI questions and explore how to create tools that support your studies, research and everyday work.
Who this is for
Students, faculty, researchers and professionals who want to put AI to practical use. You do not need to be a developer. Come with curiosity and a task you would love to make easier.
What you’ll explore
An AI chief of staff: design a workflow to help organize projects, track priorities and prepare your next steps.
Your first app or dashboard: turn a real need into an interactive prototype with Claude.
More ambitious workflows: see how AI can help with data, research and tasks that involve several steps.
Better ways to collaborate with AI: learn when to delegate, how to give useful context and where human judgment still matters.
What you’ll work toward
A starter workflow or prototype connected to something you actually care about, along with practical techniques you can keep using after the workshop. Bring an idea from a class, a research project, your organization or your own life.
Agenda | Monday, October 26
2:00–2:30 p.m. — Check-in, networking and setup support
2:30–2:45 p.m. — Welcome and introduction
2:45–4:30 p.m. — Live demos and hands-on building
4:30–5:00 p.m. — Share what you built, connect and discuss next steps
All times Pacific.
Location: Foster School of Business, University of Washington (exact location released after registration approved)
Before you come
Bring a laptop and charger, plus one task or idea you would like to work on. Please download the Claude desktop app and take 5 minutes to familiarize yourself with the interface if this is your first time using it. Registration is free and subject to approval.
About Léonard
Léonard Boussioux is an Assistant Professor at the University of Washington’s Foster School of Business and holds a PhD in Operations Research from MIT. His research explores human–AI collaboration, decision-making, autonomous science, and how AI and optimization address real-world challenges. Léonard teaches Agentic AI and Advanced Generative AI in the AI-native Master of Science in Information Systems (MSIS) program at the UW Foster School of Business. He is a Claude Ambassador.
With thanks
Thank you to the Specialized Masters Club for helping organize this event, particularly the communities of MSIS — Master of Science in Information Systems, MSCM — Master of Supply Chain Management and MSBA — Master of Science in Business Analytics at the Foster School of Business.
We are very grateful to the Claude community for making this event possible!