Events & Workshops for Ai Start Academy SF Location

Ai Start Academy San Francisco

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5-Day Intensive In-Person AI & Cybersecurity Workshop in SF Mission (Mon - Fri / 9am - 5pm)

This workshop is rescheduled from March 2 to March 9, due to a force major. 

Whoever registered can apply for a refund or use the ticket to this workshop to the next one. (Any) 

An immersive 5-day intensive workshop combining AI fundamentals, security best practices, automation tools, and content creation. This hands-on program takes you from understanding AI basics to building secure AI assistants, mastering automation with n8n, learning penetration testing, and creating AI-powered content with digital avatars. Perfect for tech professionals, tech founders, QA and security practitioners looking to master AI for personal and business use, learn the latest cybersecurity tactics in a comprehensive, practical setting.

We are a team of top AI & cybersecurity experts from the Bay Area with deep experience in automation, security research, and production AI systems. Our instructors come with years of experience bringing real-world expertise from building systems that operate at scale without security incidents.

Intermediate (not suitable for beginners)

Over five intensive days, you'll gain hands-on experience with cutting-edge, practical yet, AI technologies, security practices, automation tools, and content creation platforms.

Daily Schedule: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM (with 2-hour lunch break from 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM).

Day 1: How to deploy a secure personal AI assistant on your computer

. Product Builder who runs production AI agent systems operating autonomously for weeks without human intervention or security incidents. Pavel has developed frameworks for agent governance that balance capability with control. Philosophy: 'Slow down to go fast' - build the harness, quality and security layers first, then add features.

Morning Session (9:00 AM - 12:00 PM): AI Fundamentals

Afternoon Session (2:00 PM - 5:00 PM): Secure AI Assistant

Evening Activity: Tea Social (Weather permitting - gas firepit in the backyard garden).

Day 2: AI & Cybersecurity I - How to protect your company in the age of AI (Defensive Strategies)

Founder & CEO @ CQR Company Senior penetration tester and security researcher with 15+ years of hands-on experience. Bogdan has been at the forefront of offensive security since 2008, discovering and responsibly disclosing hundreds of data breaches. He developed CryEye, an enterprise cybersecurity platform, and has provided over 40 different cybersecurity services including red team operations for Fortune 500 companies.

Morning Session (9:00 AM - 12:00 PM): Understanding Data Leaks

Afternoon Session (2:00 PM - 5:00 PM): AI-Powered Detection

Day 3: AI & Cybersecurity II - How to protect your assets from hacker attacks (Modern Penetration Testing)

Morning Session (9:00 AM - 12:00 PM): Penetration Testing Methodology

Afternoon Session (2:00 PM - 5:00 PM): Hands-On Exploitation

Evening Activity: Movie Night - 'Guest from the Future' 

Day 4: How to automate manual work with n8n + VAPI + ElevenLabs

Founder & CEO @ Ai Automation Agency - automation expert specializing in n8n workflow orchestration and AI agent development. Kheir builds production-grade automation systems that connect AI models to real business processes, enabling teams to scale without hiring.

Morning Session (9:00 AM - 12:00 PM): N8n Fundamentals

The above workshop will give you hands-on experience of creating a fully functional RAG-powered (trained on your company technical documentation) open source system built within 3 hours on a no-code / low-code AI Workflow Automation Platform (

) It can further be and API connected services like VAPI and Tavily.

Afternoon Session (2:00 PM - 5:00 PM): Building JARVIS Agent

In this Workshop you will build upon the Morning session project towards implementing more production ready workflows using n8n, ElevenLabs and Google Suite.

Evening Activity: Vipassana Group Meditation Session

Day 5: Scale Yourself with a Digital Employee

. Max builds the infrastructure for "Digital Employees"—video agents that can see, hear, and converse with users in real-time (<500ms latency). He specializes in the architecture of autonomous communication: replacing static chatbots with human-like video interfaces for sales, screening, and coaching.

This session moves beyond content tools. You will design and deploy a real-time AI agent that can represent you, your brand, or your company in live conversations.

Clear breakdown of how LLM ↔ Audio ↔ Video systems interact under real latency constraints.

3️⃣ Designing Your Agent’s Identity

Now you take your agent from prototype to deployment-ready system.

Aligned with the cybersecurity foundation of the bootcamp:

You leave not with a concept — but with a working, deployable digital employee.

We offer 2 full scholarship spots per workshop. To apply please write an email to hello@aistartacademy.com describing why you qualify.

5-Day AI Intensive For Tech Founders: AI Agents (n8n & ClawBot) + Cybersecurity (Defense & Pentest) + Digital Avatars. (In-Person & Online)

Guzel Balgazina

Mariam uzdenova

Gulnar

Rustam Pulatov

Ruslan Mansurov

Lex Mustafin

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