

FDE Weekend
FDE Weekend: discover value, sell the vision and ship AI in 24 hours.
Models are a commodity. Deployment is the hard part.
A forward-deployed engineer (FDE) is one person who can build the system, read the economics of a process and earn the trust of the people who will use it. Few people get to practise all three at once. This weekend you will.
Who it’s for
Engineers who want more business exposure.
Product Managers with strong technical backgrounds.
You need a technical base. This isn’t an intro for career switchers.
What you’ll do
You’ll work in small teams on one real business case:
Engineering: Integrate systems, handle messy data and design AI workflows.
Business: Find the real bottleneck and quantify the value of fixing it.
Relationships: Listen to operators, convince decision-makers and drive change.
Schedule
Friday [27 Nov], evening: kickoff, case intro, dinner and drinks.
Saturday [28 Nov], all day: discovery, build and final pitch. Lunch included.
What to bring
Your laptop.
Appetite. Food and drinks are included 😁
The coding agent you already use.
Who’s running it
Diogo Guerner, CEO of Naviu
João Freitas, CEO of Carrybase
Gui, CEO of Pitanga Labs
Places are limited to 20.
An initiative by CARRYBASE × Naviu · fdeskool.com