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

​Workshop Overview

​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.

​Who We Are

​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.

​Target Audience

• ​CxO level 

• ​Tech professionals and developers

• ​Startup founders

• ​Security engineers and analysts

• ​DevSecOps professionals

• ​Digital marketers and content creators

• ​QA Engineers

• ​Anyone looking to master PRACTICAL AI tools for business automation

​Prerequisites

​Level: Intermediate (not suitable for beginners)

​Required: 

• ​Laptop with at least 16 GB RAM

• ​Comfortable with installing software, using CLI, using git, writing/reading code, having fun and enjoying cookies with tea;

• ​Slight fear that you aren’t caught up;

• ​Willingness to learn and experiment.

​What You'll Learn

​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.

​Workshop Schedule (Mon - Fri)

​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

​Instructor: Pavel Spesivtsev

​Serial AI-Founder and CTO @ GapTrap.ai, Fibonacci 7, Cellery.ai. 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

• ​The Second Inflection: 88% of companies adopted AI, only 6% capture real value (McKinsey 2025). What separates the two groups.

• ​Architecture of Intelligence: tokens, embeddings, attention, pre-training, and why Claude, Gemini and ChatGPT feel different

• ​Hands-on: Token economics calculator, embedding space exploration, temperature experiments

• ​Why AI Fails: hallucination, context overflow, prompt injection, sycophancy, and how to prevent each

• ​Architecture Decision Matrix: when to use prompt engineering, RAG, fine-tuning, or agents

• ​Hands-on: Hallucination forensics on your own domain; group architecture design challenge

• ​From Prompt to Agent: system prompts, few-shot learning, chain of thought, tool use, building your first agent

• ​60-second MCP teaser (message host about MCP workshop)

• ​Business Decision Framework: model comparison table (OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, Kimi K2.5, GLM 5, Qwens), MIT/Harvard productivity data, personal AI ROI worksheet

​LUNCH Break (12 PM - 2 PM)

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

• ​The OpenClaw disaster: 150K+ GitHub stars, 4,500+ exposed instances, plaintext credentials, zero authentication

• ​The Lethal Trifecta: why personal AI assistants become security nightmares (private data + network access + untrusted input)

• ​Hands-on: Building the secure foundation in four layers: isolated execution environment, authentication gateway, human-approval confirmation flows, network egress allowlist

• ​Adding high-value capabilities: persistent memory, messenger integration, connecting to real-world data sources (specifics adjusted based on pre-workshop survey)

• ​Testing your defenses: prompt injection, credential exfiltration, unauthorized network egress. Attack your own system. Fix what breaks.

• ​What you take home: working secure AI assistant, security validation checklist, architecture decision matrix, personal AI ROI worksheet

• ​Bridge to Day 2: your assistant becomes a case study for Bogdan's cybersecurity sessions

​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)

​Instructor: Bogdan Red

​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

• ​History of cybersecurity: evolution of threats and defenses

• ​Types of data leaks and leak vectors

• ​Real-world case studies: Instagram, TikTok, FBI breaches

• ​Cloud platform vulnerabilities (AWS, GCP, Azure)

• ​Dark web marketplaces and data sales

• ​Financial impact of data breaches by industry

​LUNCH Break (12 PM - 2 PM)

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

• ​Using AI for leak detection and monitoring

• ​Hands-on: HaveIBeenPwned API automation

• ​Building AI-powered monitoring scripts

• ​GitHub secret scanning with AI validation

• ​Analyzing leaked database dumps intelligently

• ​Creating comprehensive breach response playbooks

​Evening Activity: Qigong Session

​Day 3: How to automate manual work with n8n + VAPI + ElevenLabs

​Instructor: Kheir Lazaref

​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

• ​Introduction to n8n workflow automation

• ​Understanding nodes, triggers, and connections

• ​AI agent architecture in n8n

• ​Integrating LLMs (Claude, GPT-4, Gemini)

• ​Tool calling and function execution: (example of Web search integration (Tavily API)

• ​Hands-on setup of a Voice Interface in VAPI

• ​Working with VAPI API for voice agent <> n8n communication for data retrieval

• ​Creating a RAG out of company data: chunking, embedding, database storage, retrieving information

• ​Feeding to a chat interface and / or voice agent. 

• ​RAG - Comparison of LLM chains for chatbot with Retrieval Augmented Generation (knowledgebase).

• ​Error handling and workflow optimization

​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 (n8n.io) It can further be and API connected services like VAPI and Tavily.

​LUNCH Break (12 PM - 2 PM)

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

• ​Deploy your personal JARVIS: ElevenLabs + n8n.io

• ​Create a multi-agent workflow that connects Google Calendar, Gmail,

• ​Content Generation Sub-Workflow (scanning for new articles and writing a short post for linkedin out of it)

• ​Tvillio integration

• ​Email automation workflow

• ​Calendar integration and scheduling

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

​Instructor: Bogdan Red

​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): Penetration Testing Methodology

• ​8-step penetration testing framework

• ​OSINT and reconnaissance techniques

• ​Network scanning with nmap and advanced tools

• ​Vulnerability assessment and CVE identification

• ​Web application testing with Burp Suite

• ​Social engineering and phishing simulations

​LUNCH Break (12 PM - 2 PM)

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

• ​Metasploit Framework for exploitation

• ​Post-exploitation and privilege escalation

• ​CryEye platform walkthrough

• ​Writing professional penetration testing reports

• ​AI-enhanced vulnerability validation

• ​Lab: Comprehensive pentest simulation

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

​Day 5: Scale Yourself with a Digital Employee

​Instructor: Max Sapo (@Delamax)

​Founder & CEO @ Happyverse.ai | A pioneer in Real-Time Interactive AI Agents. 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.

​Morning Session (9:00 AM – 12:00 PM)

​Building a Real-Time Digital Employee

​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.

​1️⃣ Why Real-Time Changes the Game

• ​Why most AI agents feel slow, robotic, and low-trust

• ​The psychology of sub-500ms response times

• ​Why face-to-face AI converts better than text chat

• ​Where real-time agents outperform static chatbots

​2️⃣ The Architecture of a Live Agent

• ​The “Brain”: Connecting an LLM (Claude GPT Gemini) to a defined role

• ​The “Voice”: Speech synthesis and tone control

• ​The “Face”: Real-time avatar rendering

• ​The “Memory”: Knowledge bases and context control

• ​The orchestration layer that makes it all work together

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

​3️⃣ Designing Your Agent’s Identity

• ​Writing a system prompt that actually governs behavior

• ​Defining scope: what your agent can and cannot do

• ​Creating guardrails to prevent hallucination or overpromising

• ​Matching personality to business objective

​4️⃣ Founder Use Cases

• ​The 24/7 Sales Rep: Handling objections live on your landing page

• ​The L&D Coach: Roleplaying onboarding and leadership scenarios

• ​The Investor Screener: Answering FAQs while collecting structured interest

​Hands-On Lab

​Each participant:

• ​Defines a specific business use case

• ​Writes a production-ready system prompt

• ​Structures a knowledge base

• ​Prepares their first real-time digital employee

​Afternoon Session (2:00 PM – 5:00 PM)

​Deploying and Operating Your Agent

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

​1️⃣ The Real Tech Stack

• ​How production real-time agents are orchestrated

• ​Managing latency across LLM, speech, and video layers

• ​Tool access: connecting your agent to real actions

  • ​Calendar booking

  • ​CRM updates

  • ​Data retrieval

  • ​Structured output workflows

​2️⃣ Security & Governance

​Aligned with the cybersecurity foundation of the bootcamp:

• ​Permission scoping

• ​Output validation

• ​Preventing hallucinated commitments

• ​Logging and monitoring interactions

• ​When to require human-in-the-loop

​3️⃣ From Demo to Business Asset

• ​Embedding your agent on a website

• ​Measuring engagement and conversion

• ​Where real-time agents increase revenue or reduce cost

• ​Common deployment mistakes founders make

​Each participant:

• ​Deploys their real-time agent

• ​Conducts a live conversation

• ​Tests objections, edge cases, and guardrails

• ​Receives structured feedback

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

​Evening Activity: Fire Pit Talks & Closing Ceremony

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​Scholarship Opportunities:

​We offer 2 full scholarship spots per workshop. To apply please write an email to [email protected] describing why you qualify.

​What's Included

• ​40 hours of expert instruction and hands-on training

• ​Comprehensive workshop materials and documentation

• ​Access to all tools and platforms used during training

• ​Pre-configured lab environments

• ​On demand demo access to CryEye platform

• ​Template libraries and code examples

• ​60-day post-workshop support and Q&A access

• ​Certificate of completion

• ​Lifetime access to private skool.com community

​Facilities & Location

• ​Cozy learning space in San Francisco

• ​Evening social activities and networking

• ​Unlimited free hot tea, coffee, and healthy snacks

• ​Garden area for meditation and relaxation

​Public Transportation:

​BART - 16th Street Station (5-minute walk)

​Parking:

​Street parking available. University parking on 15th Street towards USF.

​REFUND POLICY: Full refund for any reason.