AI Operator Bootcamp – 5-Day Intensive: AI & Cybersecurity - Founding Cohort (In-Person SF / Online Via Zoom)

​5-Day Intensive: AI & Cybersecurity Bootcamp

​In-Person | San Francisco (Mission District)

​Mon–Fri · 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM

​Build. Secure. Automate. Deploy.

​What This Is

​A 5-day immersive, hands-on bootcamp where you:

• ​Understand how modern AI actually works

• ​Deploy your own secure AI assistant

• ​Automate real workflows with n8n

• ​Learn offensive & defensive cybersecurity

• ​Build and launch a real-time AI “Digital Employee”

​This is not theory.

​You will ship working systems.

​Who This Is For

• ​Founders & CxOs

• ​Engineers & Developers

• ​Security & DevSecOps

• ​QA & Technical Operators

• ​Automation Builders

• ​AI-curious professionals ready to move from beginner → intermediate

​If you want practical AI for real business use — you’re in the right place.

​Prerequisites

• ​Laptop (16GB RAM recommended)

• ​Comfortable installing software

• ​Basic terminal familiarity

• ​Able to read/write prompts & simple commands

• ​Curious, slightly worried you’re behind (good sign)

​What You’ll Build

​By the end of the week you will have:

• ​A secure personal AI assistant

• ​AI monitoring & security scripts

• ​A working RAG chatbot trained on real data

• ​Multi-agent automations connected to Google Suite

• ​A real-time video AI “Digital Employee” deployed and tested

​You leave with production-ready systems — not slides.

​Schedule Overview

​Daily:

​9:00 AM – 12:00 PM (Deep Work Session)

​12:00 PM – 2:00 PM (Lunch Break)

​2:00 PM – 5:00 PM (Hands-On Build)

​Day 1 — Secure Personal AI Assistant

​Instructor: Pavel Spesivtsev

​Morning: How Modern AI Works

• ​Tokens, embeddings, attention

• ​Why models hallucinate

• ​Prompting vs RAG vs Fine-tuning vs Agents

• ​Architecture decision matrix

• ​ROI frameworks

​Hands-on experiments included.

​Afternoon: Build It Securely

• ​The OpenClaw disaster (what not to do)

• ​The “Lethal Trifecta” of AI risk

• ​4-Layer secure foundation:
  

• ​Isolated execution

• ​Authentication gateway

• ​Human approval flows

• ​Network egress controls

​You’ll attack your own assistant — and fix it.

​Evening: Tea Social in the garden (weather permitting)

​Day 2 — AI & Cybersecurity I

​Instructor: Bogdan Red

​Morning: Understanding Data Leaks

• ​Real breach case studies

• ​Cloud vulnerabilities

• ​Dark web marketplaces

• ​Financial impact by industry

​Afternoon: AI-Powered Detection

• ​Secret scanning automation

• ​Leak monitoring scripts

• ​Breach response playbooks

• ​HaveIBeenPwned API automation

​Evening: Qigong Session

​Day 3 — Automation with n8n + Voice Agents

​Instructor: Kheir Lazaref

​Morning: Build a RAG System

• ​n8n fundamentals

• ​LLM integrations

• ​Tool calling

• ​Voice interface (VAPI)

• ​Train a chatbot on your documentation

​You will build a working RAG system in ~3 hours.

​Afternoon: Multi-Agent Workflows

• ​ElevenLabs voice integration

• ​Google Calendar + Gmail automations

• ​Content generation sub-workflows

• ​Twilio integrations

• ​Production-ready orchestration

​Evening: Vipassana Meditation

​Day 4 — AI & Cybersecurity II (Penetration Testing)

​Instructor: Bogdan Red

​Morning: Pentest Framework

• ​8-step methodology

• ​OSINT

• ​nmap

• ​Burp Suite

• ​Social engineering

​Afternoon: Hands-On Exploitation

• ​Metasploit

• ​Privilege escalation

• ​AI-enhanced vulnerability validation

• ​Full pentest lab simulation

​Evening: Movie Night

​Day 5 — Build Your Digital Employee

​Instructor: Max Sapo (@Delamax)

​You’ll create a real-time (<500ms latency) AI agent that can:

• ​Speak

• ​See

• ​Respond live

• ​Connect to tools

• ​Represent your brand

​Morning: Architecture

• ​Brain (LLM)

• ​Voice

• ​Avatar

• ​Memory

• ​Orchestration

​Use cases:

• ​24/7 Sales Rep

• ​Investor Screener

• ​AI Coach

​

​Afternoon: Deployment & Governance

• ​Production tech stack

• ​Tool connections (CRM, calendar, workflows)

• ​Permission scoping

• ​Logging & monitoring

• ​Guardrails

​Each participant:

• ​Deploys their agent

• ​Runs live conversations

• ​Tests edge cases

• ​Receives structured feedback

​You leave with a working Digital Employee.

​Evening: Fire Pit Talks & Closing Ceremony

​What’s Included

• ​40 hours of instruction

• ​Full workshop materials

• ​Lab environments

• ​Tool access

• ​CryEye demo access

• ​Templates & code examples

• ​60-day post-workshop support

• ​Certificate of completion

• ​Lifetime private community access

• ​All session recordings

​Testimonials

​See feedback from previous cohorts:

​https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1qhQUEb2982fm11NXznxJ1RPLM1wN-tqv?usp=sharing

​Scholarships

​2 full scholarships per cohort.

​Apply: hello@aistartacademy.com

​Location

​Mission District, San Francisco

​5-minute walk from BART (16th St Station)

​Street parking available

​Cozy learning space, garden access, unlimited tea & snacks.

​Refund Policy

​Full refund. Any reason.