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5-Day Practical, Hands-On AI (N8n, Voice agents, Cybersecurity!, Digital Avatars, Personal AI Assistants) Workshop (In-Person & Online)

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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 — 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 4 — 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 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: [email protected]


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.

Location
Ai Start Academy ©
1769 15th St, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA
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