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Ship Like a Baddie: Build an AI Product or Automate a Workflow in 5 Hours

Hosted by AI Founder Playbook by Byte&Chord, Inc

When
11:00 AM โ€“ 4:00 PM
Where
Other
Format
Breakfast, Brunch or Lunch, Hackathon and Roundtable / Workshop
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๐—™๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€. ๐—™๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€. ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น.

AI has made it ridiculously easy to make something that looks like a product or automate a few steps of your work.

We're going further.

๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐—•๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฒ is a hands-on AI build day where you'll take one real problem from idea โ†’ strategy โ†’ prototype โ†’ working product or automated workflow โ†’ live, measurable result. Bring a product idea you want to launch, a workflow youโ€™re tired of doing manually, or a half-built AI thing you want to finally ship.

๐—ช๐—›๐—”๐—ง ๐—ฌ๐—ข๐—จ ๐—–๐—”๐—ก ๐—•๐—จ๐—œ๐—Ÿ๐——

Choose your track:

๐Ÿš€ ๐—•๐—จ๐—œ๐—Ÿ๐—— ๐—”๐—ก ๐—”๐—œ ๐—ฃ๐—ฅ๐—ข๐——๐—จ๐—–๐—ง Turn an idea into a scoped, designed, working MVP that real people can use.

โšก ๐—”๐—จ๐—ง๐—ข๐— ๐—”๐—ง๐—˜ ๐—” ๐—ช๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ž๐—™๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—ช Take a repetitive, manual or painful workflow and redesign it using AI + automation so the work actually gets done with less human effort.

You don't need to know exactly what you're building before you arrive. Bring an idea or painful workflow, or choose an example when you get there.

๐—›๐—ข๐—ช ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐Ÿฑ ๐—›๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฅ๐—ฆ ๐—ช๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ž

You'll move through ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€.

๐—š๐—”๐—ง๐—˜ ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿญ โ€” ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ง๐—˜๐—š๐—ฌ Define the user, problem or workflow, the painful step, what you're building, and what success actually looks like.

๐—š๐—”๐—ง๐—˜ ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ โ€” ๐—ฃ๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—ง๐—ข๐—ง๐—ฌ๐—ฃ๐—˜ + ๐——๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—œ๐—š๐—ก Map how the experience or workflow should work before burning time building the wrong thing.

๐—š๐—”๐—ง๐—˜ ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฏ โ€” ๐—•๐—จ๐—œ๐—Ÿ๐—— Use AI-native tools to build the product or automate the workflow, connect the pieces, test it, and get it working end-to-end.

๐—š๐—”๐—ง๐—˜ ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฐ โ€” ๐—ฆ๐—›๐—œ๐—ฃ + ๐— ๐—˜๐—”๐—ฆ๐—จ๐—ฅ๐—˜ Get it live. Instrument what matters. Define how you'll know whether it worked and what happens next.

๐—ฌ๐—ข๐—จ'๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ ๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—”๐—ฉ๐—˜ ๐—ช๐—œ๐—ง๐—›

Depending on your track: โ†’ A pressure-tested product or workflow strategy โ†’ A mapped experience and implementation plan โ†’ A working AI product ๐—ผ๐—ฟ automated workflow โ†’ Something deployed, connected, or running end-to-end โ†’ A defined success metric โ†’ A plan for testing it with real users or inside your actual workflow โ†’ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด

๐—ก๐—ผ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ. Already technical? Great. Come see how much faster you can move with an AI-native product and automation stack.

๐—™๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€. ๐—™๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€. ๐—ข๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ. ๐Ÿ’… ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐˜'๐˜€ ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐—•๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฒ.

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