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AI Automation Agency Bootcamp · San Francisco + Zoom

Build and deploy real AI agents — to run your business, or sell as an agency.

A hands-on bootcamp for founders, operators, and professionals. In one focused stretch you'll build working automations and deploy production-grade AI agents — then put them to work inside your own business, or package the skills into an AI automation agency you can run.

  • Leave with a voice agent live on a real phone number
  • Build a chatbot trained on your own documents and a website you made yourself — no coding
  • Finish with a priced agency offer and deployed builds you can show a client or an employer
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Taught by SF operators · Mentors at 500 Global & Draper University

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Real automations

Wire up workflows that run your ops — outreach, sales copy, discovery calls, onboarding, back-office. No Zapier hacks; automation that holds up.

Production-grade agents

Deploy a secure personal AI agent and voice agents with proper access controls — the kind you can put in front of real customers.

An agency you can sell

Turn the skills into a service: a clear offer, a delivery playbook, and a plan to land your first clients.

You leave with real, working assets — not just notes.

By the last day you've built and deployed every one of these. They're yours to keep, run, and sell from.

  • A secure AI agent installed on your own laptop
  • A real website you vibe-coded from scratch — no developer hired
  • A smart chatbot trained on your own documents
  • A voice agent live on a real phone number
  • A real-time virtual employee deployed on a website
  • A digital avatar that produces content for you
  • Your first automated content system
  • A complete AI automation agency offer
  • A CRM set up and ready for sales

The full curriculum, session by session

Fully hands-on: 10 sessions in the 10-Day Intensive, the same topics across 12 sessions in the 3-Week Evening Edition. Every session is recorded, so you never fall behind.

  • 1

    Business audit & AI agentic systems

    Audit a business for where AI agents fit, and see how agentic systems are put together.

  • 2

    AI fundamentals

    How LLMs actually work (and where they fail): prompting, tokens, context, embeddings, RAG, agents and MCP.

  • 3

    Claude Code: build & deploy

    Build a real website from scratch with Claude Code and deploy it.

  • 4

    Agent patterns & MCP

    The patterns behind agents that hold up, and how MCP connects them to tools.

  • 5

    Workflow automation & RAG (n8n)

    No-code automation for business workflows in n8n, plus a chatbot trained on your own documents.

  • 6

    Voice agents

    A VAPI voice agent on a real Twilio number, with a cloned voice from ElevenLabs.

  • 7

    Cybersecurity for AI builders

    Real breaches and attacker tactics; live brute-force, SQL-injection and XSS demos in a safe sandbox.

  • 8

    OpenClaw self-hosting

    Install and lock down a private AI agent on your machine — sandbox isolation, gateway lockdown, and a Telegram bot for private access.

  • 9

    Digital avatars & content automation

    HeyGen, Descript and the media stack — a digital avatar and an automated content system for short-form video and posts.

  • 10

    Agency launch + Demo Day

    Your niche, an ROI-based offer, first-client outreach and a CRM in GoHighLevel — then present what you built.

Everything's included. No surprise add-ons.

  • Live, hands-on sessions — 10 in the Intensive, 12 in the Evening Edition
  • All tools, platforms & pre-configured lab environments
  • Full session recordings — plus access to all future recordings
  • Template libraries: n8n workflows & Claude Code examples
  • Access to CryEye & Insomnia enterprise security platforms
  • 30 days of post-workshop support & Q&A
  • Lifetime access to a private community
  • Certificate of completion — shareable on LinkedIn
  • Coffee, tea & healthy snacks at in-person sessions
  • A private garden for deep conversations
  • Access to the AISA SF AAA Accelerator

Pick your format. Same curriculum.

10-Day Intensive

Zoom & in-person seats

For founders, students & full-time learners who can go all-in for two weeks.

  • Mon–Fri, 10am–5pm PT · 2 weeks, 10 sessions
  • In-person San Francisco + Zoom
  • Two full scholarships per cohort
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3-Week Evening Edition

Zoom & in-person seats

For working professionals — learn without quitting your job.

  • Evenings, Mon–Thu, 6pm–9pm PT · 3 weeks, 12 sessions
  • In-person San Francisco + Zoom
  • Same hands-on curriculum
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Venue: 1769 15th Street, San Francisco (Mission · 5 min from BART 16th St). Need help with cost? Ask about scholarships →

Zero-risk

Come build with us — fully guaranteed.

If it's not for you, get a full refund, no questions asked. Payment plans are available for everyone, and we offer two full scholarships per cohort — email us your story.

  • Full refund, no questions asked
  • Payment plans for everyone
  • No coding required — beginners welcome
  • Just bring a laptop (8GB+ RAM) and a drive to build

Learn from operators, not lecturers.

Lex Mustafin

Founder & CEO, AI START academy

Serial founder and AI integrator. Foundations, Claude Code, portfolio deploy, and the agency launch.

Bogdan Red

CTO, CQR Cybersecurity

~20 years offensive security; Cyberpolice & Fortune 500 red team. Hardening & cybersecurity.

Kheir Lazaref

AI Automation Engineer

Builds the automation stack — n8n, VAPI, ElevenLabs and Twilio — for real client work.

Max Sapo

Founder, Happyverse

Runs the media & content stack — so your agency looks the part from day one.

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Located in the heart of San Francisco — we believe in in-person learning.

Empowering business owners, founders, and tech & non-tech workers to embrace the change that's rapidly coming — while staying grounded. This hub is built for collaboration, networking, and deep work.

Community events

  • Weekly Vipassana group meditations
  • Monthly AI Automation Agency founder meetups
  • BBQs, future-of-humanity & philosophical discussions
  • Technology demos, expert panels, round tables

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1769 15th Street, San Francisco, CA 94103

Public transit: BART 16th St

Parking: closest is ELIF Parking (2-min walk); street parking also available on 15th St

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AI Start Academy FAQ

Short answers about the San Francisco bootcamp, what students build, and who it is best for.

  • AI Start Academy
  • AI Start Academy teaches practical AI implementation: agents, automations, voice workflows, AI-assisted websites, content systems, and client-ready agency offers. The focus is hands-on building, not abstract AI theory.
  • It is built for founders, operators, students, and professionals who want to use AI to create leverage in a business or launch an AI automation agency. It is especially useful if you want to leave with working systems, not just notes.
  • No. Beginners and non-technical founders are welcome. The bootcamp uses guided labs, modern AI tools, and pre-configured environments so you can build real workflows without starting from a programming background.
  • Yes. We host free Q&A sessions where you can ask about the curriculum, formats, SF/Zoom attendance, scholarships, and whether the bootcamp is a fit.
  • What you build
  • You build deployable AI agents, business automations, a chatbot trained on your own documents, voice-agent workflows, an AI-assisted website, a content system, and an AI automation agency offer you can take to clients.
  • The curriculum includes Claude Code, OpenClaw, n8n, VAPI, Twilio, ElevenLabs, RAG workflows, HeyGen, Descript, DALL-E, and GoHighLevel for CRM and client onboarding.
  • Students leave with working assets: automations, agents, a portfolio-ready website, an agency delivery playbook, a CRM setup, recordings, a certificate of completion, community access, and 30 days of post-workshop support.
  • San Francisco & format
  • AI Start Academy is at 1769 15th Street, San Francisco, CA 94103, in the Mission District. The space is about a 5-minute walk from the 16th St BART station.
  • Yes, if you want hands-on AI automation training, local community, and business-ready systems you can apply immediately. It is not positioned as a general AI theory course or academic machine-learning program.
  • Yes. The bootcamp is hybrid: you can join in person in San Francisco or live on Zoom. Sessions are recorded, so you keep access if you miss a day or want to revisit a build.
  • Schedule & enrollment
  • There is a 10-Day Intensive and a 3-Week Evening Edition for working professionals. Both cover the same curriculum, with different pacing and cohort schedules.
  • Register through hub.aistartacademy.com/cohorts. Current dates, pricing, payment plans, online and in-person options, and available scholarship details are listed there.

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