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AI Courses for Professionals · San Francisco + Zoom

AI Courses for Professionals — build skills that show up in your work this week.

Live, hands-on AI training for people who need results at work — not another self-paced course you'll abandon in week two. Leave with a prompt library built for your role, one real workflow automated end-to-end, and a personal AI setup tuned to how you actually work.

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Taught by SF operators · Mentors at 500 Global & Draper University · Scholarships available

AI START academy in 2 minutes — who we are and whether it fits you.

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Free live Q&A

Not sure if it's right for your role? Join a free Q&A — bring your questions about schedule, team rates, and what you'll build.

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Built for people who need AI at work — not in theory.

Managers, ops leads, marketers, and individual contributors who want to use AI on the job now: faster research, better writing, automated busywork, and workflows your team can actually keep running.

Managers & team leads

Cut reporting and status-update time, and give your team a shared, repeatable AI workflow instead of everyone improvising alone.

Marketing & ops

Speed up research, content drafts, and recurring campaign or reporting tasks with prompts and automations built for your actual role.

Individual contributors

Build a personal AI setup — prompt library, tuned assistant, and one automated task — that makes your week measurably lighter.

What you'll walk out with — real, usable workflows.

  • A prompt library built for your specific role, not generic examples
  • A documented workflow for your 3 most repetitive tasks
  • A personal AI setup (Claude/ChatGPT) tuned to how you actually work
  • Practice research, writing, and analysis workflows you can reuse immediately

Beyond prompting — automate the recurring stuff.

An intro to no-code/low-code automation (n8n) so recurring tasks — reporting, follow-ups, data entry — run themselves instead of eating your afternoon.

  • 1

    Map your repetitive task

    Pick one task you do every week and break it into steps an automation can run.

  • 2

    Build the workflow in n8n

    Wire up the trigger, the AI step, and the output — no coding required.

  • 3

    Ship it and hand it off

    Leave with a working automation your team can run without you in the room.

Bringing more than yourself?

We run team & cohort sessions.

Bring your whole team so everyone levels up on the same stack at once — same curriculum, shared workflows, and one prompt library everyone actually uses. Ask about group rates →

  • Private cohort or corporate format available
  • Shared workflows your whole team can run
  • Same instructors, same hands-on labs

Pick what fits your schedule. Same curriculum.

10-Day Intensive

Zoom & in-person seats

For professionals who can carve out two focused 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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Payment plans available for everyone, plus two full scholarships per cohort. Ask about scholarships →

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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

Visit us

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 courses for professionals — FAQ

Short answers about the San Francisco + Zoom format, team training, and what you'll build.

  • No. This is built for non-technical professionals — managers, ops, marketing, and individual contributors who want practical AI skills without a coding background.
  • Both. It's hybrid — join in person at our San Francisco space in the Mission District, or live on Zoom.
  • It's live and project-based, tied to real work outputs — a prompt library, an automated workflow, a personal AI setup — not a stack of videos to watch and forget.
  • Yes. We run cohort and team sessions so your whole team levels up on the same stack at once — email hello@aistartacademy.com for group rates.
  • You leave with a prompt library built for your role, one real workflow automated end-to-end, and a personal AI setup tuned to how you actually work.
  • Register through hub.aistartacademy.com/cohorts. Current dates, pricing, payment plans, and scholarship details are listed there.

Ready to make AI part of your job, not a side project?

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