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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.

  • Reclaim 10–20 hours a week — agents run the busywork on autopilot
  • Deploy AI inside your own company — or launch an agency in 7 days, no coding
  • Leave with working systems and an ROI-based offer you can use or sell
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Taught by SF operators · Mentors at 500 Global & Draper University

Walk out building, not just aware.

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 7-day curriculum, day by day

60+ hours, fully hands-on. Every day ends with something deployed — and every session is recorded, so you never fall behind.

  • 1

    AI command center + Claude Code

    How LLMs actually work (and where they fail), prompting frameworks, then build and deploy a real website by end of day.

  • 2

    Your private AI agent

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

  • 3

    AI & cybersecurity

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

  • 4

    Chatbots & voice agents

    A VAPI voice agent on a real Twilio number, a cloned voice with ElevenLabs, and n8n + RAG orchestration.

  • 5

    The content machine

    HeyGen, Descript, DALL·E and the media stack — turn one piece of content into ten and deploy a virtual assistant.

  • 6

    Launch your agency

    Business audits, ROI-based offers, and GoHighLevel onboarding — build your first client offer.

  • 7

    Tech fundamentals & CRM

    Databases, coding principles, cloud computing, and a CRM set up and ready for sales.

Everything's included. No surprise add-ons.

  • 60+ hours of theory + hands-on practice
  • 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 all week
  • A private garden for deep conversations
  • Access to the AISA SF AAA Accelerator

Pick your format. Same curriculum.

7-Day Intensive

from $300

For founders, students & full-time learners who can commit a week.

  • 9:00am–5:30pm PT daily
  • In-person San Francisco + Zoom
  • Two full scholarships per cohort
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3-Week Evening Edition

from $350

For working professionals who can't take a week off.

  • Evenings, ~6–9pm PT
  • 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

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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FAQ

  • Getting started
  • Founders, business operators, students and professionals who want to build with AI and turn it into leverage — or launch an AI automation agency. No heavy theory; you build from day one.
  • No. We meet you where you are and go hands-on with tools you can use right away. Both the 7-Day Intensive and 3-Week Evening Edition cover the same curriculum at a pace you can follow.
  • Both. It's hybrid — join in person at our San Francisco space (Mission District) or live on Zoom. Pick whatever fits on Luma.
  • Head to luma.com/aistartacademy, pick the cohort and format that fit, and grab your seat. Two full scholarships are available per cohort — email hello@aistartacademy.com.
  • Current prices and tiers (Zoom, early-bird, and in-person) are on Luma. Payment plans are available for everyone, and there are two full scholarships per cohort — just email us your story.
  • Then you get a full refund, no questions asked. We'd rather you build with conviction than sit on the fence.
  • Every session is recorded and you keep access — including all future recordings — plus 30 days of post-workshop support and Q&A, so you never fall behind.
  • A laptop with at least 8GB of RAM and a drive to build. No coding required — beginners are welcome. Tools, platforms, and pre-configured lab environments are all provided.
  • Schedule & what you get
  • It runs as a 7-Day Intensive (9am–5pm daily — 60+ hours) or a 3-Week Evening Edition for working professionals. Same curriculum, different pace, and every session is recorded.
  • Yes — you receive a Certificate of Completion you can share on LinkedIn and add to your portfolio, along with lifetime access to our private community and 30 days of post-workshop support.
  • Claude Code, OpenClaw, n8n, VAPI, Twilio, ElevenLabs, RAG workflows, HeyGen, Descript and DALL·E, plus GoHighLevel for CRM and client onboarding — all hands-on with pre-configured labs.
  • Yes. By the end you've built deployable AI agents and automations and packaged them into an ROI-based agency offer with a CRM ready for sales — so you leave with the systems and the playbook to land your first client.
  • At AI Start Academy, 1769 15th Street, San Francisco, CA 94103 — in the Mission District, a 5-minute walk from the 16th St BART station. You can also join live on Zoom.
  • Finding the right AI bootcamp
  • We're biased — but our AI Automation Agency Bootcamp is built to be the most hands-on option in the city: you build and deploy real AI agents in person (or on Zoom) and leave with an agency offer, not just notes.
  • At AI Start Academy in San Francisco's Mission District (5 min from 16th St BART). It's fully hands-on — you build automations with n8n, VAPI, Twilio and more — with a live Zoom option too.
  • Yes — it's the core of ours. A full day covers launching your AI automation agency: business audits, ROI-based offers, GoHighLevel onboarding, and your first client offer.
  • Hands-on, with a working agent by end of day one. You deploy a secure personal AI agent, a chatbot trained on your docs, and a voice agent on a real phone number — using pre-configured labs.
  • Yes — AI Start Academy runs hands-on AI bootcamps in San Francisco, in person plus Zoom. Every session ends with something deployed, and you keep all the recordings.
  • Is it right for me?
  • Yes — no coding required. The bootcamp is built for beginners and non-technical founders, using tools and pre-configured labs to build real systems with support throughout.
  • Ours is. Beginners are welcome — bring a laptop (8GB+ RAM) and a drive to build. We go hands-on from day one, with 30 days of post-workshop support.
  • If they're hands-on, yes. You leave ours with real assets — agents, automations, a content system, and an agency offer — plus a certificate and community. Not for you? Full refund, no questions asked.
  • Fast — in the 7-day intensive you build working automations for outreach, sales, onboarding and back-office, and leave with them running, not just planned.
  • Curriculum & comparisons
  • An online course is watch-and-hope; our bootcamp is build-and-deploy. You work hands-on with instructors and pre-configured labs, and leave with real, working systems instead of unwatched videos.
  • Ours. Day one covers Claude Code (you build and deploy a real website), and you orchestrate automations with n8n throughout — plus VAPI, Twilio, ElevenLabs, RAG and GoHighLevel.
  • Yes — a full day. With a Fortune 500 red-teamer you cover real breaches and attacker tactics, with live brute-force, SQL-injection and XSS demos in a safe sandbox.
  • Ours. Day four is voice and automation: a VAPI voice agent on a real Twilio number, a cloned voice with ElevenLabs, and n8n + RAG orchestration.
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