We Help You Stay Relevant
in the Age of AI.
A program of All Things AI, with The AIE Network and All Things Open. One hands-on day where business, government, and education leaders leave with a working AI agent connected to their real work tools.
Most AI events hand you slides. We hand you something that runs Monday morning — then back it with a year of guidance, free events, and a weekday newsletter from the same instructor who taught you.
What makes this day different from every other AI event.
You leave with a working agent — not a slide deck
Most AI events hand you ideas. This one hands you something that runs in your job. By the time you walk out, you have an agent automating a real workflow for you.
Three stacks, one day
Build the same workflow with Claude Cowork, ChatGPT Agents, and Manus. Pick the stack that fits your environment instead of the one that fits a vendor's slide.
Designed for non-developers
Business pros, government leaders, educators. If you can write a clear how-to email, you can build an agent. No coding background required.
Wired into the tools you already use
We connect your agent to Google Workspace or Microsoft 365 during the workshop. Monday morning, the agent runs against the inbox, calendar, drive, and CRM you already pay for.
Govern what you actually understand
Knowing how agents work is the only way to govern them. Public-sector and regulated-industry attendees leave with the vocabulary and patterns to write the right policy and audit the right controls.
Plug into three communities, not just one day
Every attendee gets full access to the All Things Open, All Things AI, and AIE Network communities — free live meetups, virtual events, and a year of continuous learning beyond Build An Agent Day.
We help you stay relevant in the age of AI.
Reserve a seat or tell us the city you want next — and get invites to our virtual and live AI upskilling events along the way.
Training in your city,
not a trip on your budget.
We're passionate about keeping this affordable. The average US business trip runs $1,771 once you add flights, hotel, and meals3 — money that buys zero new skills. So instead of asking the Southeast to fly to one big event, we bring the same workshop to cities across the region. You drive over, learn all day, and sleep in your own bed. Every dollar you'd burn on travel stays pointed at the thing that matters: gaining the skills you need.
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Flights
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Hotel nights
The only travel
Your commute
The 2026–2027 tour: Atlanta, Charlotte, and Raleigh — with more Southeast cities on the way. See the cities →
Compare us to anything
else that teaches this.
We priced Build An Agent Day so an individual can expense it without a meeting and a team can send five people for less than one seat at most corporate workshops. Here's the honest math.
Build An Agent Day
$297–$397
Eight hands-on hours, all three AI stacks, meals, materials, a working agent, and a year of community access. In your city — no travel required. Plus applicable taxes and fees.
AI bootcamp pathway
$5,900–$11,8002
Weeks of evenings or a career pause, priced like a semester of college.
Just the travel to an out-of-town event
~$1,7713
The average US business trip — flights, hotel, and meals — before you've bought a single ticket.
Sources
- Pertama Partners, "AI Training Cost Per Employee" (2026) — in-person workshops run $1,000–$3,000 per person per day, excluding travel.
- General Assembly AI pathway tuition (2026) — $2,950 per course; four-course pathways run $5,900 with the bundle discount, up to $11,800 without it.
- Booking.com for Business traveler survey — average US business trip costs $1,771 including accommodation, transportation, and meals.
We don't just show up
and disappear.
Most training events hand you a slide deck and send you home. Build An Agent Day is the start of something, not the end of it. The same instructor who teaches the workshop publishes five days a week and runs free events all year long. You walk out of the room and into a community that keeps you sharp.
FREE EVENTS ALL YEAR
Live meetups, lunch-and-learns, and the annual conference
All Things AI runs free live events throughout the year — monthly meetups in the Research Triangle, Tuesday lunch-and-learns, virtual workshops, and the annual All Things AI conference that drew 2,500+ attendees from 39 states in 2026. You don't have to wait for the next Build An Agent Day to keep building.
SOUTHEAST'S LARGEST OPEN SOURCE COMMUNITY
Todd Lewis and the All Things Open community
All Things Open has been running technology events in the Carolinas for more than a decade — POSCON, Open Source 101, and the annual All Things Open conference. Co-founder Todd Lewis opens every Build An Agent Day. Your ticket connects you to this community year-round.
5 DAYS A WEEK · 250,000+ READERS
AI lessons, tips, and strategy — in your inbox
Mark publishes five days a week at The AIE Network — AI news on Monday and Thursday, a hands-on AI lesson on Tuesday, executive strategy on Wednesday, and a deep-dive analysis on Friday. The same practical, no-hype voice you get in the workshop, every week, for free.
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Todd Lewis
Co-founder · All Things Open
Todd has been running technology events in the Carolinas for more than a decade — POSCON, Open Source 101, and All Things Open's annual conference in Raleigh — focused squarely on upskilling and technical fluency to drive economic impact in the region.
Mark Hinkle
Co-founder · All Things AI · Founder, The AIE Network
Mark has spent 30 years on the leading edge of emerging tech — cloud.com, the Linux Foundation, the Node.js Foundation, and a run of open source and infrastructure startups. Today he runs The AIE Network, where a quarter-million business professionals learn how to succeed with AI.
Ready to build your own AI agent?
Pick the city closest to you. Residents of the host region get priority access — drop your email and we'll send the registration link the moment seats open in your city.