Atlanta, GA
Wed · Jul 22Atlanta Tech Village · Buckhead
The Southeast's largest tech hub — the startup home of Calendly and Salesloft. A hands-on AI agent workshop for Atlanta's business pros, government leaders, and educators.
The hands-on AI agent workshop · A program of All Things AI
One day.
One agent.
Built by you, for your job.
A hands-on one-day workshop for business, government & education leaders. Walk in with a workflow you hate — walk out with an agent that runs it. No code.
Photo: a workshop attendee focused on their laptop, building an AI agent, with a row of peers working alongside them.
Pick your city
Two dates. One working agent.
Early bird from $297, all-inclusive — first 100 tickets per city. Standard $397.
Charlotte, NC
Tue · Jul 28Dubois Center at UNC Charlotte Center City
Uptown, in the same room where AI//FORWARD trained Charlotte's executives last October. This time it's hands-on — you bring a laptop and build a working agent for your own job.
Most employers reimburse Build An Agent Day under professional-development budgets. We provide an expense-ready receipt on request.
What you build & walk out with
A working agent — not a slide deck.
By 6 PM you have something running against your Google Workspace or Microsoft 365 account. You codify a workflow you own as an AI agent and walk out with a working automation built on Claude Cowork (Anthropic), ChatGPT Agents (OpenAI), or Manus.
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Pick a workflow
Reports, intake, scheduling, drafting, research — bring the one you hate.
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Codify it as a skill
Capture your expertise as instructions an AI agent can follow.
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Wire it into your stack
Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, your CRM, your inbox.
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Ship it the same day
Demo it before you leave. Take the pattern home and build again.
8
hours, hands-on
3
agent stacks
1
working agent you keep
Who it's for
Built for non-developers with real work to automate.
No coding background required. You'll use Claude Cowork, ChatGPT Agents, and Manus at a level that never asks you to write production code.
Business professionals
An agent that drafts your weekly report, triages your inbox, or runs the research outreach you never get to.
Government leaders
An agent that triages constituent intake, summarizes public-comment dockets, or pre-screens RFPs — with an audit trail you can defend.
Educators
An agent that drafts rubrics, gives first-pass feedback on student work, or builds study plans from a syllabus.
What attendees say
4.7
/ 5
224 reviews
Rated by attendees of Mark Hinkle's AI workshops, bootcamps, and events across The AIE Network — the same instructor and curriculum behind Build An Agent Day.
What people are saying
Don't take it from us.
Real attendees, real quotes — from the people who came in curious and left with something that runs Monday morning.
Who's in the room
Training business professionals at these leading organizations.
Organizations represented at our past AI workshops & the All Things AI conference.
The day
From the moment you arrive to the agent you ship.
One day, one room, one working agent. Todd Lewis (All Things Open) opens the day; Mark Hinkle teaches the full build — registration and coffee at 8, a working agent demoed before you leave.
Who's behind it
The operators who built the Southeast's AI & open-source communities.
Taught by Mark Hinkle, founder of The AIE Network and co-founder of All Things AI — 30+ years in emerging tech (cloud.com, the Linux Foundation, the Node.js Foundation). Co-founder Todd Lewis opens every Build An Agent Day.
Running technology events across the Carolinas for more than a decade — numerous meetups year-round and the annual All Things Open conference, one of the largest open-source events in the country. Co-founder Todd Lewis opens every Build An Agent Day.
allthingsopen.org →
Free live events all 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.
allthingsai.org →
Mark publishes five days a week — the same practical, no-hype voice you get in the workshop, every week, for free. Mark Hinkle · 250,000+ readers.
theaie.net →FAQ
Everything you'd ask before buying a ticket.
Do I need to be a developer?
No. The day is designed for non-developers — business pros, government staff, K-12 and higher-ed faculty. You'll use Claude Cowork, ChatGPT Agents, and Manus at a level that never asks you to write production code. If you can write a clear how-to email, you can build an agent.
What does it cost, and can my employer reimburse it?
Early bird $297 · standard $397 · all-inclusive (eight hours of instruction, all three agent stacks, meals, materials, and the working agent you take with you). Most employers reimburse it under professional-development or continuing-education budgets — we provide an expense-ready receipt on request.
What should I bring, and what will I leave with?
Bring the laptop you actually use at work, signed in to your Google Workspace or Microsoft 365 account, and one workflow you wish you didn't have to do anymore. You'll leave with a working agent wired to your real tools, a reusable skill that captures your expertise, the agent design patterns to build more, and a year of community access.
Which AI tools does it cover?
Three agent stacks: Claude Cowork (Anthropic) for knowledge workers automating their own jobs, ChatGPT Agents (OpenAI) for enterprise IT and sales operations, and Manus for research-heavy, long-running tasks. You build the same workflow on all three and pick the one that fits your environment.
How is this different from an online AI course?
Online courses give you concepts. Build An Agent Day gives you a working agent connected to your real work tools, built in a room with peers and an instructor walking every table. You don't go home with a reading list — you go home with something that runs.
Something missing? Email info@allthingsai.org.
Your seat is waiting
One day of building beats a year of reading about it.
Pick your city and reserve your seat. Early bird from $297, all-inclusive — first 100 tickets per city.