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November
Thursday
10:00–17:00 2026 · Chicago time
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The AI Lab November AI-Builders Intensive is a one-day, in-person working session in Chicago for the executives who decide how AI gets deployed and the operators who build it. This day includes two tracks:
For executives: work through strategy, culture, budget, and risk with a small group of peer executives.
For builders: build a working AI prototype for a real problem in your business
Everyone starts and ends the day in the same room.The day is organized around one idea: AI delivers value when the right people inside an organization are developing and deploying it intentionally. We spend real time on how to identify, develop, and strategically deploy AI champions, and on what executives need to do to back them.What the day includes:
A collaborative kickoff with the members in the room, including a short member panel on what they're doing to get real value of out AI today
Market research updates: the signals we’re tracking, what's actually working and not from our members, and what leading organizations are doing
A focus on developing AI champions and enabling them to move the business
A guided build workshop -- everyone develops something real and gets 1:1 AI coaching support
A guest spotlight with Nate Nichols, an early researcher and builder of LLMs and an active VP of Product Management, GenAI, on unlocking value with “opportunity AI”
A Chicago Athletic Association games and dinner experience to build relationships outside the workshop
Schedule:
[9:00 am] Doors open, welcome, and 1:1 coaching with AI Lab coaches (preregistration required)
[10:00 - 11:25 am] Together: Official Kickoff- Collaborative kickoff and member panel
Market research updates and the state of AI
AI champions: how to develop them and deploy them strategically
AI brains, how context management is the unlock to better AI
[11:25 am - 12:30 pm] By track- Builders: advanced coaching session: 301 and 401 level skills, automating routines, coding agents developing custom software, and solving end to end business workflows
Executives: roundtable on strategy, culture, key risks, and governance approaches
[12:30 - 2 pm] Together: Lunch (provided) and expert interview, plus more 1:1 coaching slots
[2 - 4:10 pm] By track- Builders: group build workshop. A short concept walkthrough, then small groups build a working solution to a real business problem. Companies work in separate groups, and coaches circulate.
Executives: risk and insurance roundtable. Can insurance become a safety guardrail for AI, and who pays when something goes wrong?
[4:10 - 5:00 pm] Together: Closing forum. Experts and participants share takeaways and questions in an open discussion.
[5:00 - 7:00 pm] Chicago Athletic Association games, drinks, dinner
This is not another AI conference or passive webinar series. The November Intensive is for leaders and builders who are already deploying AI inside their organizations and want the structure, network, and accountability to do it well.
Recommended hotels:
Chicago Athletic Association — at the venue — Book here
Hyatt Centric The Loop Chicago — 0.3 mi from venue — Book here
Club Quarters Hotel, Central Loop — 0.3 mi from venue — Book here
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