The first AI Upgrade cohort gathered in Singapore, August 2026
The first cohort · August 2026Next · 21–22 September 2026

AI Upgrade 2 · 21–22 September 2026

Two days in the room.A system you take home.

Twenty seats. Monday 21 and Tuesday 22 September in Singapore. Your own files on the board, not a sample dataset. The first cohort ran in August. This is the next one.

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Prefer a shorter session? The half-day Kickstart is S$150.

Singapore · 17–18 August 2026

Twenty people. Two days. Their own files.

A woman from the first AI Upgrade cohort presenting her build to the group in SingaporePairs mapping a repeated work task during the first AI Upgrade workshopProject files and skills on the board during the first AI Upgrade cohortWalking the first AI Upgrade cohort through an agent setup in ClaudeA participant walking the first AI Upgrade cohort through a controlled workflowA participant presenting an agent they built during the first AI Upgrade workshopTwo members of the first AI Upgrade cohort talking between sessionsFour members of the first AI Upgrade cohort between sessions

01 / 08 · Day 2

Bring your own problem

Two hours to design a flow, add the files, run it, and improve the skill. Then stand up and walk the group through it.

AI Upgrade 2

21–22 September 2026

Singapore

In person, hands-on

Small cohort

Capped at 20 seats

S$

S$998 / person

Early-bird price — ends 6 September

After they went back to work

If I can do this, what else can I do?

Joyce C., founder of Guilt Free Food, after the August cohort. Derrick L., Wayne C., Harry S., and Zhan Kun F. wrote the others.

Joyce C.

Founder, Guilt Free Food

LinkedIn

I am 50, completely non-technical, permanently short of time, and trying to scale Guilt Free Food without throwing money at every problem. So you can imagine my reaction when I built my first AI agent from scratch and it actually worked.

I have always thought that scaling means I need to teach more people what I know. Now I am starting to think about how we can make that knowledge available to the business whenever it needs it. I came in knowing almost nothing about building agents. Now I have one working at GFF every day.

Derrick L.

Field CTO, Data and AI · NTT Data

LinkedIn

The workshop never became technology for technology's sake. The demos and hands-on exercises remained grounded in practical business applications — especially how SMEs can use AI agents to automate repeatable workflows while keeping humans in control of important decisions. Certainly one of the more practical AI workshops I have attended.

Wayne C.

Construction delivery · company of one

LinkedIn

Far more practical than I expected. I work in construction delivery, with no shortage of information: drawings, specifications, programmes, tenders. I came away feeling that, as a company of one, I now have additional team members — able to help me think, organise, research, draft and challenge ideas.

It was one of the best deep dives I have had into a topic that gets a lot of buzz. Max taught me not to be scared of AI: understand it, experiment with it, and then let your imagination go wild. Would I recommend it? 100%.

Zhan Kun F.

Operations Manager, Siang May

LinkedIn

Do not start with AI. Start with the business problem. The best AI project is not the one with the most advanced model. It is the one that solves a real business problem.

What you leave with

Six things you build during the two days

On your own work, before you leave.

AI and agents — mental model Shipped
LLMs, tokens, and context
Tools, decisions, and actions
Human approval checkpoints
Limits and failure modes
01

A clear mental model of AI

Understand LLMs, agents, their limits, and where humans stay in control.

Agent Design Canvas Shipped
Role, goal, and approved sources
Process, rules, and output
Approvals, risks, and metrics
02

A completed Agent Design Canvas

Your role, goal, sources, process, rules, output, risks, and metrics.

Guided sales follow-up agent
Reads approved account context
Drafts the next best response
Waits for human approval
03

A tested guided agent

A business workflow built from approved context and human checkpoints.

Your workflow prototype Shipped
TriggerAgent runApproval

Tested on your own problem

04

Your own workflow prototype

A repeated business problem turned into an agent you have tested and improved.

Obsidian — business Second Brain
Projects, people, and policies
Evidence, decisions, and SOPs
Structured context for agents
05

A structured Second Brain

Business evidence, projects, policies, decisions, and SOPs organised in Obsidian.

Your cohort — 20 seats
JTSLMKARDW+ you

Alumni community after the workshop

06

A cohort of peers

Professionals and founders building alongside you.

Also included

Two-hour follow-up seminarOne free month of Claude and ChatGPTAlumni communityMonthly AI updatesFuture-cohort benefits
Your lead trainer

Max Del Vita

Lead trainer
Max Del Vita, lead trainer

Max Del Vita

Lead trainer · CEO, Symplehost.ai · LinkedIn

Max scaled Bubblegum Insurance to $5M and built products at EF Education and Zinier. He now designs AI workflows for businesses and teaches both days of the workshop in person.

Claude Community Ambassador for Singapore.

Why this works

Structured guidance helps businesses identify more valuable places to use AI. That finding shaped AI Upgrade: instead of teaching isolated tools, the workshop maps AI into your real workflows.

Source: Kim, Kim & Koning, “Mapping AI into Production” (INSEAD / Harvard Business School). Individual outcomes will vary.

1.9×

higher revenue among the 515 startups studied, not a promised outcome

Who it is for

Built for professionals, founders, and teams

  • Founders, business owners, and the self-employed
  • Managers, directors, and team leads
  • Consultants, freelancers, and independent professionals
  • Anyone working across marketing, sales, operations, strategy, or admin
  • People comfortable using email, documents, and spreadsheets

No coding or technical experience required.

This may not be for you if…

  • You want a lecture-only course
  • You are looking for advanced software engineering training
  • You only want a list of generic prompts
  • You are not prepared to work on your own real projects during the sessions
The two days

Understand AI, then build an agent for real work.

Pairs mapping a repeated work task during the first AI Upgrade workshop
Start with a task from last week · Day 1
01
Day 1

Understand AI and build your first agent

  • Understand LLMs, context, tokens, and limitations
  • Map a controlled agent workflow with human approval
  • Use projects, files, skills, connectors, and schedules
  • Build, test, and refine your first supervised agent
02
Day 2

Design and deploy an agentic workflow

  • Complete an Agent Design Canvas and six-part brief
  • Build a guided sales follow-up or refund-triage agent
  • Create a practical Obsidian Second Brain
  • Build and present an agent for your own repeated problem
Upcoming sessions

Kickstart or the two-day workshop

A half-day introduction, or two full days. Both in person, both taught by Max Del Vita.

Two-day flagshipDeep build

AI Upgrade 2

Understand AI, then build an agent for real work

Two hands-on days in Singapore on 21–22 September. Learn how modern AI and agents work, design a controlled workflow, and build and test an agent around a repeated business problem.

  • 21–22 September 2026 · Monday and Tuesday
  • Two full days · 09:00–17:30 daily
  • Singapore
  • Led by Max Del Vita
S$1,250S$998per person

Early bird · save S$252

Half-day introEntry point

AI Upgrade Kickstart

A half-day intro for professionals

A focused four-hour session to get started properly. Set up your workspace, learn the prompting that gets business-quality output, and finish one real piece of work.

  • September 2026 · Dates to be confirmed
  • Half day · 4 hours · 1:00–5:00 pm
  • Singapore · venue confirmed on registration
  • Led by Max Del Vita
S$150per person
Agent workflow examples

Agent patterns you can adapt to your work

On Day 2, you bring a repeated business problem and build a supervised agent using your own context, rules, and source files.

01Sales follow-up agent
02Refund triage and approval flow
03Video-to-content workflow
04Weekly marketing operating system
05SEO page agent
06Meeting-to-actions workflow
07Research and competitor brief
08Customer enquiry assistant

Agentic workflows can support every part of the business

MarketingSalesOperationsStrategyFinance and administration
The approach

You do not need 30 AI tools.

Tool chaos

  • Too many disconnected subscriptions
  • Generic prompts
  • Constant experimentation
  • No repeatable business workflow

Your agentic workflow

  • A deliberately selected toolkit
  • Approved business context and source files
  • Clear rules, tools, and human checkpoints
  • A tested workflow you can keep improving
Luigi La Tona, founder of AI Upgrade

Luigi La Tona

Founder, AI Upgrade · CEO, ThunderWear Asia

Luigi built and scaled a consumer brand across Southeast Asia, and started AI Upgrade after months of looking for a programme that matched how busy professionals actually learn.

“The gap is not access to AI. Almost everyone has it now. The gap is knowing exactly where it fits in your work — and that is what these two days are for.”

Read why AI Upgrade exists
Pricing

Join AI Upgrade 2

Monday 21 and Tuesday 22 September in Singapore. Register and we will write with the venue and a 10% deposit invoice to reserve your seat.

S$998per person

Early-bird price — ends 6 September

  • 21–22 September 2026Monday and Tuesday, 09:00–17:30
  • SingaporePremium venue in central Singapore, shared on registration
  • Small cohortCapped at 20 seats
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No payment on the form. A non-refundable 10% deposit reserves your seat. The balance is due ten days before the workshop.

What is included

  • Two-day facilitated programme
  • Lunch on both days
  • Course materials and templates
  • Two-hour follow-up seminar
  • One free month of Claude and ChatGPT
  • Agent Design Canvas and build templates
  • Alumni community access

The next two-day workshop is AI Upgrade 2.

Two days in Singapore on your own work. Monday 21 and Tuesday 22 September.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

AI Upgrade is built for professionals, founders, and teams — business owners, managers, directors, consultants, and specialists who handle marketing, sales, operations, strategy, or administration themselves or with a small team. If you are comfortable with email, documents, and spreadsheets, you can take part fully.

No. AI Upgrade is designed for professionals and business leaders doing real work, not for engineers. There is no coding. If you are comfortable with email, documents, and spreadsheets, you can take part fully.

A completed Agent Design Canvas, a tested guided agent, a structured Obsidian Second Brain, and your own agentic workflow prototype built around a repeated business problem.

Claude and ChatGPT are the two principal platforms used throughout the workshop. We use their projects, skills, connectors, and agent-building capabilities, along with MCP, scheduling, and Obsidian for structured business context.

Online courses give you notes. Here you spend two days on your own files, with a trainer in the same room, and leave with workflows you can keep using.

AI Upgrade 2 is 21–22 September 2026 in Singapore. Register on the form and we will write with the venue and a 10% deposit invoice. The half-day Kickstart is listed separately, with dates still to be confirmed.

Early-bird price — ends 6 September. The current price is S$998 per person. Your seat includes the full programme, course materials, lunch on both days, a two-hour follow-up seminar, one free month of Claude and ChatGPT, and alumni community access. Travel and accommodation are not included.

Leave your details on the register form. This is not a card payment. We then send a 10% deposit invoice to reserve your seat. The balance is due ten days before the workshop, by bank transfer, invoiced with our Singapore UEN.

The workshop is held at a premium venue in central Singapore. Full details are shared upon registration.

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Two days in Singapore, capped at 20 seats. 21–22 September 2026.

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