Year-End AI Automation Sprint & Founder Lounge

Year-End AI Automation Sprint & Founder Lounge is an in-person event for a focused end-of-year sprint and a relaxed founder lounge.

Close out 2026 by building something useful.

Aura Tech Collective brings founders, solopreneurs, and small-business operators together for a practical AI workflow sprint followed by an easygoing year-end social.

The first half of the evening is laptop-open and instructor-led.

Participants map one repetitive business process, build a simple AI-assisted workflow using organizer-prepared sample data, test where it succeeds or fails, and leave with a controlled next-step implementation plan.

The second half shifts into a relaxed founder lounge with seasonal food, non-alcoholic beverages, and open conversation.

There are no pitch competitions, fundraising sessions, forced introductions, or promises of business results.

The emphasis is

Build. Test. Reflect. Connect.

What Participants Will Build

The workshop focuses on one manageable workflow pattern

Trigger → Input → AI Step → Human Review → Output

Possible sample use cases may include

incoming inquiry to first-draft response;

meeting notes to structured action list;

approved source material to content drafts;

intake form to structured internal summary.

The final build scenario should be published only after instructor testing is complete.

Participants use synthetic or organizer-prepared information during the live lab.