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AI Business Lab

From using AI to building with it.

Five hands-on Saturday mornings to learn and build together. You'll leave each one with something useful for your business, and a few new connections.

First series starts in December Small group of 20–30 No tech background needed Networking included
I'd like to join Just letting us know you're interested. No payment, no commitment.
Why we're doing this

We want everyone in our community to feel ready for AI.

Most of us have tried ChatGPT. Turning it into real help for a business is the next step, and the lab is how we take it together, with people working through the same questions. This first series is just the start.

What you'll get

  • Time to try things on your own business, with help on hand
  • Something useful to take home after every session
  • A small group, so no question goes unanswered
  • Good company, with time after each session to meet the MBC community

Who it's for

  • Founders and entrepreneurs
  • Small-business owners juggling a bit of everything
  • Professionals who want to bring AI into their team
  • Anyone curious about AI, whatever their starting point
The first series

Five sessions, each building on the last.

We start with the basics and work up to building and deploying your own AI tools and agents. The exact content is still taking shape, and your answers below will help us shape it.

  1. 01
    Foundations

    Getting comfortable with AI

    How today's AI tools work and how to get genuinely useful results from them. A gentle start for beginners, with plenty for regular users too.

    The goal

    A solid footing with the tools, set up around your own business.

  2. 02
    Across your business

    AI in every department

    Where AI helps across marketing, sales, operations and finance, and how to spot the best opportunities in your own company.

    The goal

    A clear picture of where AI can make the biggest difference for you.

  3. 03
    Build

    Building your own tools

    Creating assistants, simple apps and internal tools with AI, without needing to know how to code.

    The goal

    Something you've built yourself that solves a real need.

  4. 04
    Agents

    Agentic workflows

    Setting up AI agents that handle multi-step work on their own, connecting your tools and passing tasks along.

    The goal

    A working flow that takes a recurring task off your plate.

  5. 05
    Deploy

    Putting it to work

    Taking what you've built live in your business, sharing it with your team and keeping it running reliably.

    The goal

    Your tools up and running in your day-to-day.

How it works

Practical, personal and in a small group.

WhenSaturday mornings10:00 AM – 1:00 PM, every two weeks
NetworkTime to connectStay after each session and meet the group
Group20–30 peopleSmall enough that everyone gets help
FormatLearn, then try itA short walkthrough, then time to build with help nearby
ToolsChatGPT, Claude and othersWhatever works best for the task
LevelOpen to all levelsBeginners are very welcome
Led by

Who you'll be learning with.

Tony Daggett

Tony Daggett

Founder & Principal, ARDInsights

Tony has spent twenty years building data and AI systems inside banks, investment funds and an AI startup. At Commsafe AI he built the language-model systems that flag high-risk communications in real time, and before that he built quantitative models and trading platforms at Fidelity Investments and Semanteon Capital.

Today, through ARDInsights here in Miami, he brings that same caliber of AI to businesses of every size. In the lab, he'll be right there helping you build yours.

20 years in data & AI LLM & NLP systems Fidelity · Semanteon · Commsafe AI
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