The prototype
Distributed security risk
Company data in personal chat histories. API keys pasted into prompts. Twenty experiments nobody can audit or switch off, and everyone busy.
- No database
- No login
- No review
- No owner
AI build retreats for businessesWalk in with a problem
Walk in with a problem
walk out with an AI system
Your people at the tables, our engineers beside them, your data on the screen. Live before the room closes.
The lessonA prototype makes people
A prototype makes people
feel productive
Every company now has twenty of them. The difference between a prototype and an AI system is the difference between a security incident waiting to happen and an asset the business runs on.
The AI system
One central database
company owned
One central database the company owns. The pieces security asks for, in place from the first commit, so the next feature is a pull request and not a new risk.
- Keys in environment variables
- Database reached only from the server
- Admin behind a login
- Every change reviewed
Three ways to work with usPick the room
Pick the room
we bring the engineers
01
CorporateWe fly to your company
Your team, on your dataYour office, anywhereOne to two days on siteQuoted per engagement
02
ChaptersOrganizations like EO & YPO hire us for members
Thirty to ninety membersYour venueHalf a day to two daysQuoted per chapter
03
Saigon privateYour founder team flies to us
One founder or a team of sixThao Dien, SaigonThree to five days, engineers all dayFrom $7,000
How a retreat runsFrom a blank folder to live
From a blank folder to live
in four moves
Laptops stay closed for the first hour. Then one prompt per block, engineers at the tables, and a system that is live by the end of the day.
Step 01
Laptops closed
Plan well
An interview with Claude writes the plan for your system, on your data, before any tool comes out. The plan is the prompt.
Step 02
Before lunch
Build small
The repository, the project and the database, then a login, a live form and one admin page. Deployed, on your domain, by lunch.
Step 03
The afternoon
Build all
The whole system from the morning plan, in your brand, on a branch, merged through a pull request. Real records in, a dashboard on top.
Step 04
Close
Review
A QA plan and a senior code review, then every owner opens the live system on their own phone. Four agents stay on the repository: product manager, developer, QA, devops.
EO Melbourne · Kooyong · October 2026Sixty founders shipped
Sixty founders shipped
live software in two days
25live sites
88NPS
0lines of code typed
Your host and the engineers
Most operators confuse working harder with building leverage. These retreats are what I wish someone had handed me earlier.
Edge8 engineers in every roomAI Officer InstituteBuilder, not consultant
FAQFor the person
For the person
who signs
What does a retreat cost+
Corporate and chapter retreats are quoted per engagement, in writing, after a thirty minute call: the number of days, the size of the team and how many engineers it takes set the price. A Saigon private retreat is priced on the page, from $7,000 for three days for the first person. There is no course fee, no per seat licence and nothing to subscribe to afterwards.
Where does our company data live+
In a database your company owns, on your own Supabase project, reached only from the server. Keys sit in environment variables, never in a prompt or a chat history. The admin is behind a login and every change goes through a reviewed pull request on your GitHub. We hold nothing of yours when the retreat ends.
Who should attend+
The people who own the problem: the founder or GM, the operator who runs the process today, and whoever will keep building afterwards. Nobody needs to be technical. Engineers are at the tables; your team brings the business knowledge and the data.
What has to be installed before the retreat+
Each builder brings a laptop with Claude, GitHub, Vercel and Supabase accounts created and the stack set up from our one page guide. It takes about an hour and we check it on a call the week before, so the first morning is spent planning, not installing.
What happens after the retreat+
The system is live and the four agents are on your repository, so the team keeps shipping on Monday. If you want senior engineers on tap for the first thirty days, human tokens cover that: one unit of skilled attention, metered like Claude tokens, no retainer.
What if we need to cancel or move the date+
Corporate and chapter dates can move once at no charge with thirty days notice. Saigon private retreats refund in full up to thirty days before the start date and reschedule within six months inside that window.