What is Running Start?

Running Start is a four-day live AI training for working professionals. Four 90-minute sessions on Zoom, taught in sequence, where you build the AI coworker that knows your work. Every session runs on work that is already on your plate, and you leave with a deliverable in hand each time.

What do you walk away with?

A working AI coworker loaded with your context, at least one workflow running on your real work, and the method to build the rest without a class.

Do you need a technical background?

No. Running Start is built for all levels. No coding or technical background is required. It is built for the person in the middle: a real job, real deadlines, and no time to learn AI from scratch.

Which AI tools does Running Start teach?

It is tool-agnostic and outcome-loyal, taught primarily in Claude. The method carries to ChatGPT, Gemini, and whatever your company already pays for.

What is the teaching method?

Demo. Build. Run. Loop. One move per session. Demo: see what AI does on real work. Build: build the AI coworker that knows you. Run: put recurring work on autopilot and save on-demand prompts as skills. Loop: build full workflows live and refine until they run without you.

Are the sessions recorded?

Yes. Every session is recorded and replays are included.

When is the next cohort?

The Summer 2026 cohort is full. The next cohort runs Back to School 2026. Dates go to the waitlist first, before doors open to everyone. There is no rolling enrollment.

Who teaches Running Start?

Hannah Laut, applied AI strategist and educator, founder of Runway. She spent a decade driving adoption of emerging technology inside companies including Coinbase, PayPal, Polygon, Bain Capital, Protocol Labs, Sotheby's, and CAA.

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My cohorts have wrapped with a 10/10 average rating and a 93 NPS from working professionals across tech, finance, healthcare, and beyond. People from companies like Amazon, Coinbase, IBM, and Reddit.

Demo. Build. Run. Loop.

Four live sessions, one move per session, taught in sequence so each session builds on the one before it. Every session runs on work that's already on your plate. Written the way a good syllabus is: every session has a stated outcome and a deliverable you walk out holding.

Format

Four live sessions, 90 minutes each, on Zoom

Structure

Sequential. Each session builds on the last

Level

All levels. No coding or technical background required

Materials

Every session recorded. Replays included

Tools

Tool-agnostic. Taught primarily in Claude

Cohort

Small and capped, with a peer group in Slack

Course outcome

By the end of the four sessions you have a working AI coworker loaded with your context and at least one workflow running on your real work, plus the method to build the rest without a class.

01.

Demo · Kickoff

90 min · live

Orientation: what an AI coworker actually does

A guided tour of the full surface area, run on real tasks instead of toy demos, so you can see where AI fits your role before you build anything. This is the session that takes the fear out of the blank box.

By the end, you can

Identify the highest-leverage places AI fits your actual week
Tell real capability apart from hype
Name the blank box and the context tax, the two things that keep most people stuck

Deliverable a shortlist of the work worth automating first.

02.

Build · Your first Project

90 min · live

Build the coworker that knows you

Set up your first Project and load it with your context: who you are, how you write, what you're working on. This is where you stop re-explaining yourself every session, the move most people never make on their own.

By the end, you can

Build a Project loaded with your role, voice, and current work
Structure the context files the model reads every time
Stop paying the context tax on repeat work

Deliverable a working Project set up around your real job.

03.

Run · Tasks & skills

90 min · live

Put the recurring work on autopilot

Convert the tasks that drain your week into scheduled tasks and reusable skills. You learn where the line sits between a skill and a task, and wire up prompts that hold up past the first run.

By the end, you can

Distinguish a skill, the thinking, from a task, the doing, and build both
Schedule recurring work to run without you
Write prompts that hold up on the second run, the tenth, and the hundredth

Deliverable at least one recurring workflow running on a schedule.

04.

Loop · The workflow build

90 min · live

Build a full workflow, live

Take one task currently draining your week and build the end-to-end workflow on it, live, together, then refine until it runs on its own. This is the session past cohorts point to as the one where everything clicked.

By the end, you can

Build a complete, multi-step workflow on your real work
Refine and troubleshoot it until it runs without you
Repeat the pattern to build the next ten

Deliverable one finished workflow plus the pattern to build more.

In their own words.

Past cohorts have included people from Coinbase, IBM, Reddit, Amazon, and many founders running their own businesses.

Alla Futterman

Client Relationship Manager · Bespoke Group · Family Office

I built working systems and repeatable processes I deployed immediately to save me significant time every week. The result is more bandwidth for high-level thinking, stronger output, and a sharper experience for the people I work with.

Bailey Reutzel

Events Content Producer

I would recommend any friend take this. I'm a real DIY kinda gal, and this gave me accountability to actually do it. I came out more streamlined and expertly equipped than I would have on my own.

Sarah-Joan “SJ” Harker

Commercial Real Estate

In a world that feels like it's moving faster than ever, I feel more confident in my AI-learning capabilities after taking Running Start. I walked away feeling more ahead of the game.

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