Build With AI

A three-hour workshop where you build your first AI tool. Not a lecture. Not a demo. A build day.

You bring your laptop. Chris brings the expertise. You leave with a working tool that does something useful for your actual job - built by you, directed by AI, without writing a single line of code.

Chris Stokel-Walker is a UK technology and culture journalist who writes for Wired, The Guardian, Fast Company, New Scientist, and many others. He is the author of 'How AI Ate the World,' 'YouTubers,' and 'TikTok Boom'.

He has built more than 100 AI tools across his own journalism workflow - for lead generation, source discovery, story monitoring, document analysis, investigation support, and more. These tools run across three machines and process more than 860 news feeds daily. He built every single one by directing AI coding assistants - the same skill he teaches in this workshop.

What you’ll do…

  • Learn the essentials. What AI can actually do (and what it absolutely cannot). How coding assistants work. How to direct AI to write software for you - without writing a single line of code yourself.

  • Build. You'll identify a real problem from your actual workflow, sketch a solution, and start building a working prototype — with AI doing the coding while you direct it.

  • Show, tell, and level up. Show what you built. Get feedback from the group and from Chris. Then add one more feature before you leave — so you walk out with something genuinely useful.

What you’ll leave with…

·         A working AI tool you built yourself, running on your laptop, using your data

·         Hands-on experience directing an AI coding assistant — a skill you'll use forever

·         A framework for identifying which parts of your workflow are worth automating

·         Knowledge of how to run AI models locally — no cloud, no subscriptions, your data stays yours

·         A project blueprint for the next tool you want to build

Who’s it for…

Journalists:

·         Freelancers who want to automate lead generation, source discovery, content repurposing, or story monitoring

·         Staff journalists who want to build tools their newsroom won't build for them

·         Editors who want to understand what AI can realistically do for their team

PR and communications professionals:

·         Agency staff who want to automate press release adaptation, journalist research, and pitch personalisation

·         In-house comms teams who handle high volumes of outreach and need to scale without losing quality

You don't need to know how to code. The AI does the coding. You do the directing.

Key details

Date and time

Thursday 30th July 2026, 9:30am-12:30pm

Location

Provided on booking, but less than 10 minutes’ walk from King’s Cross/St Pancras

Price

£199 + VAT

Reserve your space

Seats are strictly limited to ensure individual feedback and the best possible engagement. Please fill out the form below to register your interest. I’ll review your application in light of current availability, and be in touch about payment to confirm your place(s).