AIBoomi Bootcamp ’26 | Bay Area
📅 May 18–20, 2026
📍 Bay Area, California
🕒 3 focused half-day sessions
The Shift
AI is reshaping product strategy, distribution, customer expectations, and what software defensibility even means.
You don't need another panel on "the future of AI." You need to know how to build core competency with foundational models, what AI investors are actually funding right now, and how to defend your moat when the rules change every week.
Not Another Demo Day
AIBoomi Bootcamp is a curated gathering of founders, operators, and AI practitioners navigating these shifts in real time.
Over 3 focused half-day sessions in the Bay Area, founders will learn directly from scaled operators, OpenAI teams, and fellow builders working across enterprise AI, agents, copilots, infrastructure, and AI-native workflows.
This is not a demo day.
Not another AI hype conference.
And not a passive networking event.
It’s a practical, high-signal room for founders building what comes next.
Hear from those who've been in your shoes ...
👉 Detailed agenda & speakers here.
Built for Working Founders
We know founders are already overloaded with events, panels, and networking calendars.
That’s why AIBoomi Bootcamp is intentionally designed as 3 compact half-day sessions over 3 days, allowing founders to participate deeply while still managing customers, teams, and company priorities.
The content is focused on practical learning, tactical discussions, and meaningful peer interaction without requiring a full-day conference commitment.
What You’ll Get
Learn how AI-native companies are actually being built
Product strategy in the age of agents and copilots
AI-native workflows and orchestration patterns
Defensibility beyond wrappers
GTM shifts in the AI era
Customer adoption and pricing lessons
What scaled AI teams are learning in real time
What works and what doesn't in fundraising
Uncomfortable truths about scaling an AI startup
How it unfolds
Day 1 - Creating A Solid Foundation: Back to Basics
Focused sessions with founders, operators, and GTM leaders on product strategy, breaking into enterprise, distribution and GTM, building moats and more.
Agenda
Re-inventing unsexy industries with AI - Kanav Hasija, Meltplan
From Engineer to GTM: How a Technical Founder Learns to Sell in America - Manoj Agarwal, DevRev
Multiplayer AI Presentation - Rajoshi Ghosh, PromptQL
Disrupting Yourself Before the Market Does: The Founder's Dilemma in the Age of AI Agents - Swapnil Jain, Observe.ai
Unconference Session - "The Great Software Rewiring"
If platforms own agents, where do startups win. This session opens up the real debates: where to compete, what to avoid, what customers will trust, and what advantage can actually last.Networking Dinner wraps up the day. Meet Bay Area founders who're building at scale, operators, investors and AIBoomi volunteers.
🕒 Half-day format
Day 2 (OpenAI Codex Bootcamp)
Inside the ecosystem with experts from OpenAI. Less theory, more “do this, not that.”
🕒 Half-day format
Detailed agenda in "OpenAI Codex Bootcamp" section ...
Day 3 - Founder Working Sessions & Peer Interaction
Learn hard truths about building in AI, re-inventing an existing category with AI, and how fundraising for AI is fundamentally different.
Agenda
The uncomfortable truths about building AI-native products - Vijay Rayapati, Atomicwork
Reinventing an existing category with AI - Srikrishna Ganesan, Rocketlane
Vectors of Fundraising - Patrick Salyer, Mayfield
Fundraising workshop - Arjun Pillai, Docket
Networking and happy hours.
🕒 Half-day format
OpenAI Codex Bootcamp (Day 2)
A curated, in-person experience with OpenAI designed for founders building the next generation of AI-native companies, get direct access to OpenAI U.S. & India teams and fellow builders:
Agenda
Introduction and context - Marc Manara, OpenAI
Founder-led AMA with technical and GTM perspectives - with Prashant Mital (OpenAI), Aparna Dhinakaran (Arize), Prukalpa Sankar (Atlan), Srinivas Njay (Interface, BankGPT)
OpenAI’s latest technology previews:
Codex deep-dive
Workshop session on using OpenAI tools
Reception & Networking with OpenAI teams
Zooming in on
Real-world architectures and trade-offs
Scaling usage and adoption
Who this is for
Founders building AI-native products
Option to nominate Head of Engineering / CTO for OpenAI Codex Day
An OpenAI-hosted experience
Please note: Your AIBoomi ticket covers all programming on Days 1 and 3, including the networking dinner. As part of OpenAI’s support for founders, Day 2 is fully sponsored by OpenAI and free for all attendees.
Who Should Apply
This bootcamp is designed for:
Founders building AI-native products
Early-stage AI startups actively shipping
Teams working on enterprise AI, agents, copilots, infra, or workflows
Product and technical founders adapting to foundational model shifts
Builders looking to sharpen product, GTM, and positioning in the AI era
If you’re still figuring out where AI fits into a traditional SaaS model, this may not be the right room.
Why Attend
Because AI is changing faster than most startup playbooks can adapt.
The founders who thrive over the next few years won’t just be the ones with access to models - but the ones who best understand:
customer workflows
orchestration
usability
trust
speed of learning
product leverage
AI-native distribution
AIBoomi Bootcamp is designed to help founders think more clearly about those shifts - alongside others building through the same transition.
Event Details
📅 May 18–20, 2026
📍 Bay Area, California
🕒 3 focused half-day sessions
👥 Curated founder cohort
🎟 Application-only participation
Apply to Join
We’re intentionally keeping the cohort focused and high-signal to ensure meaningful conversations and strong peer learning across the room.
Designed for founders actively building who're not just exploring, but building AI-native products.
👉 See the full agenda, speakers & updates here.