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AI Literacy Bootcamp

Stop nodding through AI conversations you don't actually understand.

3 sessions · 90 minutes each · $1,500

For directors, VPs, and CXOs who need to be conversant in AI — because it now sits inside every strategic decision they make.

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Next cohort: Wednesdays, June 10 / 17 / 24, 2026. 7:00–8:30pm ET.

Who it's for

For the leader in the room who can't push back yet

You're mid-career — director, VP, CXO — and you know AI is reshaping your industry, but you're not sure what's real and what's noise. You're not sitting on a workflow you're ready to ship. You're sitting in a meeting where someone said “we should be using MCP for that” and you don't know whether to agree or push back.

  • You need to be conversant in AI for the vendor pitch, the budget cycle, the board update, the org-design conversation
  • You want to evaluate vendors and make build-vs-buy calls with confidence
  • You want clarity from someone who builds with these tools every day — not a theorist
  • You want a straight answer when someone asks “GPT-5.5 or Claude Opus 4.8?” — what's actually best right now, and why

Which cohort?

Don't know what to build yet? Want to understand the landscape and make better strategic decisions? This is the one.

Already know what you want to build? Need the frameworks and patterns to ship it? Take AI for Business Leaders instead.

The outcome

What you'll leave with

1

The three frameworks — as an evaluation lens.

Profit Formula, AI Rules, Groundwork/Teamwork/Lifework. The language you use to read every AI conversation you'll be in for the next two years. When a vendor pitches you, you'll know which lever they're claiming to move.

2

A working mental model of the AI landscape.

How today's frontier models compare (the “GPT-5.5 vs Claude Opus 4.8” question everyone asks), agents, MCP, vertical vs horizontal, economics, governance. Not a textbook — a working map you can navigate from.

3

A 90-day personal AI strategy.

Do / Watch / Avoid / Revisit. Specific. Yours. Built in the final session, ready to act on Monday.

4

A governance checklist.

One page. The questions that matter for AI use in your company — and the ones that don't.

5

All session recordings and materials, for 90 days.

Including the AI Basics video library. Revisit when a vendor pitch lands and you want to re-check it against the frameworks.

6

A network of 10–15 peers.

People you can text when something confusing lands in your inbox and you're not sure what to think.

The curriculum

Three sessions, one month

90 minutes each, once a week.

The differentiator

The frameworks as an evaluation lens

The same three frameworks from the build cohort — here, the language you use to read every AI pitch.

Your instructor

About Nate

I'm Nate Pinches. I run CappaWork, an AI development agency that builds and ships production software for founder-led businesses.

Background that matters for this cohort

  • MBA + 4 years in management consulting
  • C-suite strategy at companies up to $2B+ in revenue, including Michaels
  • Product development at CVS Health (corporate strategy, a $4B subsidiary, 10K institutional customers)
  • A hands-on builder, not a theorist — the production AI products below are ones I've designed and shipped.

Products I've built with these patterns

More on me: natepinches.com

Common Questions

Get strategically fluent.

Drop your LinkedIn and email. Nate will be in touch within 24 hours to see if you qualify for this cohort.

Nate reviews every request personally and replies within 24 hours.

Cohorts run with 10–15 people. Next cohort: Wednesdays, June 10 / 17 / 24, 2026. 7:00–8:30pm ET.

Already know what you want to build? Check out AI for Business Leaders →

AI Literacy Bootcamp | CappaWork Cohort