AI workshops in Austin

Roll up your sleeves: hands-on AI workshops and training across Austin, from prompt-engineering intensives to fine-tuning labs and beginner-friendly no-code classes. Come with a laptop, leave having actually built something. Every upcoming session, verified daily.

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Sep

Fri

9:00 AM – 4:00 PM CDT

Build Your First AI Agent: Hands-On Weekend Workshop (No Coding Required)

Capital Factoryby Makersquare.ai

A three-day hands-on Austin workshop from Makersquare.ai on building a working AI agent from scratch, running 9am–4pm daily at Capital Factory for people who want to ship rather than watch demos.

WorkshopBeginnerDevelopersBusiness

Sep

Wed

7:00 PM – 10:00 PM CDT

Admin Night: Create an AI Chief of Staff

Austin, TXby Planoly

An Austin evening session from Planoly focused on creating an AI chief-of-staff workflow, for professionals exploring practical agentic support for administrative work.

WorkshopFreeBeginnerBusinessGeneral

Sep

Mon

6:00 PM – 8:00 PM CDT

AI Assistants for Your Business — Meet Your First AI Team Members

701 Brazos Stby The Rising Trend of One-Person Businesses

A hands-on workshop for solopreneurs on structuring AI assistants as defined roles across research, content, operations, client onboarding, and communications. Includes brief-writing and prompt-flow exercises. Free, 25 seats.

WorkshopFreeBeginnerBusiness

Sep

Wed

2:00 PM – 3:30 PM CDT

Navigating AI in Your Classroom

Perry-Castañeda Library (PCL)by UT Libraries

A free 90-minute UT workshop where instructors move from discussing responsible AI to actually drafting the artefact they need — a syllabus AI statement, an accommodation policy, or a redesigned assignment — with facilitators on hand.

WorkshopFreeBeginnerResearchersStudents

Oct

Thu

6:00 PM – 7:00 PM CDT

Understanding AI — Austin Public Library (October)

Austin Central Libraryby Austin Public Library

A free beginner-friendly hour at the Central Library's Innovation Lab covering what AI actually is, how large language models work, common myths, environmental impacts, and hands-on prompt writing.

WorkshopFreeBeginnerGeneral

Oct

Wed

12:00 PM – 2:00 PM CDT

AI Drop By

Perry-Castañeda Library (PCL)by UT Libraries

A free, no-registration drop-in table in the PCL lobby where UT Libraries staff run activities, games and conversations about using generative AI responsibly — come for five minutes or stay for the full two hours.

WorkshopFreeBeginnerStudentsGeneral

Nov

Fri

9:00 AM – 4:00 PM CST

Build Your First App with AI — 3-Day Workshop

Capital Factoryby Makersquare.ai

The third in Makersquare.ai's Austin workshop series: three full days building a working application with AI assistance, 9am–4pm daily at Capital Factory, aimed at people who have ideas but not a development background.

WorkshopBeginnerDevelopersBusinessGeneral

Nov

Wed

12:00 PM – 2:00 PM CST

AI Drop By

Perry-Castañeda Library (PCL)by UT Libraries

WorkshopFreeBeginnerStudentsGeneral

Dec

Thu

6:00 PM – 7:00 PM CST

Understanding AI — Austin Public Library (December)

Austin Central Libraryby Austin Public Library

A free beginner session at the Central Library's Innovation Lab covering how AI actually works, where it is already part of daily life, and a hands-on exercise in writing better prompts.

WorkshopFreeBeginnerGeneral