RFP – AI Bootcamp Facilitation - Innovation Works, Inc. - Consultant

Innovation Works, Inc.•Pittsburgh, PA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

AlphaLab, the startup accelerator of Innovation Works, is seeking experienced external facilitators to lead its in-person, two-day 2027 AI Bootcamp in Pittsburgh. The program will bring together early-stage founders across Software, Health, and Hardware tracks, ranging from pre-seed through seed stage and from nontechnical to deeply technical. Facilitators may propose to deliver the full curriculum or specific modules, and AlphaLab may select more than one facilitator. Facilitators will deliver hands-on instruction that equips founders to use AI to run their companies, including operating agents and making AI-informed product and fundraising decisions. The baseline curriculum covers frontier model capabilities and limitations; choosing models and effort levels; core tools such as Projects and scheduled tasks; data privacy; plugins, skills, connectors, and MCP; building and installing a custom skill; agents and workflow scoping; generating artifacts; and research connectors such as Tavily and Firecrawl. Candidates may modify or replace modules if they demonstrate how founders will still acquire the target skills. Each module should produce a concrete, verifiable artifact or decision, and material should reflect the models, tools, and features available at delivery. Facilitators will collaborate with the AlphaLab team, use cohort survey results to tailor content, participate in a virtual dry run the week of February 1, 2027, and deliver the bootcamp in person in Pittsburgh on February 9–10, 2027. They will contribute reusable session materials to AlphaLab’s AI Resource Library. Facilitators retain ownership of pre-existing work; Innovation Works receives a license to reuse session materials with its portfolio through the library. Any product affiliations must be disclosed, and modules must work fully without the affiliated product and contain no sales pitches.

Requirements

Recent hands-on experience, within the last 3–6 months, building an AI agent, automation, or workflow, with a link demonstrating it.
Current hands-on fluency with the baseline curriculum, including models and effort levels, Projects, skills, plugins, connectors, and MCP.
Ability to verify target skills in the room through a working artifact built by every founder.
Ability to manage group dynamics and adapt content for nontechnical founders and deeply technical teams across Software, Health, and Hardware tracks.
Experience or a clear plan for handling sensitive data, including never using real patient information in Health demonstrations and addressing Hardware supply-chain and test-data concerns.
Willingness to collaborate with the AlphaLab team, incorporate cohort survey results, and contribute reusable session materials to the AI Resource Library.
Availability for the virtual dry run the week of February 1, 2027.
Availability for full-day, in-person engagement in Pittsburgh on February 9–10, 2027.
Willingness to disclose product affiliations and deliver content that works without the affiliated product and contains no sales pitches.

Nice To Haves

Experience with startup accelerators is valued but not required.

Responsibilities

Lead one or more modules or the full two-day AI Bootcamp for founders across Software, Health, and Hardware tracks.
Deliver current, hands-on instruction aligned with the baseline curriculum, adapting or replacing modules as appropriate while ensuring founders attain the target skills.
Ensure each founder produces a concrete, verifiable working artifact or decision for each module.
Manage group dynamics and adapt instruction for founders with varied technical fluency and needs across all three tracks.
Use cohort survey results shared by AlphaLab to tailor the program content.
Develop and contribute reusable session materials, such as slides, templates, prompts, and workflows, to AlphaLab’s AI Resource Library.
Participate in a virtual dry run during the week of February 1, 2027.
Be available for full-day, in-person delivery in Pittsburgh on February 9–10, 2027.
Address sensitive-data considerations, including avoiding real patient information in Health demonstrations and covering supply-chain and test-data concerns for Hardware teams.
Disclose product affiliations and ensure the module functions without the affiliated product and includes no sales pitch.