impact lab

Next stop PROVIDENCE, RI | july 6-7

‍LEARN by doing , with practitioners who've used AI-native tools to ship outcomes to production. Rise8 facilitators coach you through every step of the AI-native development workflow, in real time.

BUILD working software using AI, whether you're a beginner or intermediate user of AI. AI has changed who can code. Impact Lab teaches anyone to build using AI.
SHIP real software on real infrastructure. Not a mockup. Not a demo. A working app you build with AI to address a real-world problem.
COACHED at a 7:1 student-to-instructor ratio. Rise8 practitioners are in the room with you, unblocking you in real time, for the full two days.

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About impact lab

Develop AI fluency. Accelerate mission success.

Impact Lab is a two-day, hands-on AI build experience that brings professionals from across government and the private sector together to solve a real-world problem.

Participants aren't working through hypotheticals. They're applying new AI-coding skills to a real-world problem with actual stakes, on real infrastructure Rise8 provides, with Rise8 facilitators in the room for two full days.

Upcoming Tour Dates

Impact Lab is coming to a city near you!

Two days. Real software in production using AI to help you build and ship. Rise8 brings the curriculum, instructors, infrastructure, hardware, and the software. You show up and build.

June / July

AUGUST 25

august / september

AUGUST 26

Hunstville, AL | August 3-4
Atlanta, GA | August 5-6
Nashville, TN (Prodacity) | August 24-27

upcoming

AUGUST 27

Los Angeles, CA | TBA
Colorado Springs, CO | TBA
Fayetteville, NC | TBA

Don't see a location near you? Get in touch to find out what's coming next.

What to expect

AI fluency-tiered cohorts‍

Participants self-select into beginner or intermediate tracks and work alongside peers at the same level. Everyone enters at their level. Everyone leaves beyond it.

Address a real-world problem

Every Impact Lab is built around a real challenge with real stakes so the experience maps directly to you mission.

We bring everything

Rise8 provides the tools, infrastructure, tokens, APIs, environments, curriculum, and facilitators. You show up. We handle the rest.

Real outcomes in two days

Every participant, regardless of AI-skill level, leaves with a working app shipped to a real environment. Real outcomes in production.

Coaching in small cohorts

At a 7:1 student-to-instructor ratio, Rise8 practitioners work alongside you for two full days, meeting you where you are.

Confidence you can build on

You leave having built real software with AI. That changes how you evaluate tools, write requirements, and lead AI conversations going forward.

Who is this event for?

Acquisition and Contracting Organizations

Your people are reading AI proposals, evaluating vendor claims, and writing requirements that shape how AI-native software is built and bought. Impact Lab gives them the technical muscle memory to do it well. There’s a real difference between someone who has read about AI tools and someone who has built with them.

Government Program Offices

Your entire workforce needs AI fluency, not just your developers. Impact Lab gets program managers, analysts, financial managers, and operations staff building real software alongside engineers, in the same room, over two days.

Teams Moving from AI Strategy to AI Execution

If your organization has a plan but not yet the fluency to execute it, Impact Lab is where that changes. Two days of hands-on building does more for adoption than a year of slide decks.

Software Factories

Standing up AI-native delivery and need a forcing function for your teams? Impact Lab puts your people in front of real AI-native tooling with practitioners who've shipped to production in environments as complex as yours.

Frequently asked questions

how much does it cost to attend impact lab?

Tickets to Impact Lab are $995. This gets you your seat at Impact Lab, the full two-day AI-build experience. Lunch, snacks and a happy hour are included as well.

do i need to know how to code?

No. Participants self-select into beginner or intermediate cohorts based on their current AI fluency and work alongside peers at the same level. Everyone enters at their level. Everyone leaves beyond it.

Will I be eligible for Continuing Education Credits?

Yes. Government attendees can get CPE or CLP credits. The final agenda determines total awardable credits.

What if I don’t see an Impact Lab near me?

We’re constantly adding new dates and locations. Reach out to Adam Furtado, VP Mission OS, at afurtado@rise8.us to find out what's coming up next.

Can I book an Impact Lab just for my team?

Yes. We’ve done private cohorts and would love to tailor one for your team. Reach out to Adam Furtado, VP Mission OS, at afurtado@rise8.us to start the conversation.

what will i walk away with?

Hands-on experience building real software with AI, and the confidence that comes from it. Two days of using AI-native tools to build and ship makes the technology feel far less intimidating than it looked from the outside. You leave knowing you can do this, because you already did. Oh, and probably some Rise8 swag.

WHAT DOES RISE8 PROVIDE FOR THE LAB?

Rise8 provides everything including laptops, cloud and AI infrastructure, AI tokens, APIs, curriculum, and facilitators. You show up and build. We handle the rest.

What is the difference between Impact Lab and a regular AI training course?

Most AI training puts people in seats with slides. Impact Lab puts them in front of a real working AI-native software factory with Rise8 practitioners in the room.