Build Your Agentic Software Factory
Build a personal software empire with agents that work for you
With Hugo Bowne-Anderson & Eleanor Berger
Turn Ideas into Working Software with Background AI Agents
This course is for anyone who wants to build, whether you already write software or have never written a line of code. You might want to create something for yourself, turn an idea into a product, improve how your team works, or explore what is now possible.
Over two weeks, you will set up an agentic software factory: a system where agents work continuously in the background to build software for you. You will learn to describe the outcome you want, provide the necessary context and constraints, and define how the result should be checked.
You will start by building a simple utility that you use through conversation. You will then extend the same approach to a working web application and learn how to publish or share what you have built. Along the way, you will create a practical way to see what your agents changed, what they did, and what they learned.
You will leave with a working application, a repeatable way to delegate and verify work, and your own personal software empire – without needing to write or review every line of code.
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Build Your Software Factory
Standard ($950) • Starts October 13th
What you'll learn
- Set up the agent system locally or in the cloud with clear guidance
- Understand the key parts of the setup you need to operate confidently
- Use the strongest models available without tying your workflow to a single provider
- Describe outcomes, context, constraints, and clear definitions of done
- Turn an idea or business need into specifications that agents execute reliably
- Delegate implementation without needing to supervise every technical decision
- Start with a conversational utility that performs a real, valuable task
- Extend your utility into a working web application around your own information
- Scale the approach into tools for your team, workplace, or business
- Define exactly what you need to see before you trust the result
- Inspect working artefacts and behaviour instead of reviewing every line of code
- Request structured reports showing what changed, what ran, and what was created
- Move from a personal prototype to an application others can use
- Learn the practical path to hosting, sharing, and maintaining your build
- Leave with a repeatable build process ready for your next project or venture
Who This Course Is For
Prerequisites
Stay Updated
Get notified about cohort updates and factory resources.
Build Your Software Factory
Standard ($950) • Starts October 13th
What could your software factory build?
An agentic software factory can be shaped around an idea from your work or personal life. Bring any practical, ambitious, or playful concept — build a working version, then add features as it grows.
Course Syllabus & Schedule
Workshop 1: Set Up Your Factory and Build Your First Tools
Set up your agentic software factory, build a conversational utility, and turn it into a personal web application.
- Get the factory running
- Build a conversational utility
- Build a personal web application
Office Hours: Setup and Project Review
- Bring your project for review and live troubleshooting
Workshop 2: Build for Other People, Verify, and Publish
Extend your application for other users, add verification and reporting, and prepare it to be shared.
- Build for a team or workplace
- Add verification and reporting
- Publish and share your application
Office Hours and Participant Demos
- Show what your factory built and review next steps
What's Included
Instructors
Hugo Bowne-Anderson advises and teaches teams building AI-powered systems, including engineers from Netflix, Meta, and Amazon.
He hosts Vanishing Gradients, where he explores the frontier of agent engineering, context engineering, evaluation, and AI-assisted software development with leading practitioners.
His work in data science, machine learning, and AI education has reached more than 6 million learners worldwide.
Eleanor Berger is an AI and software engineering expert.
A former principal engineering leader at Microsoft and Google, Eleanor also spent years in startups and consulting.
As Member of Technical Staff at Jimini Health, she is helping build clinical evidence-based AI for behavioural health. Through Agentic Ventures, she helps power users, engineers, and teams 10x their capabilities and redefine what's possible with agentic AI.
Eleanor's approach: technically rigorous, practically grounded, focused on results, and free of hype.
Frequently Asked Questions
It is a system where AI agents work continuously in the background to build software from goals, context, constraints, and checks that you define.
No. The course is designed for builders with or without a software background. You need an idea, sound judgement, and a willingness to test what the agents produce.
You will begin with a conversational utility, extend it into a working web application, and then build something useful for a team, workplace, or community.
No. Your factory can run locally or in the cloud. We provide setup instructions and support before the course begins.
Yes. Software developers will learn to delegate at a higher level, verify results systematically, and spend less time supervising implementation line by line.
All live sessions are recorded. You will have full access to recordings and workshop materials to catch up at your own convenience.
Yes. Maven provides reimbursement receipts, expense email templates, and certificate of completion. Teams of 2 or more receive a 20%+ discount, and dedicated private cohorts are available.
Build Your Software Factory
Standard ($950) • Starts October 13th