Vibe Coding for VCs
Build First and Company Ventures present...
An exclusive crash course for venture investors to move from talking about AI to building with it
In just four hours, you’ll design, build, and deploy an AI-powered MVP tailored to your work. No coding experience required!) Walk away with a functional internal tool, a repeatable build process, and a sharper technical lens for evaluating AI startups.
Why Attend
The best VCs don’t just fund AI companies, they understand AI deeply enough to provide meaningful guidance.
This intensive session gives you:
Hands-on AI development experience
A repeatable design thinking process for future builds
Practical insight to evaluate and advise AI startups with confidence
What You’ll Build
Choose a VC-relevant challenge and turn it into a working AI tool. Example projects include:
Automated founder update digests
AI-powered memo drafting assistants
Portfolio health dashboards
Landscape scanning & deal flow triage tools
Event-planning bots for portfolio communities
Workshop Agenda
Welcome & Kickoff: Intro to AI as a co-pilot (10 min)
Design Thinking: POP-IT demo + group GPT build (30 min)
Problem Selection: Pick/refine your AI-shaped problem (20 min)
Tech Foundations: LLMs, APIs, frontends, security basics (15 min)
Break: Coffee, snacks, stretch (15 min)
AI Power Hour: Build your tool (60 min)
Showcase & Voting: 5-min demos + judging (30 min)
Wrap-Up: How to bring AI workflows back to your firm
You'll Leave With
Hands-on AI development from concept to deployment
Investment due diligence with deeper technical understanding
Design thinking applied to AI product development
Portfolio guidance with actionable technical advice
Your Facilitator
Bethany Crystal is the founder and CEO of Build First, an AI learning studio that turns teams and individuals into confident AI builders. Drawing on her VC experience from Union Square Ventures and Variant Fund, and tech exposure through Stack Overflow and Uniswap Foundation, Bethany built her first AI-powered app, MuseKat, and now teaches others to do the same.
Designed For: Investment professionals, operating partners, and VC platform leaders
Seats are limited. Save your spot today.
Pricing:
$499 earlybird price (book before Sept 1)
$599 regular price (after Sept 1)
Book here or learn more and at buildfirst.ai/for-vcs