148 people voted on LinkedIn. The masterclass is happening.

Build Your Own Private AI Operating System in One Day

Own. Connect. Build.

Join Joe Apfelbaum for a 6-hour, hands-on Claude intensive where you'll own your own server, teach Claude who you are, connect it to your email, calendar, and CRM, design in your own brand, build real apps, control your AI costs, and set up an AI that watches the internet for you — and texts you from anywhere.

This is not a prompting class. It's business strategy, computer engineering, web design, and productivity rolled into one working session.

The Founding Cohort: 30 seats. Application required.

Applying takes 2 minutes and tells us both if this is the right fit.

Apply for a Founding Seat → 21 of 30 founding seats remaining

📅 Tuesday, August 11, 2026 · Live on Zoom

How this started

This started with a poll.

I asked my LinkedIn network one question: do you want to learn how to actually use Claude — Claude Code, Claude Cowork, Claude Design, and Claude Chat — in an all-day masterclass?

148 people voted. The answer was loud.

So I'm doing it. One day. Thirty people. We build together on Zoom, and you leave with systems running — not notes you'll never open again.

Joe Apfelbaum in

CEO, evyAI · AI LinkedIn™ Trainer

Do you want to learn Claude Code? Claude CoWork? Claude Chat? Claude Design?

Yes, I need to learn Claude! ✔82%

No, I use other AI tools.16%

Don't use AI yet, need to learn3%

148 votes · Poll closed · See the original post →

Fit check

Who this is for — and who it's not for

This is for you if:

You run a business or your career runs on your output
You've played with AI chatbots and know there's more under the hood
You can commit 6 focused hours and 60–90 minutes of prep
You're ready to OWN your AI setup instead of renting little pieces of it

This is NOT for you if:

You want to watch a webinar with your camera off while answering email
You won't do the prework (seriously — no prework, no seat)
You only want free resources (I have plenty — the application will point you to them, no hard feelings)

What you'll walk away with

By the end of this program, you'll have the foundation of all nine systems:

Your Private AI Command Center

A VPS you own, with your own domain, secured, with Claude Code installed — and a Telegram bridge I'll teach you to build so you can text your AI from the beach while it does the work back home. Host multiple websites, apps, and tools on a server you control, without paying for separate hosting for every little project.

The Personal Context Vault

An organized file system that gives Claude your background, business, offers, goals, brand voice, ideal clients, SOPs, and priorities — structured so Claude pulls the right context at the right time. Stop re-explaining yourself in every chat.

Claude, Connected to Your World

Your email, calendar, and drive wired in — plus the framework for connecting HighLevel, Make, webhooks, and almost any API. You'll complete at least one real connection live, and leave with the recipes for the rest.

The Claude Design System

Your colors, fonts, logo, voice, and components organized so everything Claude designs — landing pages, graphics, one-pagers, decks — looks like YOUR brand, not generic AI slop.

Your First Claude-Built App

Idea → requirements → plan → working interface → live URL. An accountability dashboard, a client questionnaire, a lead-qualifier, a directory — your pick. No IDEs. No becoming a programmer. You direct; Claude builds.

The AI Cost Control System

What tokens actually are, which model for which job, how to stop burning context, and how to route tasks through OpenRouter so you get 10x the output without 10x the bill.

The Automation Expansion Layer

The architecture that extends Claude to almost any app online: Claude → API/MCP → Make or custom workflow → the outside world. Add a lead to your CRM, update a spreadsheet, trigger a scenario, send a notification — automatically.

Your Personal Intelligence Agency

A starter monitoring agent that watches what matters — competitors, industry news, prospects, important people — and emails you a briefing when something deserves your attention. Wake up already informed.

Real Work, Done

Messy CSVs cleaned. Spreadsheets structured. Presentations drafted. Reports generated. Not demos — your actual work, moving faster by Monday morning.

In six focused hours, you will compress months of experimentation, confusion, and trial-and-error into a system you'll keep building on for years.

Worried you're not technical?

You don't need to be a tech wizard.

If you can buy a domain, you can own a server. There's no coding. There are no scary developer tools. We go from installing a Chrome extension (giving Claude a web browser) to installing Claude Desktop (giving Claude your computer) — with an expert AI helping you at every step, plus me and my team live on the call.

And before build day, there's a 60-minute group setup clinic where we get every machine ready together. You will not be left behind.

How the program works

Apply → Prep → Build → Implement

Step 1

Apply

2 minutes. Tells us (and you) if this is the right fit.

Step 2

Prework

~60–90 minutes with videos, checklists, and copy-paste commands: Claude account, Claude Desktop, the extension, your domain, your VPS. Plus the live setup clinic.

Step 3

Build Day

Six hours on Zoom — Tuesday, August 11, 2026. See the block-by-block plan below.

Step 4

Implementation

30 days of private community support, all templates and scripts, two follow-up implementation clinics, and a graduation showcase where you demo what you built.

Hour	Block
1	Own Your AI Infrastructure VPS, domain, security, Claude Code, Telegram access
2	Build Your Personal Context Vault Your file system, instructions, goals, token discipline
3	Connect Claude to Your World Email, calendar, drive, MCP, HighLevel, Make, APIs
4	Design and Build Your Design System, landing pages, planning your app
5	Automate and Monitor Scheduled workflows, internet monitoring, email briefings
6	Personal Build Sprint Everyone ships one project with live help from Joe and team

Your instructor

About Joe Apfelbaum

Joe Apfelbaum is the CEO of evyAI (23,000+ users in 40+ countries), founder of Ajax Union (Inc. 500), certified prompt engineer, keynote speaker for EO, YPO, and Vistage, author of the High Energy book series, and has trained over 1,100 companies on AI and digital strategy.

His whole philosophy: automate your tech, not your relationships.

Companies pay Joe thousands for a single private training. The Founding Cohort gets the same depth — at founding tuition.

CEO, evyAI — 23,000+ users Founder, Ajax Union (Inc. 500) 1,100+ companies trained Keynotes: EO · YPO · Vistage Author, High Energy series

The Founding Cohort

30 founding seats.
That's the whole cohort.

This is the inaugural cohort — founding members enroll at special founding tuition (a fraction of the planned tuition for future cohorts) and help shape the program. Your exact tuition is revealed with your application result.

6-hour live build day on Zoom — Tuesday, August 11, 2026
Full recording of the session
All templates & scripts: Context Vault, Design System, VPS scripts, API/MCP reference, HighLevel + Make recipes, monitoring-agent starter
30-day private implementation community
Two follow-up implementation clinics
Project showcase / graduation
First access (and founding pricing consideration) on future programs

Apply for a Founding Seat →

Applying takes 2 minutes and doesn't commit you to anything. If accepted, you'll receive enrollment details by email — founding seats are confirmed in the order enrollment is completed.

21 of 30 founding seats remaining

Questions

FAQ

Do I need a paid Claude plan?

Yes — you'll need at least a paid Claude plan, and we'll cover which tier fits your usage in the Cost Control module. Budget for a Claude plan, a VPS (~$5–20/month), and a domain (~$12/year). These are yours, forever, for everything — not just this class.

What if I can't attend live on August 11?

This cohort is built around the live build day. If you can't attend, join the waitlist for a future cohort — the application has a path for that.

Is it recorded?

Yes, you get the recording — but the recording is a supplement, not a substitute. You're buying the build, not the video.

My company wants to send several people / I work in a regulated industry.

Great — apply, then reply to your application email and we'll talk it through.

I'm really not sure I'm technical enough.

That's literally what the application, the prework, and the setup clinic are for. Apply honestly and we'll tell you straight.

How much is it, and how does payment work?

Apply first — it takes 2 minutes. Your founding tuition is revealed with your application result (it's a fraction of the planned tuition for future cohorts), and if you're accepted, Joe's team will reach out with enrollment details. One payment. Founding seats are confirmed in the order enrollment is completed.