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OpenAI Build Week Comes to Miami: Live Build Session with OpenAI Codex

No panels. No hype. One app, built together live with OpenAI Codex.

Date
Tuesday, July 21, 2026
Time
6:00 – 9:30 PM ET
Location
The LAB Miami — Wynwood, Miami
Level
All levels
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Overview

About this course

An evening where builders, founders, designers, and product people come together to make something real with OpenAI Codex. No panels about the future. No vague AI hype. We're going to build.

We'll build one app together live using OpenAI Codex — the full workflow: shaping the idea, generating code, reviewing changes, debugging, improving the interface, and turning a rough concept into a real product experience. Then two live demos of real products being built with Codex in actual workflows.

Free OpenAI Codex tokens are credited to attendees so you can build along live. The stack we're vibing with: OpenAI Codex, Next.js 16, Vercel AI SDK, and shadcn/ui.

Who this is for

  • Developers ready to build with AI coding agents
  • Designers curious about design-to-code workflows
  • Founders who need to ship MVPs faster
  • Product people learning how modern AI teams operate
  • Students who want to see real software creation up close
  • Anyone fascinated by turning ideas into working apps

The evening

Schedule, block by block

  1. 01

    6:00 – 6:45 PM

    Doors Open & Networking

    Connect with Miami builders, founders, designers, students, and AI enthusiasts before we start building.

  2. 02

    6:45 – 7:00 PM

    OpenAI Build Week Kickoff

    What Build Week is, how the global hackathon works, and how to get the most out of the night.

  3. 03

    7:00 – 8:00 PM

    Live Build Session with OpenAI Codex

    We build one app together from scratch and walk through the real workflow step by step.

  4. 04

    8:00 – 8:15 PM

    Codex Demo #1 — Building with Codex in the Wild

    A live demo of a real product being built with OpenAI Codex, beyond toy examples.

  5. 05

    8:15 – 8:30 PM

    Codex Demo #2 — From Idea to Shipped Feature

    Shipping faster with AI-assisted development across product, design, and engineering.

  6. 06

    8:30 – 9:30 PM

    Closing, Builder Connections & Next Steps

    Meet collaborators, talk through project ideas, and learn how to keep building after the meetup.

Support in the room

Instructors and the DeepStation team float the room all evening — raise a hand and someone sits down with you.

Instructors

Who you'll learn from

Grant Kurz profile

Grant Kurz

Founder & CEO, DeepStation AI

Software engineer and entrepreneur who builds AI systems for enterprise and universities, and founded DeepStation — a global AI community of 5,000+ industry professionals with 100+ workshops and speakers including Sergey Brin, Co-Founder of Google. His technical work spans RAG systems at Coca-Cola and Stanley Black & Decker, a crypto analytics platform (400,000+ users, acquired by CoinLedger.io), and an AI Call Center solution for a major U.S. political campaign. Featured in Forbes, Coindesk, and OpenAI's blog.

Meet the whole team

Outcomes

What you walk away with

  • The full Codex workflow, end to end: shaping the idea, generating code, reviewing changes, debugging, improving the interface
  • Free OpenAI Codex tokens credited so you can build along live
  • A working app on a modern stack — Next.js 16, Vercel AI SDK, shadcn/ui — you can rebuild on your own
  • Two real product demos of Codex in actual workflows
  • Builder connections in the Miami community and clear next steps for OpenAI Build Week

Details

Practical details

What to bring

  • A laptop (Mac, Windows, or Linux)
  • A ChatGPT account (for OpenAI Codex)
  • A GitHub account

The LAB Miami

Wynwood, Miami

The event is at The LAB — one of Miami's original coworking spaces and a cornerstone of the city's tech scene since 2012. In the heart of Wynwood, The LAB has brought 100,000+ innovators through its doors, from first-time founders to seasoned operators. We're proud to partner with The LAB Miami to host this session in the room where Miami's builders actually build.

Learn with the DeepStation community

We're on a mission to create the world's most connected AI learning community. As an official OpenAI Academy Launch Partner with 6,000+ global members, we're building more than AI skills through expert-led workshops and regional summits — we're creating economic development ecosystems where innovators are made.

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