AI Prototyping in Bayreuth: From Idea to a Testable Prototype
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From Business Challenge to Testable AI Prototype
How does a specific problem in a company turn into a first functioning digital solution? The practice-oriented workshop AI Prototyping: From Idea to First AI Prototype shows on November 18, 2026, at the Open Innovation Lab Bayreuth, how a simple HTML prototype can be developed using artificial intelligence without programming knowledge.
Recognizing Problems, Refining Ideas, Building Solutions
The workshop follows a clear process: Problem, Idea, Concept, Build, and Test. Participants work on their own operational questions and use AI as sparring partners, product managers, developers, and testers. Focus is on typical challenges from everyday work, such as manual routines, time-consuming information searches, sources of error, or improvements in customer service.
Hands-On Event Management with Visible Results
After an impulse from the Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation at the University of Bayreuth, it goes directly into practical work. From the selected idea, a compact mini product canvas with target audience, problem, benefit, and core functions is created. Afterwards, a small HTML-based application is developed that makes a central function visible and tangible.
The event is aimed at CEOs, entrepreneurs, executives, project leaders, start-ups, and employees from innovation, digitalization, and product development. The target group is deliberately kept open: Different levels of experience find their suitable entry point in the same process.
Live Building, Test Cases, and Constructive Feedback
The event atmosphere is characterized by focused project work and direct exchange. After prototyping, tests with typical use cases and edge cases follow. During the subsequent prototype marketplace, participants provide structured feedback. At the end, a personal 7-day action plan is created for the next practical step in the company.
The workshop is conducted by, among others, Tobias Exner, office manager and prompt engineer at NOW Kanzlei. His experience in digitalization, AI automation, process optimization, and workflow management combines organizational expertise with practical implementation skills.
What Participants Take Away
In the end, there is a clearly defined use case, a narrowed solution idea, a mini product canvas, an initial AI prototype or documented development status, as well as initial test results. The workshop also conveys a repeatable process through which further ideas can be developed in a structured manner within one's own company.
Participants need to bring a personal laptop with charger, an account for an AI chatbot like ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini, and one to three specific business problems or improvement ideas. Only fictional, anonymized, or approved data should be used for the exercises.
Conclusion: Experimenting with AI Innovation Directly
The event experience combines innovation impulse, AI training, digital product development, and practical prototyping. Anyone who wants to not only discuss a business idea but also make it visible and testable in a few hours will experience a focused workshop with concrete results in Bayreuth. Participation is free of charge and limited to a maximum of 20 people.
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