Book Antoine to speak.

From a prison cell to teaching thousands to build with AI - a speaker who's lived the story he tells, on opportunity, resilience, and the future of building.

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Why him

01 - Why him

He doesn't speak about transformation in theory.

He taught himself to code in the most unlikely place, taught 4,300+ to code, ran a county-funded youth AI lab, and builds real AI products daily.

Audiences leave moved - and equipped. The story lands, then the tools do.

4,300+taught to code

1county-funded youth AI lab, run

Dailyreal AI products, built

∞rooms left moved & equipped

02 - Signature talks

01Keynote-A keynote on agency in the agentic age - why the people who build with AI will shape the decade, and the mindset shift that has to come before the skill set.·02Story-The talk behind the story - taught himself to code inside a federal prison, walked out and built a career, a company, and a classroom.·03Workshop-A hands-on talk for founders, teams, and operators.·04Mission-A call to action for schools, churches, and cities - equipping the next thousand young builders with AI before it's used against them.·01Keynote-A keynote on agency in the agentic age - why the people who build with AI will shape the decade, and the mindset shift that has to come before the skill set.·02Story-The talk behind the story - taught himself to code inside a federal prison, walked out and built a career, a company, and a classroom.·03Workshop-A hands-on talk for founders, teams, and operators.·04Mission-A call to action for schools, churches, and cities - equipping the next thousand young builders with AI before it's used against them.·01Keynote-A keynote on agency in the agentic age - why the people who build with AI will shape the decade, and the mindset shift that has to come before the skill set.·02Story-The talk behind the story - taught himself to code inside a federal prison, walked out and built a career, a company, and a classroom.·03Workshop-A hands-on talk for founders, teams, and operators.·04Mission-A call to action for schools, churches, and cities - equipping the next thousand young builders with AI before it's used against them.·

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Build, Don't Be Built.

A keynote on agency in the agentic age - why the people who build with AI will shape the decade, and the mindset shift that has to come before the skill set.

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03 - Formats

From a keynote to hands on keyboards.

Keynote

The signature talk - story plus a clear take on where building is going.

Fireside / Q&A

A conversation on stage. Candid, personal, audience-led.

Panel

A sharp voice among others on AI, opportunity, and resilience.

The upsell

Keynote + AI Builder Workshop

Talk and build in one booking - the audience leaves with something they made.

04 - Who books him

Wherever people need to believe it's possible.

ConferencesUniversities & schoolsChurchesCorporate & leadershipNonprofitsGovernment & community

05 - Proof

Stages, audiences, words.

“Antoine, you really are a gifted teacher. You're great at making everyone at every level feel seen and heard, and meet each of us there with the teachings we need. It's all facts.”

Alexis Ré · The Fruit Network

“Just wanna say coach, honestly, I don't know what we would do without you. I would probably still be sitting somewhere talking about 'I'ma learn AI tomorrow.' I appreciate you.”

Latoya Maben · Hackathon participant

“Joining the hackathon felt like jumping into the ocean after a few toe dips. By night three I'd built a real, working AI agent - not a theory, not a tutorial. I'm still learning, but I no longer feel like I'm standing on the outside looking in. I'm in the stream now.”

Kristin Hall · Founder, BedRock Consulting

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