Build Your Own AI Agent: Part of Chicago Tech Week 2026

Everyone's talking about AI agents. Come build one. This is a hands-on workshop where you leave with your own working agent. No code required, no prior experience needed. Bring a laptop and an idea, and we'll bring the tools, the templates, and a room full of people who would rather build than talk about building. Mucker was built on a simple thesis: great builders are everywhere, but most of the industry only looks in a few zip codes. So we don't just back founders, we get in the trenches and build alongside them. This afternoon is that thesis thrown open to everyone: investors, founders, tinkerers, intrapreneurs, and anyone curious enough to try. The people running this build agents for a living, not from a slide. Danny Pantuso is a founder and former product lead turned investor who now builds the AI agents behind Mucker's own dealflow. Richie Singh is Mucker's full-time, in-house AI engineer. They'll take you from zero to a running agent, then stay on the floor while you build your own. A few things you could build: An agent that listens to your meeting transcripts, pulls out…