From AI-Paralyzed to AI-Powered in One Weekend
Join the executives, founders, and high performers who've transformed their businesses in a single intensive weekend in New Orleans. Leave with your AI brain built, your highest-ROI pilot identified, and 4 weeks of support included.
Your Problem is Architecture, Not Tools.
Every week you delay costs you more than you realize.
Your competitors aren't smarter. They're not more technical. They just figured out something you haven't yet: AI isn't about tools. It's about systems and architecture.
While you're collecting ChatGPT prompts, watching YouTube tutorials and reading reports, they're building AI infrastructure that compounds. Every week their advantage grows. Every month the gap widens.
The uncomfortable truth? In 12 months, you'll either be the one who transformed—or the one explaining to your board why you're still "exploring AI options."
The difference between the 5% who dominate and the 95% who fail isn't intelligence. It's architecture you can map into a one-year roadmap in a weekend with us.
What You'll Build in One Weekend
This isn't just a course. It's an intensive build session. You arrive Friday evening. You leave Sunday evening with:
Your AI Brain — A custom knowledge base that actually understands your business, your processes, your competitive advantages. Not a generic chatbot. Your strategic advisor, business partner, or AI Board. Most are using AI as a glorified search engine or intern for tasks, but its superpower is in executive strategy by learning to leverage context engineering.
Your First Automation — We don't just plan. We ship. You'll identify your highest-ROI process and build an SOP for the automation before you leave.
Your 12-Month Roadmap — A realistic, prioritized plan for AI transformation. Not fantasy. Executable steps with clear ROI projections.
4 Weeks of Support — Weekly office hours where you can ask questions and get guidance. Email support with 48-hour response time. Plus an AI chatbot trained on everything from the intensive.
The FutureProofing Transformation
AI Brain
Build a persistent AI that knows your business context, competitive landscape, and strategic priorities. Talk to your AI CFO, CRO, or CAIO anytime.
First Automation
Identify your highest-ROI process and create the SOP so it's ready to automate, delivered within your 4-week post-intensive period.
12-Month Roadmap
A prioritized transformation plan with clear milestones, resource requirements, and ROI projections. Realistic, not fantasy.
4 Weeks Support
Weekly office hours, email support (48hr response), and an AI chatbot trained on the intensive. Need more? Upgrade to UpriseOS concierge.
Join the Next Cohort
Small groups. Intensive weekends. Real transformations. Cohort alumni groups.
2025 Cohorts
May - December 2025
Founding year complete, dozens transformed.
Cohort 8 — UpriseOS Beta Launch
March 7, 2026
Limited spots available
🚀 First cohort with UpriseOS platform available
Apply NowCohort 9 — French Quarter Fest
April 17-19, 2026
🎺 Experience New Orleans culture + intensive weekend
Join the WaitlistCohort 10 — Bayou Boogaloo Fest
May 15-17 2026
Coming soon
🚀 Final Spring '26 cohort
Why New Orleans?
This isn't a conference room in a generic hotel.
New Orleans has the best culture in the United States—and possibly the world. I live here for a reason. The food, the music, the energy. It's impossible to be stressed when you're exploring the Garden District or experiencing world-class music in the French Quarter. We work hard. Friday afternoon through Sunday evening is intensive. But you're also here to experience the city. Dinner at legendary restaurants. Live jazz. The kind of environment that sparks creativity and builds real connections. Some cohorts align with major festivals like French Quarter Fest—one of the best free music festivals in America. Work hard, experience something unforgettable. All experiences outside of the intensive (9-5 Sat/Sun) are optional, but itineraries of ideas will be provided.
Live Music
Jazz, blues, and brass bands. The soundtrack to your transformation.
World-Class Food
From Commander's Palace to neighborhood gems. We eat well.
Real Connections
Small cohorts. Shared experiences. Relationships that last.
Creative Energy
Something about this city unlocks thinking. You'll feel it.
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Early Private Beta Users of UpriseOS
"We're in a major growth stage and have been able to scale our reach without hiring. I can't believe the time recouped through even just the document automations."
"This is the most innovative thing we've decided to do as a company in the last 25 years."
"I was drowning in solo execution. Now I have AI employees handling 60% of my admin work so I can focus on strategy with my AI business brain."
Your Transformation Timeline
Apply (10 minutes)
Quick application about your business, goals, and current AI usage. We'll schedule a 15-minute call to ensure fit.
Prepare (1 week before)
We send you a pre-work package. Document your top 5 time-consuming processes. Gather your tech stack info. Come ready to build.
Weekend Intensive (Fri-Sun)
Friday evening - Sunday 5pm in New Orleans. Build your AI brain, identify your highest-ROI pilot, create your roadmap. Leave with your first SOP prepped or full automation built.
4 Weeks of Support
Weekly office hours where anyone from the cohort can ask questions. 48-hour email response. AI chatbot trained on the intensive. Need more? Upgrade to UpriseOS concierge (a Done For You automation service).
Scale & Compound (Ongoing)
Your first automation proves ROI. Use the roadmap to add more. Join your cohort's alumni community. Access ongoing resources. 24/7 access to the Uprise Advisor.
What Can AI Save Your Business?
Increase sales. Elimintate grunt work. Reduce operating friction.
Our ROI calculator analyzes your industry, team size, and current tech stack to show you exactly how much time and money AI automation could save your business. This isn't a generic estimate. It's based on real data from businesses we've helped transform.
4 Weeks of Support Included
Everything you need to implement what you learned
After the intensive weekend, you get 4 weeks of support to ensure your success: Weekly Office Hours — One group call per week where anyone from the cohort can jump on, ask questions, and get guidance. We'll cover topics if there are no questions. Email Support — Send questions anytime. We respond within 48 business hours. AI Chatbot — Trained on everything from the intensive. Get instant answers 24/7. Need More? For ongoing automation support, upgrade to our UpriseOS Concierge service at $5,995/month. We'll handle your automation backlog like a productized design agency handles design requests.
What's Included
Who This Is For
- Executives who want hands-on help implementing
- Founders without technical teams
- Anyone who wants faster results with less friction
Investment: 4 weeks of support included with every intensive.
Need more than 4 weeks? Upgrade to UpriseOS Concierge at $5,995/mo for ongoing done-for-you automations.
Spring 2026 Beta Pricing
FutureProofing Intensive
Weekend in New Orleans + 4 weeks of support
- Weekend intensive (Fri eve - Sun eve in New Orleans)
- Build your AI brain during the weekend
- Prepare Deep SOP or full automation before you leave
- 12-month AI transformation roadmap
- 4 Weeks Support (office hours, email, AI chatbot)
- UpriseOS platform access (1-year license)
- Weekly office hours with cohort
- 24/7 Uprise Advisor bot trained on UpriseOS + REVOLT Framework
- Private cohort alumni community
UpriseOS Concierge
Done-for-you automation service — like a design agency, but for automations
- Submit automation requests anytime
- We assess complexity and break into parts
- Deliver as many automations as possible per month
- UpriseOS platform View access (monitoring, requesting automations)
- Direct communication with our team
- Priority support and feature requests
- Pause or cancel anytime
- Perfect for teams without technical resources
Why This Price?
A single AI consultant charges $200-500/hour. A 3-day engagement would cost $4,800-$12,000—and you'd leave with recommendations, not working systems.
- Weekend intensive + 4 weeks support = 40+ hours of expert guidance
- At consultant rates ($200/hr), that's $8,000+ in value from time alone
- Plus: working AI brain, first automation, 12-month roadmap, 1-year platform access
- Most participants see full ROI within 3-5 weeks of implementation
ROI Timeline
Most participants see ROI within 3-5 weeks
Built From Experience in Multiple Trenches
Scott Ely
30-Year Systems Architect & Founder
I've spent 30 years building technology systems—from the dot-com boom through the AI revolution.
I've been the executive drowning in operations, the stressed entrepreneur who needed a reset and stepped away for 8 years to experience the world and co-raise my daughter, and the systems architect now building AI infrastructure for the next generation of leaders.
I hold two engineering degrees and a Joint MBA from Kellogg. I've built systems for Fortune 500s and scrappy startups, including several of my own. I also created EvolveFaster, a philosophical fiction podcast, and gave a TEDx talk on the future of human potential.
In addition to FutureProofing, I built and currently operate several B2B SaaS platforms: UpriseOS: The AI operating system that actually runs your business. ThinkMatch: Turn your expertise into market authority (coming soon). And ClickSoup: Your AI-powered customer growth engine.
The FutureProofing Intensive exists because I've lived all three paths—corporate and founder success, creative sabbatical, and AI transformation—and learned how to integrate them. Now I help others do the same.
Credentials & Experience
30 years as an entrepreneur and building technology systems
Systems architect since before dot-com boom
Dozens of large projects for a range of companies & startups
Two engineering degrees + Joint MBA from Kellogg
Built AI systems since dawn of generative AI
75 countries, and 8 years traveling co-raising daughter
TEDx speaker, podcast creator (EvolveFaster)
Using SOC 2 Type II compliant underlying infrastructure
Built and actively operate three B2B SaaS Platforms
Security & Guarantees
Frequently Asked Questions
Ready to Transform?
10 minutes to apply. 15-minute call to confirm fit. One weekend to change everything.
The Spring 2026 cohorts have limited spots remaining.
Your competitors are already building AI infrastructure. Every week you wait, the gap widens.
We keep cohorts intentionally small so everyone gets hands-on, personalized attention. Spots fill quickly.
Apply now to see if you qualify.