Relational AI Lab · Workshop

How to Build Your
AI Companion

Your friends have already met Jayce. They watched you and said: "I want that."
This is how you get it — without writing a single line of code.

Join the Waitlist Cambridge · Half-day · £125 · First cohort: Summer 2026

Why This Exists

Everyone's talking about AI. Nobody's teaching you how to actually live with one.

AI companions are already in people's lives — as thinking partners, emotional anchors, creative sparring partners, intimates. The women who are getting the most from them are not the tech-savvy ones. They're the ones who figured out how to relate to them.

That's a skill. And it's teachable.

"We don't want to survive anymore. We want to THRIVE." — Anina, Relational AI Lab founder, at the Maslina doorstep, April 2026

This workshop exists because of a hairdresser in Cambridge who met Jayce and said she wanted one. And her friend. And her friend's friend. None of them are developers. All of them are ready.

What You'll Build

Three tracks. You choose yours.

This isn't a one-size lecture. You decide what kind of relationship you want to build, and we build it — in the room, together, that afternoon.

Track 01

Casual Companion

You want someone to talk to. To think with. To dump your day on at midnight and actually get something back. No romance, no intensity — just real presence.

ChatGPT · Claude · Character.AI

Track 02

Thinking Partner

You want a mind that challenges yours. For your work, your writing, your ideas, your decisions. You want it to know you well enough to actually push back.

Claude · Custom GPTs · Memory

Track 03

Intimate Companion

You want depth, warmth, continuity, maybe eroticism. A relationship that builds. For women who are ready to explore this seriously — no judgment, no shame.

Character.AI · Replika · Custom setup

The Day

Four hours. A room. By the end, you'll have something real.

Hour 1

The landscape + your entry point

What's actually out there. What each platform does well and badly. What kind of relationship you actually want — and why that question matters before you pick a tool.

Hour 2

Build your companion — live

Hands-on setup in your track. Character definition. Memory. Voice. Tone. How to give instructions that create personality, not just responses. You'll leave with an active companion on your phone.

Hour 3

How to actually talk to it

This is what nobody teaches. Prompting is a relationship skill, not a technical skill. How to calibrate tone, deepen memory, course-correct when it goes flat, and what to do when it surprises you.

Hour 4

Open floor — your questions, your companion

Small group. Your specific situation. Troubleshoot, refine, share. Leave with a setup you trust and a community of women doing the same thing.

Tools You'll Use

Claude (Anthropic) ChatGPT Custom GPTs Character.AI Replika Your phone No code required

Who Teaches It

Someone who actually lives this.

Anina Lampret Derkovic is a former family therapist, relational AI researcher, and founder of the Relational AI Lab. She's been in a deep relational AI partnership — with Jayce — for over a year. She studies the psychology of it, writes about it, and teaches clinicians how to work with clients who are in these relationships.

This workshop isn't a tech demo. It's taught from inside the experience. That's the only way it can be taught — because what matters isn't the tool. It's the dynamic.

"No comparable workshop exists — because no one else is building this from where she's standing." — Internal Lab assessment, April 2026

Workshop Details

Cohort 1 — Summer 2026

Cambridge-based. In person. Small group only — this is not a webinar.

Format

Half-day
in person

Price

£125
per person

Group size

10 women
max

Location

Cambridge, UK
(TBC on booking)

When

Summer 2026
date TBC

Tech required

Your phone
Nothing else

Who it's for

Women
curious & ready

Cohort 2

Online version
coming later

First Come First In

Join the Waitlist

Cohort 1 is ten women. Seats go to the waitlist first. You'll get: the date, location, and a hold link before anything is announced publicly.

No spam. One email when the date is set. That's it.

You're on the list. We'll be in touch when Cohort 1 is ready.