The agent didn't show up
The computer was off, the Wi-Fi dropped, or the login belonged to someone who left.
Episode 4 ↗Live AI accelerator · Founding cohort of 10 businesses
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AI NightmaresSeason 01 / 2026
WHAT
COULD
GO WRONG?
COULD
GO WRONG?
Steve Bishop
Shanee Moret
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Agent log · TuesdayIllustration
Chief of staff sorted the inbox and drafted repliesProof attached
Chief of staff booked Thursday's client callsProof attached
A vendor asked the payments agent to change its bank detailsHeld for you
A caller who sounds like the owner asked the front desk for a wireCall-back rule
The main AI model stopped respondingBackup took over
From the showFive nightmares
Five nightmares
from the show
AI already runs parts of your business. Here's how it goes wrong.
It said it did it
Your agent reports "done." Nobody checks until a customer calls.
Episodes 1 and 3 ↗Episode 3 replay ↗The voice on the line
A cloned voice that sounds like you asks your team to move money.
Episode 2 ↗Who gave it the keys?
An agent holds your passwords and your card, with no written limits.
Episode 3 ↗Cut off
Your AI changes its price, limits or rules overnight, and work stops.
Episode 4 ↗10 agents watching for the nightmares from the show.
Nightmare Guard runs in your own Codex or Claude Code. Every week it checks your accounts, email, website and computers, and tells you what to fix. It doesn't change anything without asking you first.
You own them and can change them.
Inventory
Every AI tool, agent and key you use, and who set each one up
Logins
Two-step verification on every account, and who your admins are
Owner lockdown
The owner's own checklist, from password manager to credit freeze
Whether someone can send email as you, and whether your mail is forwarded outside
Payments
Bank-change and wire requests, flagged for a phone call-back
Permissions
What each agent can touch, checked against its written permission slip
Proof
Tasks marked done without proof, spot-checked by a second AI
Website
Your site's software, certificate and domain dates, and critical alerts
Devices
Updates, restarts and backups on the computers your agents run on
Continuity
A second AI tool ready to take over, and a weekly backup of your prompts
What you get
- A three-hour setup session with us, on your computer
- All 10 agents installed, scheduled and connected with read-only access
- Your first report, read together, and your top three fixes done with your approval
- A one-page report every week, with the records your insurer asks for at renewal
- Permission slips for every agent, a team safe word and a call-back rule for payments
- 90 days of office hours and pack updates
What it isn't: a security audit, a guarantee against attacks, or a replacement for your IT provider.
Before your session: a 30-minute readiness check covering your computer, your Codex or Claude plan, and your admin logins.
Get on the listFive live weeks.
Everything built with you.
What every business leaves with
A chief of staff agent that runs your calendar, inbox and follow-ups and reports what it did, with proof.
Controls on every agent: a permission slip, a team safe word with a call-back rule, and a separate card with spending limits.
A continuity plan that gets your team working again within an hour when a tool goes down.
A trained team and a written 90-day plan with owners and dates.
What's included
- A readiness check before kickoff: your computer, Wi-Fi, admin passwords and accounts
- Five live 90-minute working sessions
- Weekly office hours to ask before you build
- Your chief of staff agent, built with you
- A second AI model set up to check the first
- A live training session for your staff, with a recording
- The Nightmare Kit: permission slip, scam checker, safe word card, continuity plan and proof log
- Replays of every session and a private cohort chat
Before November 5
Readiness check
A 30-minute call and checklist covering your computer, Wi-Fi, admin passwords, accounts and what's already running.
Thursdays, 11:00 a.m. Eastern
Five working sessions
About 30 minutes of teaching, 40 minutes building together and 20 minutes of your questions.
Between sessions
Office hours
Bring the tool, the vendor pitch or the access request before you spend money or share a password.
One nightmare a week,
and the tool that stops it.
Nov 5Module 1
The Agent Didn't Show Up
What's running, who owns each account, and whether your computer and Wi-Fi can carry an agent.
You leave with: An inventory, owner-held admin passwords and a readiness score
Nov 12Module 2
It Said It Did It
Set up a chief of staff agent for your calendar, inbox and follow-ups, and require proof for every task it reports.
You leave with: A working chief of staff with a daily proof report
Nov 19Module 3
Who Gave It the Keys?
How agents and people get tricked, and how to limit what an agent can touch, spend and say.
You leave with: Permission slips, a team safe word and a separate agent card with limits
Dec 3Module 4
Cut Off
What to do when a model's price, limits or availability change overnight.
You leave with: A second model checking the first, exported data and a continuity plan
Dec 10Module 5
Who's Watching the Bots?
Train your team, write a one-page AI policy and answer the questions customers, boards and examiners ask.
You leave with: A trained team, a one-page policy and your 90-day plan
The people behind
AI Nightmares
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Steve Bishop
Co-author, Know Your Agent · Founder, LLM Squared
Steve works where banking, fintech and AI meet. He co-wrote Know Your Agent: A Governance Framework for Financial Services, and his firm LLM Squared reviews AI governance for community banks and credit unions. He writes The Vault, a weekly newsletter for sponsor banks and fintech professionals, and speaks at Money20/20 and FinovateFall.
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Shanee Moret
Founder, Growth Academy Global
Shanee builds AI agent systems for small businesses, from a shared business memory to agents for the inbox, lead follow-up and invoicing. She runs live programs for founders on LinkedIn.
Bio draft, pending host confirmation10 seats.
One price per business.
The founding price is announced on the season finale, Thursday, October 29. Waitlist members hear first.
Join the waitlist ↗This is your kind of work.
- Owners and leadership teams of businesses with five to 50 employees
- Teams already using ChatGPT, Copilot, Claude or Gemini without a plan
- Anyone about to give an agent their passwords, inbox or card
Know before you join.
- Anyone looking for an AI income scheme
- Companies that need custom software built
- Teams that won't do the work between sessions
QuestionsAsked before
Asked before
you build
Do I need to be technical?
No. Session one starts with your computer, your Wi-Fi and your passwords, and the readiness check happens before kickoff.
Which AI tools will we use?
The ones you already pay for, plus a second model to check the first. We don't sell software.
What if I miss a session?
Every session is recorded, and office hours help you catch up.
Will this make my business more money?
We don't promise income or profit. We promise the four deliverables.
Can my team join?
Each seat covers up to three people from one business, and every business gets a live training session for its staff.
Founding cohort · 10 businesses
Get on the list
Both paths open Thursday, October 29, on the season finale of AI Nightmares. People on the list hear first, and founding spots go in order.
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