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In this free consultation call, you'll discover:

Your Personalized Roadmap to AI

Instead of spending months figuring out what to learn, you'll walk away with a clear path built around your specific stack, experience, and the roles you're targeting. Every skill you build moves you closer to an offer.

What Hiring Managers Actually Want

We'll show you what separates engineers who land AI offers from those who don't, based on what we're seeing from companies actively hiring right now. Not theory. Not what universities think matters. What actually gets you hired.

AI Engineer
Series B AI Startup Remote
Hiring
$165K – $220K + equity
  • RAG & vector search in production
  • Fine-tuning & model adaptation
  • Evals, guardrails & observability
  • Shipped AI projects you can show
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Your Fastest Route Into AI

We'll show you how to leverage the experience you already have to move into an AI role faster than starting from scratch. Your background isn't a limitation but the foundation we'll build on. See what's possible: the apps below were built by engineers who came in with the same background as you.

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Claims Triage AI
Automated claims processing with 92% accuracy
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Auto accident β€’ $12,450 β€’ Policy match: 98%
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Medical β€’ $3,850 β€’ Policy match: 95%
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PROCESSING TREND
Success Rate
92%
Avg. Response
780ms
Cost/Session
$0.028
Monthly ROI
$17.8k
AI Resume Scorer
Analyze and optimize your resume in seconds
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Reorganize work experience in reverse chronological order
SKILL STRENGTH ANALYSIS
ATS Match
94%
Keywords
18/25
Readability
A+
Format
9.2/10
AI Learning Companion
Personalized tutoring for any subject
Progress
Accuracy
Completion
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Think of it like training a basketball player. When they miss a shot, they adjust their technique. Backpropagation is how neural networks "adjust their technique" by calculating errors backwards through the network layers.
AI Video Editor
Automated video editing with intelligent scene detection
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[00:00] I'm a very experienced software engineer. I have been in the industry for over 25 years.

[00:04] I started my work mostly on the low level stuff as an embedded systems engineer, operating systems, device drivers, et cetera.

[06:09] And later moved up the stack to distributed systems and I really enjoyed working on full stack applications...

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CAPTIONS
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Accuracy: 98.2%
SCENES
Auto-detect
14 scenes found
Duration
0:24
Words/min
142
Quality
HD
Export
MP4
AI Chess Coach
Personalized chess training with real-time analysis
Black King
Black Pawn
Black Pawn
Black Pawn
Black Pawn
Black Bishop
Black Pawn
Black Pawn
White Pawn
White Pawn
White King
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BEST MOVES
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Ke7
By bringing the King to the center immediately, you maximize your long-term winning chances. You keep the position flexible, allowing you to react to White's mistakes. You don't commit your pawns yet, which gives White fewer chances to "lock" the position into a draw.
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a6
This move is good, but it forces a change in the pawn structure immediately. If White responds correctly (e.g., by taking or supporting), it might simplify the position too quickly. In endgames, simplifying often helps the defender (White) achieve a draw. You want to keep the tension on the board, which is why Ke7 has the higher statistical win rate.
POSITION ANALYSIS
Material: White +2
Position: Winning
Game Phase: Endgame
FOCUS AREAS
B+P ENDGAME
CONVERSION
KING ACTIVITY
SKILL IMPROVEMENT
ELO Rating
1458
Win Rate
62%
Games
147
Accuracy
87%
Forklift Safety AI
Real-time warehouse safety monitoring system
CAMERA FEED: ZONE A-4 LIVE
FORKLIFT
WORKER
WORKER
PALLET
ACTIVE ALERTS
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Worker in path
Distance: 2.4m | Speed: 4km/h
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Compliance: 100%
ZONE STATUS
Active Forklifts: 3
Personnel: 12
Hazard Level: Medium
TODAY'S SUMMARY
0 INCIDENTS
47 WARNINGS
8.2 HRS
INCIDENT PREVENTION RATE
Cameras
24
Uptime
99.8%
Response
180ms
Prevented
142
Supply Chain Optimizer
AI-powered logistics workflow optimization
Optimized
In Progress
EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT
Total Time
22 Days
Time Saved
6 Days
Cost Reduction
27%
Carbon Impact
-18%
Data ETL Pipeline
AI-powered data cleaning and transformation
ID Customer Email Revenue Date Status
001 John Smith [email protected] $45,200 2024-01-15 βœ“ Valid
002 Jane Doe invalid-email $32,800 2024-01-16 ⚠ Error
003 Bob Johnson [email protected] $58,900 2024-01-17 βœ“ Fixed
004 Alice Williams [email protected] $41,500 2024-01-18 βœ“ Valid
005 NULL [email protected] $29,300 2024-01-19 ⚠ Error
Records
2,450
Errors Found
147
Auto Fixed
139
Accuracy
94.5%

ABOUT US

Meet Your Instructors

Zao Yang - Instructor

Zao Yang isn't just another AI instructor β€” he's an entrepreneur who's been building and scaling products for over a decade. As the co-creator of Farmville and founder of Newline, an online education company for developers, he's helped over 250,000 engineers level up their careers.

Today, Zao is at the forefront of AI β€” building real applications and teaching senior engineers how to translate their skills into the AI economy.

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Co-creator of FarmVille: reached over 200 million users and generated $3 billion in revenue

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Founder of Newline: an education company trusted by 250,000+ software engineers worldwide.

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AI builder & Investor: actively building AI applications and has invested in over 130+ startups.

Dr. Dipen - Instructor

Dr. Dipen Bhuva is an AI/ML researcher with 150+ citations and 16 published research papers. He has three tier-1 publications, including Internet of Things (Elsevier), Biomedical Signal Processing and Control (Elsevier), and IEEE Access. In his research journey, he has collaborated with NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland Clinic, and the U.S. Department of Energy for various research projects. He is also an official reviewer and has reviewed over 100 research papers for Elsevier, IEEE Transactions, ICRA, MDPI, and other top journals and conferences. He holds a PhD from Cleveland State University with a focus on large language models (LLMs) in cybersecurity, and also earned a master's degree in informatics from Northeastern University.

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PhD in AI/ML: Cleveland State University with focus on large language models (LLMs) in cybersecurity

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150+ Citations: 16 published research papers with three tier-1 publications (Elsevier, IEEE Access)

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Research Collaborations: worked with NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland Clinic, and U.S. Department of Energy

MASTER AI

AI Accelerator Curriculum

Jupyter Notebooks
Jupyter Notebooks Interactive coding environment for rapid prototyping, analysis, and visualization.
PyTorch
PyTorch Deep learning framework for building neural networks and models.
scikit-learn
scikit-learn Machine learning library for classification, regression, and clustering.
pandas
pandas Data analysis and manipulation library.
pyts
pyts Time series classification library.
Matplotlib
Matplotlib Data visualization library for static, animated, and interactive plots.
BeautifulSoup
BeautifulSoup Web scraping and HTML/XML parsing library.
einops
einops Tensor manipulation library.
LangChain
LangChain Framework for building LLM-powered applications
LangSmith
LangSmith Observability and evals platform.
Transformers
Transformers Hugging Face's framework for pre-trained models like BERT and GPT.
FAISS
FAISS Facebook's library for vector-based similarity search and clustering.
Tavily
Tavily Real-time search engine for AI agents and RAG workflows.
Chroma
Chroma In-memory vector database.
Google Colab
Google Colab Cloud-hosted Jupyter Notebook service with access to GPUs and TPUs.
Weights and Biases
Weights and Biases AI development platform for training, fine-tuning, managing, and evaluating models.
bitsandbytes
bitsandbytes Hugging Face's CUDA library that enables 4-/8-bit model quantization and inference.
PEFT
PEFT Hugging Face's library for parameter-efficient fine-tuning.
LlamaIndex
LlamaIndex Data orchestration framework for LLM-powered applications.
Unsloth
Unsloth Framework for LLM fine-tuning and reinforcement learning.
tiktoken
tiktoken OpenAI's tokenization library.
Modal
Modal Serverless cloud platform for AI.
xFormers
xFormers Facebook's library for building transformer-based models.
TRL
TRL Hugging Face's library for fine-tuning language models via SFT, PPO, etc.
Jupyter Notebooks
Jupyter Notebooks Interactive coding environment for rapid prototyping, analysis, and visualization.
PyTorch
PyTorch Deep learning framework for building neural networks and models.
scikit-learn
scikit-learn Machine learning library for classification, regression, and clustering.
pandas
pandas Data analysis and manipulation library.
pyts
pyts Time series classification library.
Matplotlib
Matplotlib Data visualization library for static, animated, and interactive plots.
BeautifulSoup
BeautifulSoup Web scraping and HTML/XML parsing library.
einops
einops Tensor manipulation library.
LangChain
LangChain Framework for building LLM-powered applications
LangSmith
LangSmith Observability and evals platform.
Transformers
Transformers Hugging Face's framework for pre-trained models like BERT and GPT.
FAISS
FAISS Facebook's library for vector-based similarity search and clustering.
Tavily
Tavily Real-time search engine for AI agents and RAG workflows.
Chroma
Chroma In-memory vector database.
Google Colab
Google Colab Cloud-hosted Jupyter Notebook service with access to GPUs and TPUs.
Weights and Biases
Weights and Biases AI development platform for training, fine-tuning, managing, and evaluating models.
bitsandbytes
bitsandbytes Hugging Face's CUDA library that enables 4-/8-bit model quantization and inference.
PEFT
PEFT Hugging Face's library for parameter-efficient fine-tuning.
LlamaIndex
LlamaIndex Data orchestration framework for LLM-powered applications.
Unsloth
Unsloth Framework for LLM fine-tuning and reinforcement learning.
tiktoken
tiktoken OpenAI's tokenization library.
Modal
Modal Serverless cloud platform for AI.
xFormers
xFormers Facebook's library for building transformer-based models.
TRL
TRL Hugging Face's library for fine-tuning language models via SFT, PPO, etc.
WEEK 1

Onboarding & Tooling

Get started with AI development essentials. Set up your Python environment, learn Jupyter Notebooks, and explore the AI ecosystem including Hugging Face, hardware options (GPUs, TPUs), and productivity tools.

AI Onboarding & Python Essentials

  • β€’ Course overview and community setup
  • β€’ Python installation and virtual environments
  • β€’ Basic Python: variables, data types, loops & functions
  • β€’ Using Jupyter Notebooks

Introduction to AI Tools & Ecosystem

  • β€’ Models & features: choosing the right AI model
  • β€’ Finding and using AI models & datasets on Hugging Face
  • β€’ Hardware for AI: GPUs, TPUs, and Apple Silicon
  • β€’ Practical tips on productivity with AI

Orientation β€” Technical Kickoff

  • β€’ Jupyter & Python setup for AI workflows
  • β€’ Arrays, vectors, and tensors with NumPy
  • β€’ Mathematical foundations: exponentiation, normalization
  • β€’ Statistics and real data practice with Pandas
WEEK 2

AI Projects and Use Cases

Explore the landscape of LLM projects and understand the building blocks. Learn about different AI application types including RAG, vertical models, agents, and multimodal apps.

Navigating the Landscape of LLM Projects

  • β€’ Transformer-based LLMs vs diffusion models
  • β€’ Core LLM application types: RAG, vertical models, agents
  • β€’ LLM use cases across industries
  • β€’ Project scoping and identifying viable ideas

Building Your First LLM Application

  • β€’ How inference works in LLMs
  • β€’ Five phases of model lifecycle: pretraining to RLHF
  • β€’ Working with Hugging Face, Modal, and vector databases
  • β€’ Build "Hello World" LLM inference API

Intro to AI-Centric Evaluation

  • β€’ Metrics and evaluation design
  • β€’ Foundation for future metrics work
  • β€’ Building synthetic data for AI applications
WEEK 3

Prompt Engineering & Embeddings

Master prompt engineering from structure to evaluation. Learn about tokens, embeddings, and how AI understands text, images, and audio across different modalities.

Prompt Engineering β€” Structure to Evaluation (Mini Project 1)

  • β€’ Foundational prompt styles and structured formatting
  • β€’ Building evaluators to measure LLM output quality
  • β€’ Write "LLM-as-a-judge" prompts
  • β€’ Advanced prompting techniques and A/B testing
  • β€’ Experiment with DSpy for structured prompting

Tokens, Embeddings & Modalities

  • β€’ Journey from raw text β†’ tokens β†’ embeddings
  • β€’ Compare tokenizers: BPE, LLaMA, GPT-2, T5
  • β€’ Word2Vec embeddings and vector math
  • β€’ Apply to multimodal models: CLIP, ViLT, ViT-GPT2
  • β€’ Byte Latent Transformers architecture
WEEK 4

Multimodal + RAG Systems

Deep dive into multimodal embeddings with CLIP and build retrieval-augmented systems. Learn contrastive learning and implement advanced RAG techniques.

Multimodal Embeddings (CLIP)

  • β€’ Joint image-text representations with contrastive learning
  • β€’ CLIP similarity queries and shared embedding space
  • β€’ Build text-to-image and image-to-image retrieval
  • β€’ Visual question answering (VQA) and image captioning
  • β€’ Compare architectures: CLIP, ViLT, ViT-GPT2

RAG & Retrieval Techniques (Mini Project 2)

  • β€’ Full RAG pipeline: pre-retrieval, retrieval, post-retrieval
  • β€’ Vector databases, chunking, and query optimization
  • β€’ Generate synthetic data using LLMs (Instructor, Pydantic)
  • β€’ Baseline vector search with LanceDB and OpenAI embeddings
  • β€’ Rerankers and statistical validation with t-tests
WEEK 5

Classical Language Models

Build n-gram language models from scratch and understand classical approaches. Learn 2-tuple loss embedding fine-tuning for search and ranking applications.

N-Gram Language Models (Mini Project 3)

  • β€’ Bigram and trigram extraction using sliding windows
  • β€’ Construct frequency dictionaries and probability matrices
  • β€’ Sample random text and evaluate with entropy & NLL
  • β€’ One-hot encode and build PyTorch neural networks
  • β€’ Compare classical vs. neural model performance

2-Tuple Loss Embedding Finetuning (Mini Project 4)

  • β€’ 2-tuple based embedding adaptation
  • β€’ User-to-music & e-commerce use cases
  • β€’ Contrastive learning and cosine similarity
  • β€’ Search and ranking applications
WEEK 6

Attention & Fine-tuning

Understand self-attention mechanisms and build transformer layers from scratch. Master instructional fine-tuning with LoRA for domain-specific tasks.

Building Self-Attention Layers

  • β€’ Motivation for attention: limitations of n-gram models
  • β€’ Query, Key, Value mechanics and weighted sums
  • β€’ Implement self-attention in PyTorch
  • β€’ Visualize attention heatmaps using real LLMs
  • β€’ Build single-head and multi-head transformers
  • β€’ Implement Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) attention

Instructional Finetuning with LoRA (Mini Project 5)

  • β€’ Difference between fine-tuning and instruction fine-tuning
  • β€’ When to apply fine-tuning vs IFT vs RAG
  • β€’ Lightweight tuning: LoRA, BitFit, prompt tuning
  • β€’ Apply to case studies: HTML generation, resume scoring
  • β€’ Use Hugging Face PEFT tools for training
WEEK 7

Architectures & Multimodal Systems

Explore feedforward networks, loss-centric training, and multimodal fine-tuning. Learn how to adapt CLIP for specialized classification and regression tasks.

Feedforward Networks & Loss-Centric Training

  • β€’ Role of linear + nonlinear layers in neural networks
  • β€’ MLPs refine outputs after self-attention
  • β€’ Compare activation functions: ReLU, GELU, SwiGLU
  • β€’ LayerNorm, positional encoding, skip connections
  • β€’ Build intuition for depth, context, and structure

Multimodal Finetuning (Mini Project 6)

  • β€’ CLIP and contrastive learning for image/text alignment
  • β€’ Fine-tune CLIP for classification and regression
  • β€’ Add heads on CLIP embeddings for downstream tasks
  • β€’ Apply LoRA to vision/text encoders
  • β€’ Diffusion models and video generation architectures
WEEK 8

Assembling & Training Transformers

Build a complete transformer architecture from scratch. Master advanced RAG techniques and learn from production-grade systems.

Full Transformer Architecture (From Scratch)

  • β€’ Connect all core components: embeddings, attention, FFN
  • β€’ Implement skip connections and positional encodings
  • β€’ Use sanity checks and test loss to debug assembly
  • β€’ Observe transformer behavior on structured prompts
  • β€’ Compare with earlier trigram and FFN models

Advanced RAG & Retrieval Methods

  • β€’ Production-grade RAG systems: Relari and Evidently
  • β€’ Common RAG bottlenecks and solutions
  • β€’ Compare embedding models and reranking strategies
  • β€’ Evaluate using recall, MRR, and qualitative techniques
  • β€’ RAG design for different use cases
WEEK 9

Specialized Fine-Tuning Projects

Apply fine-tuning to real-world scenarios: insurance claim processing and math reasoning. Learn tool-augmented fine-tuning with symbolic reasoning.

CLIP Fine-Tuning for Insurance

  • β€’ Fine-tune CLIP for car damage classification
  • β€’ Generate labeled datasets with Google Custom Search API
  • β€’ Apply PEFT with LoRA and optimize with Optuna
  • β€’ Evaluate accuracy using cosine similarity
  • β€’ Deploy in insurance agent workflow using LLaMA

Math Reasoning & Tool-Augmented Finetuning

  • β€’ Use SymPy for symbolic reasoning in LLMs
  • β€’ Fine-tune with Chain-of-Thought (CoT) data
  • β€’ Two-stage finetuning: CoT β†’ CoT+Tool integration
  • β€’ Evaluate using symbolic checks and semantic validation
  • β€’ Train quantized models with LoRA
WEEK 10

Advanced RLHF & Engineering

Master preference-based fine-tuning with DPO, PPO, RLHF, and GRPO. Reverse engineer AI code agents like Copilot and Cursor.

Preference-Based Finetuning β€” DPO, PPO, RLHF & GRPO

  • β€’ Why base LLMs are misaligned and preference correction
  • β€’ Understand differences: DPO, PPO, RLHF, and GRPO
  • β€’ Generate math-focused DPO datasets
  • β€’ Apply ensemble voting to simulate majority correctness
  • β€’ Compare training pipelines: cost, control, complexity

Building AI Code Agents β€” Copilot, Cursor, Windsurf

  • β€’ Reverse engineer modern code agents
  • β€’ Transformer context windows vs RAG + AST systems
  • β€’ Indexing, retrieval, caching, incremental compilation
  • β€’ Knowledge graphs and execution-aware completions
  • β€’ Design multi-agent AI IDE stack
WEEK 11

Agents & Multimodal Code Systems

Master agent design patterns including tool use, planning, reflection, and collaboration. Build text-to-SQL and text-to-music architectures.

Agent Design Patterns

  • β€’ Tool use, Planning, Reflection, Collaboration patterns
  • β€’ Evaluation challenges: output variability, partial correctness
  • β€’ Single-agent vs constellation/multi-agent architectures
  • β€’ Memory models and tool integration
  • β€’ Compare agent toolkits: AutoGen, LangGraph, CrewAI

Text-to-SQL and Text-to-Music Architectures

  • β€’ Implement text-to-SQL with structured prompts
  • β€’ Train and evaluate SQL generation accuracy
  • β€’ Text-to-music pipelines: prompt β†’ MIDI β†’ audio
  • β€’ Compare contrastive vs generative learning
  • β€’ Evaluation tradeoffs for logic-heavy vs creative outputs
WEEK 12

Deep Internals + Production Pipelines

Study advanced transformer optimizations from DeepSeek-V3. Learn the complete LLM production chain from inference to deployment.

Positional Encoding + DeepSeek Internals

  • β€’ Why self-attention requires positional encoding
  • β€’ Compare types: sinusoidal, RoPE, learned, binary, integer
  • β€’ Study skip connections and layer norms
  • β€’ DeepSeek-V3: MLA, MoE, MTP, FP8 training
  • β€’ When to use advanced transformer optimizations

LLM Production Chain (Inference, Deployment, CI/CD)

  • β€’ End-to-end LLM production: data, serving, latency, monitoring
  • β€’ Multi-tenant LLM APIs and vector databases
  • β€’ Tradeoffs: hosting vs APIs, inference tuning
  • β€’ Plan scalable serving stack
  • β€’ LLMOps roles, workflows, and production tooling
WEEK 13

Enterprise LLMs & Career Growth

Master RAG hallucination control for enterprise search. Prepare for AI engineering roles with interview prep and career strategies.

RAG Hallucination Control & Enterprise Search

  • β€’ RAG in enterprise settings with citation engines
  • β€’ Hallucination reduction: constrained decoding, retrieval, DPO
  • β€’ Evaluate model trustworthiness for sensitive applications
  • β€’ Production examples: legal, compliance, finance contexts

Career Prep β€” Roles, Interviews, and AI Career Paths

  • β€’ AI roles: Engineer, Model Engineer, Researcher, PM, Architect
  • β€’ FAANG/LLM interview prep: DSA, behavioral, portfolio
  • β€’ Mock interviews and story crafting with ChatGPT
  • β€’ Build standout AI resume, repo, and demo strategy
  • β€’ Internal AI projects, indie hacker paths, transition guides
WEEK 14

Career Growth & Staying Current

Learn how to stay current with AI research, news, and tools. Track foundational trends and understand the evolution of AI technologies.

Staying Current with AI (Research, News, and Tools)

  • β€’ Track foundational trends: RAG, Agents, Fine-tuning, RLHF, Infra
  • β€’ Tradeoffs: long context windows vs retrieval pipelines
  • β€’ Compare agent frameworks: CrewAI, LangGraph, Relevance AI
  • β€’ Real 2026 GenAI use cases: productivity + emotion-first design
  • β€’ Stay current: newsletters, YouTube, community tools

SUCCESS STORIES

What Developers Are Saying About the AI Accelerator

One of the things that I've noticed from going to countless university courses is that you end up falling behind because the content is not recent and you also lack mentorship. With this bootcamp, I was able to talk to people in the industry who are actively working in data science or ML and they helped me think about problem-solving differently whether it was with ML or generative AI. I have been able to use the skills I learned in this course to work on and solve generative AI problems at my current job, which couldn't be possible without this course.

Anup Vasudevan

Anup Vasudevan

Senior Software Engineer

The bootcamp is very deep and I got a lot out of the lectures, coaching sessions, and the case studies. I also got a lot out of working with other participants in the boot camp and bouncing ideas off each other. It's not just presentations but it was actually code and exercises and homework with pretty deep exercises. So I think one of the things that you get out of the boot camp is not only theory, but you also have to build and ship products. And that's what this boot camp prepares you for.

Jeff O'Connell

Jeff O'Connell

Senior Software Engineer

I recently completed the Full-Stack AI Bootcamp, and I can confidently say it exceeded all my expectations. If you're serious about learning AI engineering in depth, then this is the bootcamp to join, from start to finish.

Percy Brea

Percy Brea

Senior Software Engineer

What I liked the most about the course is the project coaching. I like the fact that you get help with projects. I like the encouragement of being in a community of people that are all doing the same thing and kind of working towards a common goal. I thought the content would be totally overwhelming, but it really wasn't that bad. It was something that I could do and was really cool.

Chris Westbrook

Chris Westbrook

Software Engineer

I was looking for a place to learn more about AI that wasn't just piecing together random things from the Internet. I wanted a more structured course with an approach that didn't feel like going back to college, and I found this. I liked that we had the live lectures, and then they were also recorded, so I could go through them twice. That helped sync some of the information in that I could watch a lecture. It was definitely a lot of content. But I feel like it was manageable with also the learning management system that was implemented like the quizzes and the notebooks.

James Newman

James Newman

Tech Lead

I think the instructors have done a really good job curating the content to help you understand AI and also build out your own tools. If you're like myself and don't have a background in machine learning or anything like that, learning about AI can be really daunting, particularly because many of the concepts could be very dense. So I think they've structured the course content in a way that really allows you to understand the underlying concepts in AI, walking you through some of their early language models and you get to build out ngram LLMs all the way to modern day architectures.

Moses Valle-Palacios

Moses Valle-Palacios

Policy Director

I really loved the lectures. They were very detailed and thorough. I got to learn a lot of concepts from there and then I like the classwork and homework, because that gave me a lot of hands-on with proper guidance, like how I should be proceeding with that, etc. And the idea and the concept of creating our own project was the best thing, because then I could come up with my own idea, and I got the guidance from the instructors to build what I really wanted. Not only did I learn what I wanted to learn, but I also built something in which I could use my own prior experiences.

Ruby Jha

Ruby Jha

Engineering Manager

The course is well structured and the content is very elaborate... The teaching is very good. The team is really knowledgeable and they are experts in the field. There are a lot of hands-on exercises and we are doing a live project which we could use in production. That's really helpful in making your understanding concrete and you can get really confident with programming Gen AI. I'm very happy with this course. It helped me learn the concepts very clearly and I'm confident that I can develop any kind of AI applications.

Sunjith Sukumaran

Sunjith Sukumaran

Co-Founder

Your AI Engineering Career Starts Here

Become our next success story.

The fastest path from where you are now to a signed AI engineering offer. On your free strategy session, we'll look at your background, target roles, and map out exactly what your path looks like. You'll leave with something tangible, whether you decide to work with us or not.

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Going back to university works if your goal is academic research. But if you want to land an AI engineering role, you're looking at 2+ years and $60k+ on a curriculum that's 12 to 18 months behind what companies are actually using in production.

Learning on your own works if you have unlimited time and can figure out on your own what matters, what doesn't, and what hiring managers actually want to see. Most engineers who try this spend 6 to 12 months going in circles before realizing they've been learning the wrong things.

Our approach is different because everything we give you is based on what's actually being used in production right now, and what hiring managers are specifically looking for. We map out your personalized path, help you build the projects that matter, and once you're ready, we apply for jobs on your behalf until you have a signed offer. You're not learning and hoping it works out. You're following a system designed around one outcome: you in an AI engineering role.

The program is built around 30 to 60 minutes a day. That's the baseline. If you can carve that out consistently, the system works.

Our most successful students usually put in around 8 hours a week, but that's not the requirement. What matters more than the amount of time is what you're doing with it. Because we've stripped out the research, the guesswork, and the job search grind, every minute you invest moves you closer to an offer.

All live sessions are recorded, and the full library is available on demand, so you can work through things whenever your schedule allows.

You need to be able to program. That's it.

Some Python helps, but if you're coming from another language, you can pick up what you need quickly. We'll guide you through any gaps.

You don't need prior AI or ML experience. You don't need a math background. You don't need a PhD. Some of our most successful students came in with zero AI knowledge and landed roles at companies like L'OrΓ©al within 90 days.

The most important prerequisite is a commitment to follow the system. If you do that, the rest takes care of itself.

Yes. If you complete the program and don't land an AI engineering role within 6 months of us starting to apply on your behalf, you get 100% of your tuition back.

The reason we can offer this is because we've built the shortest, most direct path from where you are now to an AI engineering offer. If you follow it, the outcome is inevitable. You'll get the full details of what qualifies on your strategy session.

This is built for software engineers who want to move into AI engineering roles, whether that's at a new company or by moving into AI internally at their current one.

If you're a backend engineer, full-stack, frontend, mobile, or any other flavor of engineer who's been watching the AI wave and wondering how to get in, this is for you.

It's also a fit if you want the AI title and compensation bump without leaving your current company. Around 30% of engineers we work with take this path and get promoted internally.

That's one of the many tracks we support.

If you like where you work and just want the AI title, the compensation bump, and the positioning that comes with it, we help you identify an internal AI project, build it with senior mentorship, and position it to your manager for a promotion.

We even build the business case and approval packet you hand to your manager. In many cases, companies pay for part or all of the program because they're getting an AI project delivered AND an employee who can lead AI initiatives going forward.

Yes, because we focus on what we call evergreen concepts. The fundamentals like tokenization, embeddings, attention mechanisms, RAG, and fine-tuning aren't going anywhere. They're the foundation of every major model.

On top of that, since we're actively building AI products ourselves, we see what's being used in production and update the curriculum continuously. So you're not just learning what works today, you're learning the mental models that let you understand whatever comes next.

You have access to senior technical mentors who review your code, answer your questions, and make sure you never get stuck. You also get group coaching calls, a community of other engineers going through the same process, and direct support from our curriculum and operations teams.

Then, on the placement side, you get a dedicated Job Search Analyst who applies for roles on your behalf, optimizes your LinkedIn, builds your resume, and preps you for interviews.

This isn't a watch-videos-and-figure-it-out type of program. You have people on your side at every step.

Anup was a backend engineer working a full-time job. After 87 days with us, he landed a $200k+ role at Capital One's Generative AI team.

Julia was a frontend engineer with zero Python and zero AI experience. Within 3 months, she was on the Gen AI team at L'OrΓ©al USA.

DJ liked where he worked but wanted the AI title. We helped him scope an internal project, build it, and leverage it into a promotion. He's now AI Lead managing a team of 3.

Ruby was a Senior Engineer who felt stuck. She used the internal track, built a system that analyzed thousands of resumes for the company's HR team, and leveraged it into a promotion.

The projects students build during the program range from domain-specific AI systems and invoice processing pipelines to calorie-counting apps, legal assistants, and specialized fine-tuned models. But the projects are just the vehicle. The real outcome is the role.