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What you'll build

25+ real AI builds. One deployed capstone.

You don't just learn AI engineering, you build it. Every week ships a guided mini-lab and a main build, then you combine everything into a public, deployed GenAI product.

๐Ÿš€ 11 main builds๐Ÿงช 12 mini-labs๐Ÿ 1 capstone
๐Ÿš€ Weekly main builds11 builds
Build 01 ยท Week 1
Ask-an-Expert CLI assistant

A command-line assistant that calls an LLM API to answer domain questions.

Build 02 ยท Week 2
Find Similar semantic search

Embedding-based similarity search over a small dataset.

Build 03 ยท Week 3
PyTorch classifier

A text or image classifier you build and evaluate in PyTorch.

Build 04 ยท Week 4
Transformer sentiment app

A text and sentiment app built on a pretrained transformer.

Build 05 ยท Week 5
Multi-model comparison tool

Compare outputs across GPT, Claude, Llama and Mistral side by side.

Build 06 ยท Week 6
Prompt-driven content tool

A content tool with a reusable prompt test harness.

Build 07 ยท Week 7
Chat with your documents

A first RAG app that answers from your own knowledge base.

Build 08 ยท Week 8
Production-grade RAG app

A RAG app with re-ranking, evaluation and quality checks.

Build 09 ยท Week 9
Multi-step AI agent

A research and automation agent with tools, memory and a loop.

Build 10 ยท Week 10
Fine-tuned small model

A small model fine-tuned with LoRA or PEFT for a focused task.

Build 11 ยท Week 11
Monitored GenAI service

A guard-railed, monitored GenAI service, containerized and deployed.

๐Ÿงช Weekly mini-labs12 labs
Mini-lab ยท Week 1
First LLM Script
Mini-lab ยท Week 2
Semantic Similarity Explorer
Mini-lab ยท Week 3
Train a Tiny Classifier
Mini-lab ยท Week 4
Visualize Attention
Mini-lab ยท Week 5
Compare Model Outputs
Mini-lab ยท Week 6
Prompt Showdown
Mini-lab ยท Week 7
Build a Mini Knowledge Base
Mini-lab ยท Week 8
Re-ranking Experiment
Mini-lab ยท Week 9
Single-Tool Agent
Mini-lab ยท Week 10
Prepare a Fine-tuning Dataset
Mini-lab ยท Week 11
Containerize an AI App
Mini-lab ยท Week 12
Portfolio Polish
๐Ÿ Capstonedeployed product
Capstone ยท Week 12
Deployed end-to-end GenAI product

Scope, build, deploy and demo a real, public GenAI product using your choice of RAG, agents or fine-tuning, with guardrails, monitoring, a GitHub portfolio and a demo video.

Life after the program

A portfolio that proves you can ship AI

You finish with 25+ builds and a deployed capstone. Then you keep growing through our community and earning from your skills.

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25+ AI builds

Real projects across LLMs, RAG, agents, fine-tuning and deployment.

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AI Showcase certificate

Peer-reviewed work and a CareerByteCode AI Showcase certificate.

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A path into AI roles

Career and interview prep for landing AI Engineer roles.

Turn 25+ builds into a portfolio

Build proof you can ship real GenAI, then grow through our community and earning pathway.