🚀 AI Builders Bootcamp: From Idea to Application

October 2 – November 13, 2025 | 6 Weeks | Live & Virtual
Build a complete AI application. Get mentored by industry leaders. Win a $2,500 scholarship.

🗓 Course Structure & Weekly Breakdown

Week 1: Welcome to the AI Era

📅 Oct 2 – Oct 8

  • Course kickoff + meet the instructors

  • Overview of the AI landscape (LLMs, agents, multimodal models)

  • Intro to core concepts: NLP, LLMs, vector databases, agentic AI

  • Setup your dev environment (GPU/cloud, local tools, repos)

  • Tools: GitHub, Hugging Face, Google Colab, LangChain, OpenDevin

🎯 Goal: Students are aligned on course objectives, have the foundational knowledge of AI, and complete technical environment setup.

Week 2: Building the AI Brain – Backend Development

📅 Oct 9 – Oct 15

  • Choosing & deploying open-source LLMs (Mistral, LLaMA, etc.)

  • Introduction to agentic frameworks (LangGraph, CrewAI, Autogen)

  • Connecting vector databases (Pinecone, Weaviate, Chroma)

  • Prompt engineering vs fine-tuning: when to use each

  • Build a simple AI agent flow

🎯 Goal: Students build the core logic of their AI application using backend frameworks and LLMs.

Week 3: Designing the AI Face – Frontend Development

📅 Oct 16 – Oct 22

  • Intro to AI UX/UI with tools like Lovable, Streamlit, or Gradio

  • Designing conversational interfaces and agent feedback loops

  • Handling inputs, states, and memory in AI interactions

  • Voice, text, and image interface options

  • Rapid prototyping with AI-integrated UI tools

🎯 Goal: Students design and prototype a functional frontend for their AI system.

Week 4: Making It Work – Full Stack AI App Integration

📅 Oct 23 – Oct 29

  • Connect backend agents with the frontend interface

  • Build APIs and middleware with FastAPI or Flask

  • Real-time feedback, error handling, and model tuning

  • Deploying your AI app on cloud (Render, Vercel, Hugging Face Spaces)

  • Add monitoring/logging with tools like LangSmith

🎯 Goal: Students complete an end-to-end AI app that functions across frontend and backend.

Week 5: Final Build Week – Launch Your AI Project

📅 Oct 30 – Nov 5

  • Final project build and polish

  • Instructor office hours and 1:1 mentoring

  • Add personalization and user flow improvements

  • Pitch deck preparation and recording a demo video

  • Optional: add analytics, billing, or integrations

🎯 Goal: Students finalize a working demo of their AI application.

Week 6: Demo Day + $2,500 Scholarship Award

📅 Nov 6 – Nov 13

  • Students pitch their AI apps live or via video

  • Projects judged by industry panel (Amazon, Microsoft, Shopify, startup leaders)

  • Feedback, highlights, and networking opportunities

  • Winner announced – $2,500 scholarship awarded

  • Top projects showcased on course site and social media

🎯 Goal: Students demonstrate real-world AI skills and compete for recognition and awards.

👩‍🏫 Instructors & Mentors

  • Senior AI Engineers & Researchers from Amazon, Microsoft, Shopify, and top startups

  • Authors of bestselling AI books

  • Contributors to open-source agentic frameworks

  • Holders of patents in LLM, RLHF, and applied ML

🎓 Outcomes

  • Build a working AI app from scratch

  • Gain real-world experience with LLMs, agents, and full-stack AI

  • Get personal feedback from top AI practitioners

  • Join a peer community of builders and innovators

  • Compete to win a $2,500 scholarship

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