The Countdown to AI Engineer Certification v1.0 Begins πŸš€


Hey Reader,

The countdown to The AI Engineer Certification v1.0 has officially started. Cohort 1.0 begins soon on June 2, and this is shaping up to be the most current and rewarding learning track from AI Makerspace yet.

Over the past two years, we refined The AI Engineering Bootcamp across 9 cohorts and thousands of builders. v1.0 is the next evolution of a more production-focused certification experience built around what matters in AI Engineering right now. If you're in, submit your challenge to us and then apply.

An Exciting Partnership Update

We're incredibly excited to share...AI Makerspace is now a trusted partner of AI Aspire, the enterprise AI advisory firm led by Andrew Ng and Kirsty Tan.

For us, recently launching our own agentic AI learning programs for enterprises, this is a meaningful full-circle moment. Back in 2021, I moved to Silicon Valley and helped build ML Engineering and MLOps programs inside the AI Fund ecosystem while contributing to educational initiatives connected to DeepLearning.AI. That experience helped shape the ideas that became AI Makerspace.

We want to make this first certification cohort feel special because it is. Everyone who enrolls in The AI Engineer Certification v1.0 will also receive an exclusive AI Makerspace merch box shipped directly to them.

Inside the updated merch box πŸ‘€:

  • Build Ship Share backpack
  • Exclusive notebook and sticker pack
  • A premium pen
  • AI Makerspace water bottle

There are more rewards for people who helped in building this community from the beginning.

Discounts are available for:

  • Previous AI Makerspace students
  • Referral enrollments
  • Team enrollments
  • Returning graduates

Check out our discount policy to how you can save $1-2k as a new student, 20% for team enrollments, and up to 80% as a returning student. If someone you know and work with should be in this cohort, send them our way.

What's Changing as Bootcamp Becomes an AI Engineer Certification

Here's what we've added to the πŸ“œ Detailed Curriculum for v1.0:

  • πŸ€– Claude Code + Claude Agent SDK
  • πŸ–ΌοΈ Multi-modal RAG for image + text-based retrieval
  • βš–οΈ Classical fine-tuning using the latest tools & models
  • πŸ† Reinforcement Learning with Verifiable Rewards (RLVR)
  • πŸ‘¨β€πŸš€ Agent Evals via Simulation
  • 🦞 OpenClaw

If you’re ready to become a production AI Engineer along with us, we’d love to see you in The AI Engineer Certification v1.0.

Build. Ship. Share.

Cheers,

Dr. Greg Loughnane, Ph.D.
Owner/CEO
AI Makerspace