Action-oriented builders. Now open.

Turn AI ideas into real projects

A community for action-oriented builders interested in AI engineering and AI tools. Get the structure, focus, and accountability you need to ship practical AI products.

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Build

Practical AI projects

Ship

With structure & accountability

Grow

Through peer collaboration

Philosophy

Learn by building, together

Designed for motivated learners who prefer learning by doing. Get clear frameworks, direction, and community support to make consistent progress on your projects.

Learning by doing

No passive consumption. Every activity is designed around building, shipping, and getting feedback on real work.

Production-ready

Focus on what actually works in production. Move from prototypes to reliable systems with battle-tested patterns.

Build together

Work alongside other practitioners. Hackathons, projects, and group problem-solving instead of isolated learning.

Calibrate your judgment

Develop better instincts through peer feedback, expert guidance, and exposure to real-world decision-making patterns.

What members do

Build momentum with people who ship

AI Shipping Labs turns project ideas into a shared practice: focused work, useful feedback, and a cadence that keeps the next step visible.

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Accountability circles

Build in sprints with shared momentum and live check-ins for progress, blockers, and next steps.

Group learning

Turn solo research into shared leverage by publishing findings in a format other builders can reuse.

Building sessions

Join live 1.5–2 hour working sessions once or twice a month on topics requested by members—not passive webinars.

Trend breakdowns

Trace one trending AI idea back to code and primary sources, then evaluate it through an engineering lens.

Career support

Work through interviews, offers, salary, LinkedIn, GitHub, and how to present projects to hiring teams.

Main-tier workflow

Plan -> Sprint -> Ship

Community sprints turn good intentions into shipping windows. Members set a concrete goal, work inside a shared sprint cadence, and leave with a project milestone they can show.

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Plan

Pick one project outcome that matters enough to finish inside a defined window.

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Sprint

Work alongside other builders with a live cadence, check-ins, and visible progress.

3

Ship

End the sprint with a project milestone, demo, or public artifact you can build on.

Live sessions on the calendar

See what the community is doing live

Follow the current schedule of building sessions, office hours, and community conversations. Each event shows the membership level it requires.

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What learners say

From the students of our AI Engineering course

AI Shipping Labs community is new, but here's what practitioners say about the courses that inspired it.

"This course helped me understand how to implement a RAG system in Python. From basic system-design of a RAG, to evaluating responses and implementing guardrails, the course gave me a great overview of the necessary skills for implementing and managing my own agent."
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Rolando

AI Data Scientist · AeroMexico

"I highly recommend the AI Engineering Buildcamp. I learned a tremendous amount. The material is abundant, very well organized, and progresses in a logical and progressive manner. This made complex topics much easier to follow and digest. The instructor Alexey Grigorev is clearly very knowledgeable in the field, and also super helpful and responsive to questions."
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John

AI Tutor · Meta

"Excellent, comprehensive, and modern course that elevated my knowledge of generative AI from RAG applications to well-evaluated, fully functioning agentic systems. Alexey Grigorev incorporated essential software engineering practices, especially unit testing and evaluation, teaching us how to systematically improve our agents."
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Yan

Senior Data Scientist · Virtualitics

"I really enjoyed this course! It made the process of building AI agents both accessible and exciting. The progression from RAG to agents, multi-agent systems, monitoring, and guardrails was clear and practical. I'm walking away inspired and full of new ideas to build on."
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Scott

Principal Data Scientist, Applied AI · interos.ai

"The course provides an excellent introduction to the core tooling needed to develop an agentic tool. Worth the effort especially given the comprehensiveness of the options and solutions available in the course."
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Naveen

Software Engineer

"Excellent course, it gets you practicing the concepts you need to know to work on agentic AI. The instructor is accessible, clear, and flexible."
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Nelson

Practitioner

Membership

Choose your level of engagement

Each tier is designed for a different type of builder. More investment means more structure, accountability, and support to help you ship your AI projects consistently.

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Annual (Save ~17%)

Free

Start shipping with us

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Newsletter, open resources, and live-event access.

Create a free account to get community updates, browse open resources, and register for free/open events without a checkout.

  • Community updates and newsletter emails
  • Open resources, recordings, and tutorials
  • Register for free/open live events
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Basic

Content only

€20 /month

Educational content without community access.

Access curated educational content, tutorials, and research. Perfect for self-directed builders who learn at their own pace.

  • Hands-on tutorials with code examples you can implement
  • Curated breakdowns of new AI tools and workflows

Best for independent builders who prefer self-paced learning. Upgrade to Main for structure, accountability, and community support.

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Main

Live learning + community

€50 /month

Build with the community and get the accountability and direction you need to make progress.

Everything in Basic, plus the structure, accountability, and peer support to ship your AI projects consistently.

  • Everything in Basic
  • Closed community access to connect and interact with practitioners
  • Guided project-based learning with curated resources
  • Community hackathons
  • Career advancement discussions and feedback
  • Personal brand development guidance and content

Best for builders who need structure and accountability to turn project ideas into reality alongside motivated peers.

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Premium

Courses + personalized feedback

€100 /month

Accelerate your growth with structured courses and personalized feedback.

Everything in Main, plus structured learning paths through mini-courses and personalized career guidance to accelerate your growth.

  • Everything in Main
  • Access to all mini-courses on specialized topics
  • Upcoming: Python for Data and AI Engineering
  • Resume, LinkedIn, and GitHub teardowns

Best for builders seeking structured learning paths to complement hands-on projects, plus personalized career guidance.

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From the blog

Publish and share our thinking

Long-form notes, walkthroughs, and experiments. Stay close to how we build and reason.

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Project Ideas

Pet & Portfolio Project Ideas

Project ideas and real projects from people who've taken courses. End-to-end AI applications and agentic workflows you can learn from and build on.

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Curated Links

Tools, Models & Courses

Curated GitHub repos, model hubs, and learning resources. Dev tools, local LLMs, and courses to level up.

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Other

Awesome ML

Curated list of ML resources. Frameworks, papers, and tools.
Courses

LLM Course by Maxime Labonne

Large language model course. From basics to RAG, agents, and fine-tuning.
Models

MiniMax-M1

Open-weight reasoning
Tools

Sphinx

AI copilot for data science. One prompt runs the full
Other

AGENTS.md

Open standard for AI coding
Courses

dlt Fundamentals

Course from dlthub on building robust ELT pipelines. Includes a holiday lesson (Dec 22) on integrating LLMs into your workflow, with 50 swag packs to compete for.

FAQ

Common questions

Who is this community for?
Action-oriented builders interested in AI engineering and AI tools who want to turn ideas into real projects. Whether you're learning Python or working as an ML engineer, if you have project ideas but need structure, focus, and accountability, this community is for you. We attract motivated learners who prefer learning by doing and builders who contribute back to the ecosystem.
What makes this different from other tech communities?
We focus on helping you ship practical AI products, not just consume content. You get clear frameworks, direction, and gentle external pressure to make consistent progress on your projects. The community concentrates highly engaged builders in a focused environment centered on productivity, structured execution, and hands-on project work.
I have a main job. Can I still participate?
Yes. The community is designed to help you make consistent progress on side projects even with limited time. You get the structure and accountability to stay focused and ship incrementally through projects, hackathons, and collaborative activities.
What if I just want the content without community?
The Basic tier is designed exactly for this. You get access to exclusive content, tutorials, research, and curated materials without any expectation of community participation. Perfect for self-directed builders who learn at their own pace.
What's included in the Main tier?
Main tier gives you the structure, accountability, and peer support to ship your AI projects consistently. Includes everything in Basic, plus closed community access, collaborative problem-solving, interactive group coding sessions, guided projects, hackathons, career discussions, and the ability to propose and vote on topics.
What's included in the Premium tier?
Premium tier accelerates your growth with structured learning paths through mini-courses and personalized career guidance. Includes everything in Main, plus access to all mini-courses on specialized topics, the ability to vote on course topics, and professional profile teardowns (resume, LinkedIn, GitHub).
How do I get started?
Pick the tier that fits your needs, click the button to check out securely via Stripe, and you'll receive access details by email within 24 hours. You can start with any tier and upgrade or downgrade at any time.
How does billing work?
All payments are processed securely through Stripe. You can choose monthly or annual billing (annual saves ~17%). Stripe handles tax calculation automatically based on your location. You'll receive invoices and receipts by email after each payment.
Can I cancel or change my subscription?
Yes, you're in full control. You can cancel, upgrade, downgrade, or update your payment method at any time through the Stripe Customer Portal. If you cancel, you'll retain access until the end of your current billing period.