AI Shipping Labs Sprint 2 Starts Today
AI Shipping Labs Sprint 2 starts today. Join the six-week sprint to work from your personal plan, or combine it with LLM Zoomcamp in a closed cohort with weekly office hours for AI Shipping Labs members.
We start the second AI Shipping Labs sprint today, July 1, 2026. For the next six weeks, members will work toward concrete AI engineering goals and turn learning into something they can show.
Every AI Shipping Labs member still starts with a personal plan. For Sprint 2, we are also adding a closed LLM Zoomcamp cohort for members who want weekly office hours around the free DataTalks.Club course.
Join the Sprint 2 event series
What are sprints at AI Shipping Labs?
Sprints are six-week accountability cycles where you work toward one specific goal that you choose at the start. We help you turn that goal into weekly milestones based on your background, time constraints, and the resources that can move you forward.
Each week, you complete one step, share progress with other community members, and ask for help when you get stuck. You get a steady rhythm without being forced into the same project as everyone else.
If you're new to AI engineering or do not know where to start, the sprint can help you get clarity quickly. You join a group of people who are also learning by doing, but you still work on a goal that fits your own situation.
Who participates in sprints?
Based on Sprint 1, AI Shipping Labs members do not fit into one narrow profile. We had software engineers moving into AI engineering, Buildcamp graduates polishing existing projects, job seekers preparing portfolio work, domain experts building AI tools for their own work, and people just starting with Python or AI engineering foundations.
You do not need to arrive with a perfect project idea. If you are motivated and willing to work consistently, we can help you find a place in the sprint.
We also use the community to make the sprint less lonely. In Sprint 1, we looked at members' projects, backgrounds, experience levels, and goals, then connected people with useful overlap.
The personal plan is the default path
Learning AI engineering can become abstract quickly. During the sprint, we pull the work back into practice. By the end of each week, you should have something tangible.
When you join AI Shipping Labs, we create a personal plan based on your background, goals, and current situation. It gives you the weekly milestones you use during the sprint.
Why we added an LLM Zoomcamp cohort
We created the LLM Zoomcamp cohort because of what we saw while preparing plans during Sprint 1. Several members already had the course in their learning path. Instead of leaving everyone to study separately, we decided to create a smaller cohort inside AI Shipping Labs.
LLM Zoomcamp is a free DataTalks.Club course where you learn how to build an AI system that answers questions about your knowledge base. The materials, videos, homework, and public community support are free.
AI Shipping Labs does not replace the free course. We give members a smaller group and a clearer weekly rhythm while they work through the material.
Inside the cohort, we provide weekly Zoom office hours with recordings, accountability updates during the sprint, personalized onboarding to connect the course to your goals, and peers working through the material together.
More details: AI Shipping Labs support for LLM Zoomcamp. Office hours are listed here: LLM Zoomcamp 2026 office hours.
How the sprint works week by week
Each week, you focus on one step from your plan.
At the start of the week, you post a short update in the sprint Slack channel. The update helps you set an intention for the week.
At the end of the week, you share your results and blockers on the regular weekly call. Other members can give useful feedback, and you can see your own progress even when the work feels slow. You also post a short update on Slack.
Read other members' updates too, and reply when you can suggest a next step or share a useful resource.
You do not need to wait for a live call to ask for help. If you get stuck during the week, post your blocker early, while you can still adjust the plan instead of only reporting what happened after the week is over.
How to join Sprint 2
Members on the Main tier and above have access to the Slack community, a personal plan, the sprint, and the closed LLM Zoomcamp cohort.
To join, choose the membership plan that fits you. You will get an onboarding email automatically, and we will help you create your personal plan. Then you choose how to use the sprint: follow your own path, or combine it with the closed LLM Zoomcamp cohort.
If you're already part of AI Shipping Labs, you only need to register in the Sprint 2 event series and reach out to us if you have any questions.
AI Shipping Labs membership also includes access to live hands-on workshops and their written material, career guidance, and a closed community of AI engineering practitioners.
During Sprint 2, you use the community timeline to turn these activities into weekly progress. Instead of learning in isolation, you work in public inside the community, see what others are building, and get feedback while the work is still in progress.