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Train the engineers who build and defend with AI

Turn engineering experience into practical AI capability. Two focused tracks for engineers embedding AI in real businesses and security teams testing what comes next.

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Forward-deployed engineeringAI security testingPractical labs & project work

USD 10,000 per course · 3 months · 1:1 training

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From technical knowledge to work that ships

01Build with AI

Forward-deployed engineers

Work alongside customers, understand their operations and turn an ambiguous business problem into software people use. Learn to own the path from discovery and prototype to integration, deployment and handover.

For: Software, data and solutions engineers comfortable writing code and working with APIs.

USD 10,000

Per person · 3 months · 1:1 training

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What you’ll learn

  • Discover the real problem. Map workflows with users, scope a useful first release and define measurable outcomes.
  • Build AI applications. Connect models, retrieval and tools to business data and existing APIs.
  • Choose and evaluate models. Compare hosted and open-weight models, retrieval and fine-tuning against task-specific evaluations.
  • Ship inside real constraints. Apply access controls, handle sensitive data and monitor quality, latency and cost.
  • Drive adoption. Iterate with users, explain trade-offs and leave behind documentation and operational runbooks.
Project

Build and demonstrate an AI workflow with an integration, evaluation results and a deployment plan.

02Defend with AI

AI security testing engineers

Bring AI into your penetration-testing workflow and learn to assess AI applications themselves. Use models to support investigation, validate findings and turn evidence into fixes engineers can act on.

For: Cybersecurity engineers, penetration testers and application security teams with a grounding in web and API security.

USD 10,000

Per person · 3 months · 1:1 training

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What you’ll learn

  • Build an AI-assisted testing workflow. Use models to review code, plan tests and triage evidence in scoped lab environments.
  • Work with open-weight and fine-tuned models. Evaluate security-focused models, private deployment and data handling for testing tasks.
  • Test AI applications. Assess prompt injection, sensitive-data exposure, retrieval boundaries and agent tool permissions.
  • Verify the result. Reproduce findings, identify false positives and keep human review in automated workflows.
  • Close the loop. Write actionable reports, recommend remediation and retest the fix.
Project

Assess a deliberately vulnerable lab application and deliver a verified findings report with remediation and retest evidence.

In practice

Security exercises use controlled labs or systems with written authorisation, agreed scope and clear handling rules for test data.

How training works

Learn it. Apply it. Show the result.

  1. Scope

    Match your 1:1 training to your experience, tools and goals.

  2. Practise

    Work through focused exercises with realistic engineering constraints.

  3. Build

    Bring the skills together in a practical project with reviewable outputs.

  4. Review

    Demonstrate your work, explain decisions and identify what to improve next.

FAQs

Before you start

Which track is right for me?

Choose forward-deployed engineering if you want to build and deploy AI solutions with customers. Choose AI security testing if you already work in security and want to use AI in assessments or test AI-powered systems.

Do I need previous AI experience?

Bring the engineering or security fundamentals for your chosen track. We’ll discuss your experience before agreeing the scope, including any preparation needed for models, retrieval or agent workflows.

Can training use our own tools and use cases?

Tell us about your stack, deployment requirements and team goals. We can scope exercises around those constraints, using approved or synthetic data and agreed testing environments.

What are the dates, format and cost?

Either course costs USD 10,000 per person for three months of 1:1 training. Choose forward-deployed engineering or AI security testing, then contact us to discuss your start date and prerequisites.

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What should you be able to do next?

Choose your track for three months of 1:1 training at USD 10,000 per course. Tell us your current experience and preferred start date to get started.

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