Become an FDE · Forward Deployed Engineer
A separate, AI-taught program for AI engineers and career changers. Ship a real FDE MVP, run AI mock interviews, and build a GitHub-backed credential — with your own private training sandbox.
Import your repos into a shareable proof-of-work page.
Realistic behavioral + technical interviews with scored reports.
Finish with a live MVP landing page, not a certificate.
Monthly live cohorts · 5–6 weeks
Live, instructor-led FDE classes hosted every month. Meet weekly over live video, then ship your capstone. Courseware download requires a free account.
The AI FDE Certification (Live Cohort)
Live, instructor-led certification program for the AI Forward Deployed Engineer. Customer discovery, applied AI integration, evals, guardrails, system design, and a real FDE MVP capstone.
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Production-Ready Agentic AI PM Certification (Live Cohort)
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AI Evals for Engineers & PMs (Live Cohort)
Live cohort course on building rigorous AI evaluation harnesses, golden sets, human review, and CI for LLM apps — for engineers and PMs.
The full course outline
Download requires a free account.
Applied AI for Forward Deployed
Customer discovery for applied AILesson
Find the workflow worth automating, and the one stakeholder who loses sleep over it.
Milestone — you'll complete this hands-on step in your sandbox.
Interactive product experienceMilestone
Turn your validated idea into an interactive, signup-converting experience your visitors can ask questions about.
Milestone — you'll complete this hands-on step in your sandbox.
Integration into real systemsLesson
Wire AI into messy production systems: auth, data access, and the seams that matter.
Milestone — you'll complete this hands-on step in your sandbox.
Evals in the fieldLesson
Measure quality on the customer's real data, not your sandbox.
Milestone — you'll complete this hands-on step in your sandbox.
Delivery & handoffLesson
Ship, document, and hand off a system the customer can run without you.
Milestone — you'll complete this hands-on step in your sandbox.
Capstone: deploy a real workflowLesson
Scope and ship an applied AI workflow for a real (or realistic) customer environment.
Milestone — you'll complete this hands-on step in your sandbox.
FDE Foundations
Applied AI & engineering fundamentalsLesson
Build intuition for how AI systems actually work.
- How modern AI products are builtTakeaways: A product = model + contract + glue; You can ship value without training models; Honest evaluation builds trust
How AI products shipLesson
The shape of a lightweight launch.
- Shipping a first versionTakeaways: Start with one user, one task, one metric; Keep a human fallback at first; Improve from real data
Customer discovery basicsLesson
Talk to users before you build.
- Finding the real problemTakeaways: Observe the real workflow; Surface hidden assumptions; Test the riskiest assumption first
Validate your FDE ideaValidation
Pressure-test your capstone idea against the live market.
Milestone — you'll complete this hands-on step in your sandbox.
Ship your FDE MVPMVP milestone
Publish a waitlist-ready landing page for your validated FDE product.
Milestone — you'll complete this hands-on step in your sandbox.
Interactive product experienceMilestone
Turn your validated idea into an interactive, signup-converting experience your visitors can ask questions about.
Milestone — you'll complete this hands-on step in your sandbox.
FDE Accelerated
The FDE role & operating modelLesson
What an FDE is and how they operate at the customer edge.
- What a Forward Deployed Engineer doesTakeaways: FDEs own the model-to-customer loop; Speed of learning beats model perfection; Evals and guardrails are first-class work
Customer discovery & problem framingLesson
Turn vague customer asks into a sharp, measurable problem.
- Discovery sprints for applied AITakeaways: Map the workflow before the model; Pick a measurable success metric; Disqualify vague problems early
Deploying & integrating AI modelsLesson
Ship a model into a real system with the right fallbacks.
- From notebook to production loopTakeaways: Wrap models behind a simple contract; Add guardrails and fallbacks before launch; Instrument every call from day one
Validate your FDE ideaValidation
Pressure-test your capstone idea against the live market.
Milestone — you'll complete this hands-on step in your sandbox.
Ship your FDE MVPMVP milestone
Publish a waitlist-ready landing page for your validated FDE product.
Milestone — you'll complete this hands-on step in your sandbox.
Interactive product experienceMilestone
Turn your validated idea into an interactive, signup-converting experience your visitors can ask questions about.
Milestone — you'll complete this hands-on step in your sandbox.
FDE Forward Deployed Engineer program
Priced separately from the Learner plan. Accelerated for AI engineers, Foundations → Pro for career changers, plus a private sandbox add-on.
3-day free trial · cancel anytime
Secure checkout via Base44 Payments.
- AI-taught accelerated curriculum (~5 weeks)
- 3-day free trial of AI training
- AI mock interviews with scored reports
- GitHub-backed credential portfolio
- Ship a real FDE MVP landing page
- A private training sandbox included
3-day free trial · cancel anytime
Secure checkout via Base44 Payments.
- Beginner → pro FDE curriculum (~8 weeks)
- AI mock interviews with scored reports
- GitHub-backed credential portfolio
- Ship a real FDE MVP landing page
- A private training sandbox included
- Foundations boarding + capstone MVP + credential
Secure checkout via Base44 Payments.
- Keep your shipped MVP live for demo — as long as you wish
- Connect your GitHub repo to upload MVP code, docs & artifacts
- Prospects & recruiters see a live, public demo
- Pairs with any FDE program plan
- Monthly at $99/mo, cancel anytime
The sandbox is yours for as long as you need it. Cancel anytime.
How the program runs
AI-instructed lessons tuned to your FDE level.
Validate and launch a real FDE MVP landing page.
Run AI mock interviews with scored feedback.
Publish a GitHub-backed credential portfolio.