Build the first prototype
Code a working V1 of an LLM-powered application focused on a specific use case.
Live, practical sessions with researchers, builders, and operators shaping how AI is used in the real world.
Here’s what we cover in Mastering Agentic AI. Each week, learners apply a new part of the AI stack to a hands-on project, from the first prototype through evaluation, fine-tuning, and security.

Code a working V1 of an LLM-powered application focused on a specific use case.
Extend the prototype with relevant knowledge retrieval, contextual information, and a memory layer.
Build a fuller agentic workflow with tools, orchestration, and clearly defined system components.
Create an evaluation workflow to test agent behavior, measure quality, and identify areas for improvement.
Complete a fine-tuning project that adapts a model to a defined task or use case.
Incorporate safeguards and test how the application handles unsafe inputs and adversarial behavior.



Jesse Lyu & Aidan Shain
Founder & CEO; Software Developer · rabbit



Mariane Bekker
Director of Developer Relations · 1Password

Tim Jurka
VP of Consumer Products · LinkedIn

Jessica Wang
Developer Advocate · Braintrust

Hello fellow learner,
AI is moving too quickly for learning to live only in static courses. The most useful knowledge is often still in the heads of the people building, researching, and applying it every day.
We started The Gen Academy to bring those people and curious learners into the same room through practical sessions that are open, timely, and grounded in real work.
Our mission is to make frontier AI knowledge accessible to anyone, directly from the people shaping it.
Come for one Live Lab. Leave with an idea you can use and a community you can keep learning with.
With curiosity,
Aish & Arvind
Co-founders, Gen Academy

