Spring 2026 AI Engineering Boot Camp
Master AI Agents, OpenClaw, MCP and building end-to-end AI applications in 5 weeks
Taught by Zach Wilson & Carly Taylor
Founder at DataExpert.io & Founder, Rebel Data Science
What you'll learn
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5 industry leading guest speaker sessions
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OpenClaw setup and class by Carly Taylor
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Dev Tools setup by Kevin Naughton
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A capstone project that will get you noticed
Learn directly from the experts
Zach Wilson
Founder at DataExpert.io
Carly Taylor
Founder, Rebel Data Science
Delia Lazarescu
AI/ML Technical Growth Lead at Lazer Technologies, Google, Tech Unicorn
Kevin Naughton
Software Engineer & Content Creator
Enroll now
Mar 30, 2026 – May 1, 2026 · Open
Payment plan
$3000
one-timeDuration5 weeks
StartsMar 30, 2026
Time commitment1 hrs / week
FormatLive Online
What's included
5 industry leading guest speaker sessions
OpenClaw setup and class by Carly Taylor
Dev Tools setup by Kevin Naughton
A capstone project that will get you noticed
Course syllabus
184 lessons • 96+ hours of content • 15 assignments
Kickoff
1
AI Engineering Bootcamp Kick off
2
Claude Code Onboarding
3
Langchain Starter Repo Setup
Week 1: Building functional AI agents using LangChain
1
Building functional AI agents using LangChain Day1 Lecture
2
Building functional AI agents using LangChain Day1 Lab
3
Building functional AI agents using LangChain Day2 Lecture
4
Building functional AI agents using LangChain Day2 Lab
Week 2: Optimize your dev workflow with Claude Code and Codex
1
Optimize your dev workflow with Claude Code and Codex Day1 Lecture
2
Optimize your dev workflow with Claude Code and Codex Day1 Lab
3
Optimize your dev workflow with Claude Code and Codex Day2 Lecture
4
Optimize your dev workflow with Claude Code and Codex Day2 Lab
Week 3: OpenClaw and Automating business processes
1
OpenClaw and Automating business processes Day1 Lecture
2
OpenClaw and Automating business processes Day1 Lab
3
OpenClaw and Automating business processes Day2 Lecture
4
OpenClaw and Automating business processes Day2 Lab
Week 4: OpenClaw Safeguards & Measuring business value for AI Agents
1
OpenClaw Safeguards & Measuring business value for AI Agents Day1 Lecture
2
OpenClaw Safeguards & Measuring business value for AI Agents Day1 Lab
3
OpenClaw Safeguards & Measuring business value for AI Agents Day2 Lecture
4
OpenClaw Safeguards & Measuring business value for AI Agents Day2 Lab
Week 5: End-to-End AI Applications
1
End-to-End AI Applications Day1 Lecture
2
End-to-End AI Applications Day1 Lab
3
End-to-End AI Applications Day2 Lecture
4
End-to-End AI Applications Day2 Lab
Tech Talks
1
Tech Talk - Li
2
Tech Talks 2
3
Tech Talks 3
4
Tech Talks 4
5
Tech Talks 5
Q&A with Zach
1
Q&A with Zach 1
2
Q&A with Zach 2
3
Q&A with Zach 3
4
Q&A with Zach 4
5
Q&A with Zach 5
TA Office hours
1
TA Office hours 1
2
TA Office hours 2
3
TA Office hours 3
4
TA Office hours 4
5
TA Office hours 5
6
TA Office hours 6
7
TA Office hours 7
8
TA Office hours 8
Book Club
1
Book Club 1
2
Book Club 2
3
Book Club 3
4
Book Club 4
5
Book Club 5
Career Dev Sessions
1
Lesson 1
Also included
IncludedLinkedIn Mastery Course6 lessons
IncludedLinkedIn Mastery Course
6 lessonsLinkedIn Masterclass
1How to write non-boring content by Carly Taylor
2Your story matters and how to tell it by Stephanie Nuesi
3Monetizing Part 3: Products & Funnels by Zach Wilson
4Monetizing Part 2: Sponsorship by Carly Taylor
5Build community, not content by Zach Wilson
6Monetizing Part 1: Brands & Coaching by Stephanie Nuesi
IncludedFullStackExpert.io All-access Subscription34 lessons
IncludedFullStackExpert.io All-access Subscription
34 lessonsFullstack Bootcamp Orientation
1Full Stack Bootcamp Orientation
Boot camp Kickoff
1Lesson 1
Web Dev Fundamentals
1Introduction to IDEs
2Structure of a Program
3Intro to HTML & CSS
4HTML & CSS LAB
5Intro to Javascript
6Advanced JavaScript Concepts
7Javascript lab part 2
Intermediate Frontend Development
1Introduction to ReactJS
2Advanced ReactJS and Tailwind
Fundamentals of Backend Development
1Introduction to databases and relational SQL
2Data Modeling and intro to backend
Intermediate Backend Development
1Intro to NodeJS & Express and event driven programming
2Connecting the database to the service
Advanced Backend Development
1Authentication and Advanced techniques
2Lab 1
3Event driven microservices
4Monitoring, scaling, experimenting
5week-5-Lab 2
Advanced Frontend Development
1Nextjs Introduction
2Week 6 lab part 1
3Advanced NextJS Features
4Week 6 lab part 2
5Docker Vercel and Optimization
Office Hours
1Unit Testing
2Integration Testing
3E2E Testing
Q&A with Dan
1Intro to CI/CD
2Intro to System Design
3Introduction to Containers
4Intro to Infrastructure as Code
Soft Skills
1Joining a new team
2Communicating Ideas and Getting Alignment
IncludedAI Engineering Boot Camp Starting on July 7th, 202547 lessons
IncludedAI Engineering Boot Camp Starting on July 7th, 2025
47 lessonsPrompt Engineering
1Day 1 Lecture: Prompt Engineering Theory
2Day 1 Lab: Auto Prompt Optimization with dspy
3Day 2 Lecture: Optimizing Dev Workflows with Cursor and Windsurf
4Day 2 Lab: Vibe Coding Full Stack application in 45 minutes
5Supplemental Session on Auto-prompt Optimization
Understanding RAG
1Day 1 Lecture: RAG Fundamentals and types of RAG
2Day 1 Lab: Vectorizing Inputs into Milvus
3Day 2 Lecture: RAG Tradeoffs
4Day 2 Lab: Integrating RAG into your full stack app
Advanced RAG and Agentic AI
1Day 1 Lecture: Graph RAG vs Vector RAG
2Day 1 Lab: Building Graph RAG in production
3Day 2 Lecture: Types of Agents (reflection, plan-and-execute, rewoo)
4Day 2 Lab: Enhancing RAG with Agentic AI
MLOps
1Day 1 Lecture: Trusting your workflows (evaluation metrics and guardrails)
2Day 1 Lab: Setting up CI/CD for an AI application
3Day 2 Lecture: Understanding LLM Reasoning traceability
4Day 2 Lab: Tracing LLM reasoning with LangChain + LangSmith
5Supplemental lab session on GuardrailsAI
Building end-to-end AI Application
1Day 1 Lecture: Leveraging MCP and tools to integrate effectively
2Day 1 Lab: Using MCP to build more powerful agents
3Day 2 Lecture: How to link your AI agent to value
4Day 2 Lab: Building an asynchronous vs synchronous agent
Tech Talks July 2025
1Tech Talk - Li
2Tech Talk - Conor
3Tech Talk - Vikram
4Tech Talk - Ryan
5Tech Talk - Chip
Q&A with Zach July 2025
1Q&A with Zach Week 1
2Q&A with Zach Week 2
3Q&A with Zach Week 3
4Q&A with Zach Week 4
5Q&A with Zach Week 5
TA Office hours
1TA Office Hour 1
2TA Office Hour 2
3TA Office Hour 3
4TA Office Hour 4
5TA Office Hour 5
6TA Office Hour 6
7TA Office Hour 7
8TA Office Hour 8
Career Dev Sessions
1Career Dev Session 2
2Test Lesson
3Career Dev Session 4
Book Club
1Book Club 1
2Book Club 2
3Book Club 3
4Book Club 4
IncludedAI Engineering Boot Camp starting October 20th, 202550 lessons
IncludedAI Engineering Boot Camp starting October 20th, 2025
50 lessonsWeek 0: Application Setup
1AI Application Setup
Week 1: Prompt Engineering + Basic RAG
1Prompt Engineering Day 1 Lecture
2Prompt Engineering Day1 Lab
3Prompt Engineering + Basic RAG Day 2 Lecture
4Prompt Engineering + Basic RAG Day 2 Lab
Week 2: RAG optimizations + Reranking
1RAG optimisation + Reranking Day 1 Lecture
2RAG optimisation + Reranking Day 1 Lab
3RAG optimisation + Reranking Day 2 Lecture
4RAG optimisation + Reranking Day 2 Lab
Week 3: MCP and Agentic AI
1MCP and Agentic AI Day 1 Lecture
2MCP and Agentic AI Day 1 Lab
3MCP and Agentic AI Day 2 Lecture
4MCP and Agentic AI Day 2 Lab
Week 4: MLOPs and Guardrails
1MLOPs and Guardrails Day 1 Lecture
2MLOPs and Guardrails Day 1 Lab
3MLOPs and Guardrails Day 2 Lecture
4MLOPs and Guardrails Day 2 Lab
Week 5: End-to-End AI Applications
1End-to-End AI Applications Day 1 Lecture
2End-to-End AI Applications Day 1 Lab
3End-to-End AI Applications Day 2 Lecture
4End-to-End AI Applications Day 2 Lab
Tech Talks
1Tech Talk with Xinran Waibel
2Tech Talk - 2
3Tech Talk with Ryan
4Tech Talk with Carly
5Tech Talk with Li
Q&A with Zach
1Q&A with Zach Week 1
2Q&A with Zach Week 2
3Q&A with Zach Week 3
4Q&A with Zach Week 4
5Q&A with Zach Week 5
TA Office hours
1TA Office Hour
2TA Office Hour 1
3TA Office Hour 2
4TA Office Hour 3
5TA Office Hour 4
6TA Office Hour 5
7TA Office Hour 6
8TA Office Hour 7
9TA Office Hour 8
Career Dev Sessions
1Career Dev Session 1 - Win with soft skills!
2Career Dev Session 2 - LinkedIn like a Pro!
3Career Dev Session 3
4Career Dev Session 4
5Career Dev Session 5
Book Club
1Book Club 1
2Book Club 2
3Book Club 3
4Book Club 4
5Book Club 5
Program Resources
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Program overview
Homework overview
Weekly schedule
Before you join
Prerequisites
Basic Python knowledge
Platform Access Included
DiscordGitHubAWS
OpenAIanthropic
Scholarship Available
We believe great learning shouldn't be limited by finances. Apply for a partial or full scholarship to access this program.
Enroll now
Mar 30, 2026 – May 1, 2026 · Open
Payment plan
$3000
one-timeDuration5 weeks
StartsMar 30, 2026
Time commitment1 hrs / week
FormatLive Online
What's included
5 industry leading guest speaker sessions
OpenClaw setup and class by Carly Taylor
Dev Tools setup by Kevin Naughton
A capstone project that will get you noticed
Enroll now
Mar 30, 2026 – May 1, 2026 · Open
Payment plan
$3000
one-timeDuration5 weeks
StartsMar 30, 2026
Time commitment1 hrs / week
FormatLive Online
What's included
5 industry leading guest speaker sessions
OpenClaw setup and class by Carly Taylor
Dev Tools setup by Kevin Naughton
A capstone project that will get you noticed
$3000one-time
One-time