Advanced training in AI for engineers and technical founders who want to transition into AI-native software development and ship production AI systems.
All training is in-person at our Old Street campus. Online content is everywhere and often excellent, but you learn faster when you're surrounded by people trying to get good at the same thing. Each week you spend an afternoon programming alongside experienced peers, working at the limits of your understanding.
The training cost is £22,000 per place and is funded through the apprenticeship levy. If your employer does not pay the levy, our partners will cover the full cost. There is no cost to you.
You'll join a cohort of experienced engineers building AI products, ML pipelines, and agentic systems. Each session ends with a 30-minute lightning talk and discussion: one apprentice presents a new tool or technique they're using, something that did or didn't work in production, or a problem they're stuck on.
Training is delivered directly by Izaak and Dan. Izaak is our CTO, with 12 years of engineering experience and three years running the AI programme. Dan founded Founders and Coders 13 years ago.
Modules are designed to feed useful work back to your team. Wherever the curriculum overlaps with your roadmap, you can prototype against real data and product problems.
One training afternoon a week is the only fixed time away. The rest of the week, you will be bringing new capability back to your team.
The course balances academic theory with practical implementation. Both are fundamentally important, and Founders and Coders has done a brilliant job honouring both.
The apprenticeship has been transformational. It enabled me to earn an extra qualification while working and jump-start my research career in AI. Inspired by the programme, I'm now doing a PhD in a similar research area.
Get the right group of people together and give them the challenge of figuring out machine learning, and something remarkable happens.
You learn by building things, working with other apprentices who are equally motivated, and having access to instructors who actually know their stuff.
