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Video crash course · Self-paced

10 hours to LLM fundamentals

Understand, build, evaluate, automate, and maintain robust LLM solutions. Five focused video sessions take you from a basic prompt to a full production rollout.

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01The decision skill

When to prompt, RAG, fine-tune, or deploy agents

The real challenge isn't coding; it's knowing where to begin. This course gives you a mental map of the LLM landscape so you know what to try first.

Use LLMs for your domain

Know what to use, when, and why

Understand how these models work, how to compare them, and when to use them. Practical case studies on agents and domain-specific projects help you choose the best solution for a given scenario.

The core developer toolkit

Customisation, retrieval, evaluation

Adopt databases, retrieval, frameworks, fine-tuning, and evaluations into your daily workflows: the core skills for customising LLMs to specific industries and improving reliability.

Ideas into products

Deploy with confidence

Develop intuition for techniques like distillation, quantization, RLHF, and defences against prompt-hacking, so your deployments hold up at scale.

02Student outcomes

What our students say

Fantastic resource for getting into LLMs

If you are interested in expanding your knowledge on the internals of LLMs, this course is one of the few within the AI space worth your time and money. I have closely worked with the Towards AI team and totally vouch for their deep expertise, passion and educational skills.

Paul Iusztin

Excellent course for anyone starting with LLMs

The course actually has 12 hours, all of which are totally worth watching. I didn't know much about LLMs before that, and after the course, I was confident that I knew more than most people talking about AI these days. The course is very information dense and the hands-on parts help with clarifying and operationalizing the concepts. I consider it money and time very well spent.

Horia Constantin

A comprehensive and clear guide

An exceptionally complete, clear, and well-structured course on LLMs. It's the best for learning the most current RAG techniques.

Gino Sedano
03The live syllabus

Five sessions, prompt to production

Each 2-hour session moves you one layer deeper, with quizzes to lock in the concepts.

01Foundational AI knowledge and using LLMssession 1
  1. 1Foundational Knowledge and Using LLMsFree preview
  2. 2Quiz
02Designing end-to-end systemssession 2
  1. 1Building on Top of LLMsFree preview
  2. 2Quiz
03Evaluating RAG and LLM pipelinessession 3
  1. 1Evaluations
  2. 2Quiz
04AI workflows and agents, with case studiessession 4
  1. 1Orchestrating Agent-Based Solutions
  2. 2Quiz
05Optimization, guardrails, and advanced techniquessession 5
  1. 1Guardrails, Advanced Techniques, Optimizations and Monitoring
  2. 2Quiz
06Re-training modelsbonus
  1. 1Re-training Models
  2. 2Share your success and showcase your new skills!
  3. 3Quiz

Updated regularly. Certification, community support, and lifetime access included.

04Made for busy professionals

Who is this course for?

Designed as a one-day bootcamp for software professionals, language agnostic, and relevant well beyond developers. No prior AI knowledge required; a Python foundation helps but isn't essential.

Ship features that hold up

Launch AI features that actually ship

Evaluate quality, integrate domain data, and monitor for safety, so your features hold up in production rather than only in a demo.

Make the big calls

Lead with confidence

Whether you're guiding a team, building a startup, or upskilling, develop the mental models to decide when to fine-tune, how to scale, and where to push back.

A skillset in demand

Future-proof your career

In five focused sessions, gain a skillset already in demand across product, engineering, and research teams, from startups to enterprise.

+Ready to go deeper? Continue with Full Stack AI Engineering, our flagship code-heavy program, and ask us about bundle pricing.
+Not a coder? Master AI for Work covers the no-code path for professionals.
05Questions

Frequently asked questions

Will I get a certificate upon completion?
Yes, you will receive a Towards AI certificate upon completion.
How long does this course take to complete?
It is self-paced; the average completion time is 10 hours across five 2-hour sessions.
Do I need a technical background?
You don't need a specific programming language. The course is designed for software professionals who want the most out of LLM development techniques, and prepares you to work in the language of your choice. Python has the broadest compatibility in the LLM ecosystem.
Is it still up to date?
The course launched in 2025 and is updated every week with new lessons, tools, and techniques as the AI landscape evolves.
Can I get a discount?
Yes: students get 50% off, previous book or course buyers are eligible for a discount, and groups of two or more get bundle pricing. Contact us to claim.
Can I take this course within my company?
Yes, we partner with companies to offer this course to teams and can customise the content. See our enterprise programme or get in touch.
Lifetime access · $199

Your AI skillset, 10x'd in 10 hours

Whether you're solo or leading a team, learn to build safer, faster, smarter LLM systems, on time and on budget.

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