6-Week AI Challenge
Build real AI projects - from your first LLM API call to deploying agents on the cloud. Just 30 minutes a day keeps you on track.
Created by: Kirill Eremenko·3M+ Total learners on Udemy
Real code you'll write during the challenge
"So I really like that, that 30 minutes a day. I've not done anything like this before. I feel like a lot of things stick in your head much more than a normal, traditional up and down."
- Hari Kanangi
Everything Included in the Challenge
What you get (worth $6,000+)
What the Next 6 Weeks Look Like
No fluff. No bonus modules you'll never watch. Just a clear path, a deadline, and a reason to finish.
Mindset & Model Selection
- 01.Psychology
- 02.Env Setup
- 03.First LLM API call
- 04.Context | Assignment?
- 05.Chat vs Reasoning
- 06.AI for search
- 07.GPT-5
- 08.Enabling Context
LLM Behaviour Design
- 01.AI Wars (AIs talking to each other)
- 02.First Gradio UI
- 03.Simple RAG + Guardrails
- 04.Dynamic Context Injection
- 05.Tokens and costs
- 06.Rest day
- 07.Prompt Caching
Tool Calling & Integration
- 01.Pushover + Tool Calling Start
- 02.LLM Tool Calling
- 03.Digital Twin + Tool Calling
- 04.Tool Call Handling
- 05.Multiple Tool Calls
- 06.Consecutive Tool Calls
- 07.Add to digital twin
Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
- 01.Proper RAG
- 02.Vectors of meaning (Theory + Rest day)
- 03.Chunking
- 04.Generate Embeddings
- 05.ChromaDB for Vector Stores + Retrieval Assignment
- 06.Full RAG Pipeline (+Gradio)
- 07.Digital Twin + RAG (part 1)
- 08.Digital Twin + RAG (part 2)
Dockerization & Deployment
- 01.Rest day. Recap of what we've learned so far + some optional stuff
- 02.Intro to Hugging Face Spaces
- 03.Preparing your app for deployment (requirements.txt, secrets)
- 04.Deploy Digital Twin to Spaces
- 05.Troubleshooting & polish
- 06.Final project showcase + next steps
- 07.Bonus: Where to go from here (Agents, MCP, Voice, etc.)
AI Agents
- 01.What are AI Agents? (Theory)
- 02.ReAct pattern: Reasoning + Acting
- 03.Build a simple agent from scratch
- 04.Agent with multiple tools
- 05.Agent memory & conversation state
- 06.Deploy agent to Hugging Face Spaces
- 07.Course wrap-up & next steps
Have a Look Inside
Tools You'll Use
Meet your instructors
An expert in online education with over a decade of experience, Kirill has created more than 50 highly rated courses and taught over three million students. Known for his engaging teaching style and clear explanations, he consistently resonates with learners around the world.
A strategic IT and cybersecurity consultant with deep experience supporting complex, regulated organisations through transformation, governance uplift, and secure technology delivery.
What Our Students Say
Real stories from students who transformed their careers with the AI Challenge.
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Hear It From People Just Like You
Discover why professionals from all backgrounds chose this challenge to level up their AI skills
"I want to keep improving my ability to build real AI solutions, not just study them. I learn best by doing and by bouncing ideas off smart people, so I'm looking forward to learning from Kirill and everyone in this cohort."
Javier Flores
Entrepreneur, Madrid, Spain
"I want to build stronger consistency and actually finish what I start. I have many ideas and small projects in progress, and this challenge is a chance to focus, organize my work, and turn my skills into real, complete outcomes."
Lenin Athikam
Data Science Master's Student, Houghton, MI
"I feel the need to upgrade. I often find a need to automate certain tasks, but get bogged down by how much time it seems to take to build them out. I feel I've gotten a bit lazy with learning, so I'm hoping this daily accountability will help me become more disciplined to dream bigger."
Mike Kofoed
Data Engineer @ Adobe, Draper, UT
"I want to deliver quality AI solutions for my clients and continue to increase my AI literacy."
Adam Jennings
Data & AI Business Consultant, Indianapolis, IN
"I want to increase my capability, depth, and experience with AI and agentic engineering. Practicing, experimenting, learning with others, and building but with structure will positively influence this."
Dan Radford
Domain Solution Architect, Seattle, WA
"With a full time job, I wanted a program which has two things - 1. It's doable 2. It's structured / keeps me motivated. I'm hoping this will help open doors of new challenges and opportunities by opening the doorway into the revolution of the century: AI!"
Zainab Ahmed Safeer
Software QA Engineer, Chicago, IL
"The daily rhythm, consistency and progress steps is just what I need. I have many projects in some sort of "started" state, but really want to organize my IP and frameworks into a series of AI-enhanced workflows."
Marylou Tyler
Sales Process & Lead Flow Architect, Huntington Beach, CA
"With AI Agents evolving, I had a fear of missing things out. There are so many courses online with different structures but I wanted to choose something where its peer led and get to be part of community and have a good structure especially someone like me who doesn't have the right background."
Vaishnavi Jayakumar
Lead Data Analyst, Bay Area, CA
Frequently Asked Questions
Everything you need to know before joining the challenge.