AI Residency Cohort 9 — Zero to Pro in Generative AI (5 Months)

​Build real, portfolio-ready Generative AI applications with step-by-step mentoring, projects, and a structured curriculum designed for beginners and career switchers.

​If you’ve been watching AI from the sidelines (or building scattered demos), this program gives you a clear pathway to go from basic Python + GenAI fundamentals to RAG, fine-tuning, agents, deployment, evaluation, and security—with projects you can showcase.

​Meet Your Instructor

​Mohammad Arshad is a globally recognized AI practitioner and mentor with nearly two decades of experience enabling organizations to monetize data and AI products. Since 2008, he has taught technical and non-technical audiences and has helped 3000+ professionals advance their careers through applied, project-based learning.

​Who This Program Is For

• ​Beginners who want a structured, guided path into Generative AI

• ​Data/tech professionals upgrading into LLM + agentic systems

• ​Founders building an AI product (or adding GenAI to an existing product)

• ​Agency owners delivering GenAI solutions for clients

• ​Career switchers who want an employable portfolio and real project discipline

​What You’ll Build (Portfolio Projects)

​You won’t just “learn concepts.” You will ship:

• ​API-powered AI apps in Python (Groq + LLM APIs)

• ​Chatbots + LLM wrappers with function calling and integrations

• ​RAG assistants (vector embeddings + vector DB + advanced retrieval patterns)

• ​Agents & agentic systems (CrewAI, LangGraph, MCP patterns)

• ​Capstone project you can publish as a credible demo

​What You’ll Learn (High-Level Curriculum)

​A guided roadmap from fundamentals to advanced production-minded GenAI:

​Foundations

• ​Generative AI fundamentals + essential Python prerequisite

• ​Environment setup, Git/GitHub, and UI building (Gradio)

​LLM Engineering

• ​LLM playground → code

• ​Wrappers, function calling, tool use, data integration

• ​Hugging Face open-source workflow

​RAG & Retrieval Systems

• ​LlamaIndex + RAG foundations

• ​Vector embeddings + vector databases

• ​Advanced RAG patterns and evaluation

​Fine-Tuning

• ​Tokenization & preprocessing

• ​Data preparation & fine-tuning workflows

​Agents & Orchestration

• ​Prompting patterns (ReACT, reasoning workflows)

• ​CrewAI multi-agent systems

• ​LangGraph for multi-step production flows

• ​Model Context Protocol (MCP) and agent-to-agent patterns

​Trust & Production Readiness

• ​AI security & ethics (prompt injection and more)

• ​GenAI evaluation (RAG, reasoning, safety)

• ​Deployment and operational foundations

​Format & Access

• ​Online program with project-based learning

• ​Self-paced materials + recordings

• ​Pre-work included

• ​Up to 2 years access to content (materials + recordings)

​Tracks (Choose Your Outcome)

​For Job Seekers: build a strong GenAI portfolio + structured career guidance
For Founders: build or integrate a GenAI product with access to builder network
For Agency Owners: learn to deliver end-to-end GenAI solutions for clients (pricing + packaging guidance)

​Bonuses (Limited)

• ​Extra 3 hours of 1:1 mentorship

• ​$500 cloud credits

• ​AI Guild content access (library of courses/workshops)

​Scholarship / Early Bird

​Scholarship support is available for the cohort.
Use coupon code: SCHOLARSHIP (up to 50% for the new cohort)

​How to Join

​Click “Register” and submit only 4 details to show interest.
If you’re unsure whether this program is a fit, register and send a DM—our team will guide you.