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What you get

Built for engineers. Not theory. Real systems. Real tradeoffs.

• Production-ready curriculum — Learn to build, deploy, and operate AI infrastructure the way top engineering teams do — from model serving to data pipelines.
• Hands-on coding exercises — Every concept backed by a real coding exercise with automated test cases. No passive lectures — build working systems.
• Tradeoffs, not just APIs — Go beyond YouTube and bootcamps. Understand the tradeoffs behind vector databases, embedding models, GPU scheduling, and inference optimization.

Inside the platform

Talk to an AI tutor. Run real code. Track every step. A live voice tutor that explains as you build, editorial lessons with runnable code, and a dashboard that remembers where you left off. Talk through a lesson with an AI tutor that hears you out loud. Inline quizzes lock the concept in before you move on.

Curriculum

Explore Courses — Structured from fundamentals to production-grade techniques.

• AI Infrastructure Fundamentals — Master the building blocks of production AI systems — from data pipelines and model serving to vector databases, distributed systems, observability, and cost optimization. 12 hours. Beginner.
• Agentic AI: From Fundamentals to Production — Build AI agents that actually work. From the core loop to multi-agent coordination, evaluation, and production infrastructure — no hype, just engineering. 16 hours. Intermediate.
• From Vibe Coding to System Thinking — You can already ship demos with Cursor. This course is the bridge from "it works on my machine" to engineering thinking — debugging, system design, deployment, and the mental models that get you hired. 16 hours. Beginner. Coming Soon.
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Why this, not a YouTube playlist

Most courses tell you. We make you do.

• Without Upstack Lab — Watch passively, forget by Friday. Toy projects that won't compile in production. No feedback loop on the code you actually write. Generic curriculum from 2018 — no LLMs, no vectors, no agents.
• With Upstack Lab — Run real Python in your browser with instant test feedback. Production patterns: model serving, vector search, observability. An AI tutor reviews your code line by line and explains why. An AI-native curriculum chosen for the work engineers do today.

What engineers are saying

• Sarah Chen, ML Engineer at Datadog — "I've been building ML models for 3 years but never understood the infra side. This course finally connected the dots — now I can have real conversations with our platform team about serving, caching, and monitoring."
• Marcus Johnson, Senior Backend Engineer at Shopify — "The capstone project alone was worth it. Building a complete AI system with vector search, caching, and drift detection gave me confidence to lead our team's RAG implementation at work."
• Nitin Shukla, Data Scientist transitioning to MLE — "Most ML courses stop at the Jupyter notebook. This one starts where others end. The sections on distributed systems and observability were exactly what I needed to make the jump from data science to ML engineering."
• Alex Rodriguez, DevOps Engineer at a Series B startup — "As a DevOps engineer suddenly responsible for our ML infrastructure, I was lost. This course gave me a clear mental model for every component — data pipelines, model serving, vector DBs, the works. Highly practical."

Built-in referrals

Bring a friend. Both of you save. Refer another engineer to Upstack Lab and we'll send you both a discount code. No spreadsheets, no waiting — codes drop in your account the moment they sign up.

• Grab your link — Every account ships with a unique referral link. Find it under Settings → Referrals.
• Share with a friend — They sign up through your link and get a one-time discount code on their first plan.
• Both of you save — They get 10% off. You get a 20% code as soon as they convert. One-time codes. They never expire unused — share liberally.

Pricing

Simple, transparent pricing. Start free. Upgrade when you are ready.

• Free — $0. Get started with one free course. Includes lessons and quizzes. ✓Access to 1 free course ✓Text lessons & quizzes ✓Community access
• Pro Monthly — $59/monthly. Unlimited access to all courses, exercises, and certificates. Cancel anytime. ✓Access to all courses ✓Text lessons & quizzes ✓Community access ✓Hands-on coding exercises ✓Completion certificates ✓Priority support
• Pro Yearly — $590/yearly. Everything in Pro, billed annually. Save 2 months compared to monthly. ✓Access to all courses ✓Text lessons & quizzes ✓Community access ✓Hands-on coding exercises ✓Completion certificates ✓Priority support

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