AI Bootcamp: Generative AI beyond the Hype
Hamza Farooq
Founder | Ex-Google | Adjunct UCLA & UMN, SCU | Venture Partner
Gabriela de Queiroz
Developer Advocate Partner | Scale Adoption & Visibility | Ex-Microsoft & IBM
Build and Scale SaaS AI Agents with Real Business Impact
We’re the OG AI course on Maven—running for nearly 3 years, with 15+ cohorts and thousands of students.
Our mission is simple: deliver an unapologetically hands-on course that cuts through the hype and gets you building real-world AI projects.
We’ve seen the gap firsthand working with Fortune 100s: companies know AI matters, but struggle to connect strategy to execution in a way that drives ROI.
This course is built for decision-makers—AI PMs, senior leaders, engineering managers, and heads of AI—who want to move past the noise and create real impact.
You’ll learn how to:
🔹 Pinpoint high-value GenAI use cases that deliver measurable ROI
🔹 Design, evaluate, and deploy production-ready SaaS agents—no code required
🔹 Confidently lead AI initiatives and align teams around business outcomes
You’ll also build full-scale websites with an AI backend using a two-part approach:
⚡ No-code tools for rapid AI agent building
⚡ Low-code methods for complex agent systems
This isn’t about chasing trends—it’s about leading AI programs that matter.
Want Proof?
Checkout our selected projects from previous cohorts: https://pantheon.lovable.app/
What you’ll learn
Master the what, why, and how of Generative AI by building Enterprise-Grade Agents that go beyond the basics and actually move the needle
Get hands-on with use case identification workshops and business value scorecards
Analyze real case studies from fintech, manufacturing, and consulting to recognize patterns of successful vs. failed implementations
Use No-Code tools to build your first AI Agent
Master AgentPro and similar platforms to create multi-step agent workflows with memory, reasoning, and tool integration
Implement guardrails and safety controls that meet enterprise compliance standards
Deploy agents that can handle customer inquiries, data analysis, and document processing at scale
Apply advanced chunking strategies and embedding techniques to optimize information retrieval accuracy
Build RAG systems with feedback loops that continuously improve relevance and user satisfaction
Configure monitoring dashboards that track system performance, costs, and user satisfaction metrics
Implement multi-layered safety controls, including content filtering, output validation, and escalation protocols
Design deployment architectures that scale efficiently while maintaining response quality
Structure presentations using the Problem-Solution-Impact framework to communicate clearly to non-technical executives
Develop implementation roadmaps with timeline, resource requirements, and success metrics for organizational buy-in
Demo live systems during our capstone showcase, receiving feedback from peers and industry mentors
Who this course is for
Product Managers looking to integrate GenAI into their roadmaps with clarity and confidenceYou want to cut through the jargons and actually
Technical Leaders and Architects who want to build scalable and safe GenAI systems
Startup Founders & Innovation Teams aiming to create competitive GenAI-powered products
Prerequisites
Just be willing to learn, we will take of the rest
If you haven't written code before, no worries at all. We will provide you with everything you need to get started.
What's included
Live sessions
Learn directly from Hamza Farooq & Gabriela de Queiroz in a real-time, interactive format.
Lifetime access
Go back to course content and recordings whenever you need to.
Community of peers
Stay accountable and share insights with like-minded professionals.
Certificate of completion
Share your new skills with your employer or on LinkedIn.
$25k production-ready SaaS templates
RAG systems, agent orchestration, fine-tuning, guardrails, semantic caching, and production deployment verified through real enterprise use cases
Maven Guarantee
This course is backed by the Maven Guarantee. Students are eligible for a full refund up until the halfway point of the course.
Syllabus
9 live sessions • 41 lessons • 3 projects
Week 1
Oct
2
Session 1
Module 1: The GenAI Revolution—Introducing no Code Agents
Oct
4
Office Hours
Week 2
Oct
9
Session 2
Module 2: Building Blocks for no Code Agents with RAG
Oct
11
Office Hours
Featured lesson
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Design Vertical AI Agents That Deliver Results
Empowering Decision-Making with AI Agents
Multi-agent systems automate workflows, enhance collaboration, and provide real-time support for complex tasks.
Streamlining Knowledge Access with Enterprise RAG
RAG breaks down data silos, enabling seamless access to Enterprise Knowledge for smarter, faster decision-making.
Explore Practical Applications of AI Agents
Get hands-on insights into building AI agents from scratch, understanding their architecture, and deploying them.
Schedule
Product & Technical Lectures: 2 hours per week
Live Class
Office Hours (optional): 1 hour per week
Come say hi, ask questions (not recorded)
Core sessions
- Oct 2Thu2:00 AM—3:45 AM (UTC)
- Oct 4Sat4:00 PM—5:00 PM (UTC)
- Oct 9Thu2:00 AM—3:45 AM (UTC)
- Oct 11Sat4:00 PM—5:00 PM (UTC)
- Oct 16Thu2:00 AM—3:45 AM (UTC)
- Oct 18Sat4:00 PM—5:00 PM (UTC)
Success stories
- The course was great! It was full of great content, a very active cohort, and I feel I learned many methods for putting Large Language Models (LLM) into production. The course was very well-structured, starting with the basics of NLP and building up towards analyzing and describing documents using NLP techniques, all the way to deploying an API
Victor Calderon
Senior Machine Learning Engineer - Amazing! I am leaving this course feeling empowered and equipped with the skills to leverage LLMs to build and deploy applications. I was able to implement the knowledge I learned immediately at work and with personal projects. Hamza is an awesome instructor. He is passionate about this topic and was able to simplify the concepts
Tiffany Teasley
Data Scientist & Career Coach at Data Sistah - Prof Hamza Farooq is a far-sighted, application oriented AI Researcher and a great Professor. Working under him was full of learnings and practical knowledge
Darshil Modi
Cohort 1 - Hamza provided several excellent projects to learn from, showcasing quite a few ML practices and options in each. Learned a ton that I continually go back to!
Tony Dupre
Cohort 1 - Hamza's class was among my favorites of my Master's program! He makes the tools of machine learning accessible and his teaching skills are on point.
Nicole Lovold-Egar
Beta Cohort - Hamza was an excellent instructor. He was able to explain various machine learning techniques in ways that were easy to understand and apply them to real world problems
Dan Kellen
Beta Cohort
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Projects built by our previous cohorts
Pantheon: A showcase of our most loved projects!