Yet fewer than 15% have implemented any real AI workflows
APPLIED AI ENGINEERING
Become the AI Expert Every Company Is Looking For.
The intensive, project-based program that teaches you to build, deploy, and sell real AI solutions. 10 modules. One proven stack. A portfolio of shipped work that speaks louder than any certificate.
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Launching 2026 · First cohort now forming · Built by people who have built, not a university
THE OPPORTUNITY
AI Is Reshaping Every Industry. Most People Are Stuck Watching.
Companies are desperate to adopt AI but don't know where to start. Employees want to become indispensable but can't find serious training. Freelancers see a gold rush but have no idea how to deliver. The existing landscape is a mess: hundreds of surface-level tutorials, outdated bootcamps, and fragmented YouTube playlists that go stale within weeks.
The people who can actually build this stuff name their price
Because watching tutorials is not the same as building
Until now
PROOF OF WORK
Your Portfolio Is Your Credential.
No PDF certificates. No LinkedIn badges. Every graduate walks out with 10 real, deployed AI systems they built themselves. When a hiring manager or potential client asks what you can do, you don't explain. You show them.
CLI Tool
Business Document Analyzer
Extracts summaries, risks, and action items from any business document using the Claude API.
Professional Deliverable
AI Automation Audit Report
A 5-page assessment of a real business with prioritized AI opportunities and ROI estimates.
Python CLI
Research Assistant Agent
An autonomous agent that searches the web, synthesizes findings, and produces structured reports.
Full Stack
Custom MCP Server + Workflow Agent
A custom tool integration layer connected to a business API, powering an automated workflow.
Web App + RAG
Company Knowledge Base
A deployed AI system that answers employee questions from company documents, with citations.
Personal Website
AI Services Portfolio Site
A professional website showcasing every project, with case studies and results. Your calling card.
These are not toy exercises. Every project solves a real business problem. Every project is deployed and publicly accessible. Every project goes on your portfolio.
THREE PATHS, ONE PROGRAM
Built for People Who Want to Do Something With AI. Not Just Understand It.
The Promotion Seeker
You work at a company. You see AI in every headline. Leadership keeps saying "we need to adopt AI" but nobody knows how. You want to be the person they turn to. The one who proposes the first AI project, builds the proof of concept, and becomes indispensable.
Walk away with: A portfolio of automations you built for real business problems, a framework for identifying AI opportunities anywhere, and the technical credibility to lead AI initiatives at your company.
The Money Maker
You want to freelance, consult, or pivot your career into AI services. You've seen people charging $5k-20k to set up AI workflows for businesses. You want in, but you need the skills and the portfolio to back it up.
Walk away with: A client-ready portfolio, a proven consulting framework (audit, propose, build, deploy), pricing strategies, and the ability to walk into any SMB and deliver real value on day one.
The Leverage Seeker
You run a business. You know AI could be transformative but you don't know what's actually possible or where to start. You're tired of paying consultants who overpromise. You want to understand enough to either build it yourself or manage someone who does.
Walk away with: A clear map of where AI creates value in your specific business, hands-on skill to implement the highest-impact automations, and the judgment to evaluate AI tools and vendors without getting sold to.
THE ONLANE METHOD
Not Another Video Course. A Structured Intensive With Real Output.
One Stack, Learned Deeply
We teach one best-practice stack end-to-end: Claude API, Claude Agent SDK, MCP, Python, Supabase. No framework paralysis. No "here are 6 ways to do this, pick one." You build real depth and muscle memory with tools that work in production. Alternatives are covered in sidebars so you can navigate any conversation.
Every Module Ships an Artifact
Every module ends with a real, deployed project you push to GitHub and add to your portfolio. Not a quiz. Not a worksheet. A working AI system that solves an actual business problem. By the end, you have 10 portfolio pieces that prove your competence to anyone.
Built on Learning Science, Not Vibes
The curriculum is structured around retrieval practice, spaced repetition, and Merrill's First Principles of Instruction. Every lesson starts with recall, moves through a live demo, and ends with you building. This is how people actually retain skills, not by watching and hoping it sticks.
AI-Updated, Always Current
An automated research layer monitors new tools, frameworks, model releases, and industry shifts. Course content is refreshed continuously. You will never learn something that was cutting-edge two years ago and irrelevant today.
THE CURRICULUM
10 Modules. From Zero to Deployable AI Systems.
Designed for people with no prior AI experience. By Module 3 you're building agents. By Module 7 you're deploying them. By Module 10 you're selling your services.
Your AI Career Launchpad
Map where AI creates value and set up your development environment.
Foundations of LLMs and the Claude API
Understand how the tools work. Build your first AI-powered app.
AI for Business. Finding the Money
Learn the AI Automation Audit framework. Identify high-impact opportunities. Estimate ROI.
Building Your First AI Agent
Go from API calls to autonomous agents that use tools and make decisions.
MCP and Connecting Agents to Everything
Build custom tool integrations. Give agents access to CRMs, email, databases, and more.
Multi-Agent Systems
Design systems where multiple agents collaborate on complex workflows.
Data, Databases, and AI Memory
Build RAG pipelines, vector search, and agents with persistent memory.
Production Deployment and Reliability
Deploy your agents for real users. Authentication, monitoring, error handling.
Advanced Agent Patterns
Human-in-the-loop, structured outputs, evaluation frameworks, cost optimization.
Building AI Products and Services
Package your skills into a business. Pricing, client management, internal proposals.
Staying Current and What's Next
Build your own AI monitoring agent. Navigate the evolving ecosystem forever.
Every module ends with a graded portfolio project. The final project is your personal AI services website showcasing everything you've built.
HONEST COMPARISON
How This Compares to What's Out There.
Depth
- Generic Courses (Udemy, Coursera)Surface-level
- AI BootcampsModerate
- YouTube / Free ContentVaries wildly
- Onlane InstituteDeep, practitioner-level
Stays current
- Generic Courses (Udemy, Coursera)Outdated within months
- AI BootcampsUpdated quarterly at best
- YouTube / Free ContentHit or miss
- Onlane InstituteContinuously updated
Practical focus
- Generic Courses (Udemy, Coursera)Theory-heavy
- AI BootcampsSome projects
- YouTube / Free ContentEntertainment-first
- Onlane InstituteEvery module = real deployed project
Business applicability
- Generic Courses (Udemy, Coursera)Low
- AI BootcampsModerate
- YouTube / Free ContentLow
- Onlane InstituteBuilt from real company needs
What you graduate with
- Generic Courses (Udemy, Coursera)Certificate (low value)
- AI BootcampsCertificate
- YouTube / Free ContentNothing
- Onlane InstitutePortfolio of 10 shipped AI systems
Community
- Generic Courses (Udemy, Coursera)None
- AI BootcampsSome
- YouTube / Free ContentFragmented
- Onlane InstituteCohort-based + private community
Price
- Generic Courses (Udemy, Coursera)€0-400 per course
- AI Bootcamps€5,000-15,000
- YouTube / Free ContentFree
- Onlane Institute~€299
THE MISSION
Applied AI Engineering Is Just the Beginning.
Onlane Institute exists to rebuild professional education from the ground up. Applied AI Engineering is our first program, built to prove that a focused, AI-powered, portfolio-based intensive can outperform years of traditional coursework. But it won't be the last.
- Now
Applied AI Engineering launches. First cohort. Prove the model.
- Next
AI for Marketing. AI for Operations. AI for Sales. Each one built with the same engine, the same rigor, the same portfolio-first philosophy.
- The vision
Onlane becomes the place where ambitious people go to learn the skills that actually matter. Not in 4 years. Not for €30,000. In months, for hundreds, with proof they can do the work.
We're not building a better course. We're building the system that makes every course better.
THE PLATFORM
This Is Just the First Course
Applied AI Engineering is the first program built with the Onlane engine. More are on the way.
AI for Marketing Teams
AI for Operations
AI for Sales
Ready to Become Dangerous?
The first cohort of Applied AI Engineering is forming now. Spots are limited. The program is intensive. If you're serious about learning to build, deploy, and sell AI solutions, this is where you start.