Gauntlet AI

If your role isn’t pushing you to build real AI systems, it’s probably holding you back. Gauntlet is a selective, in-person AI engineering program for experienced engineers who want to move beyond stagnation and operate at the level the market is now demanding. If admitted, you’ll spend 10 intensive weeks building production-grade AI systems in a small cohort, evaluated on real output — not tutorials. Requirements: • 3+ years professional engineering experience • CCAT score of 40+ Cohort 4 is now forming.

Our hiring partners don’t take chances. They come to Gauntlet because our grads have proven – again and again – that they can build production-ready AI systems under pressure. That’s why every graduate receives a $200K+ job offer. Not as a promise. As a signal of earned credibility. When the industry trusts your training, the opportunities follow.

Gauntlet isn’t magic. It’s mastery earned through unprecedented dedication and training. Over 10 weeks in Austin, you’ll spend 1,000+ hours coding, learning directly from elite AI engineers, and building real products with the latest tools and workflows. Most developers wait years to get access to mentors, resources, and projects at this level. At Gauntlet, you get all of it at once – compressed into the most focused, high-intensity engineering experience of your career. If you’re ready to leapfrog the field, this is where it happens.

Gauntlet is tuition-free and 10 weeks: 3 online, 7 in Austin. AI moves so fast our curriculum is outdated by the end, which is why you spend every day shipping real products with proven engineers instead of memorizing content. The cohort is the learning engine. Apply today.

At Gauntlet, you don’t just train with other elite engineers. You join a community that stays with you long after graduation. For 10 weeks, you’ll build alongside a cohort of ambitious AI-first engineers who raise your standards and expand your capabilities. Afterwards, you enter an alumni network backed by Gauntlet dedicated to growth—through job support, technical collaboration, profile-building, and even helping grads become influential voices in the AI world. This isn’t just a training program. It’s a ticket into a lifelong community of builders shaping what comes next.

The only way to truly become an AI-first engineer is to train in a completely new way. A no-cost, in-person career accelerator for experienced engineers looking to stay at the cutting edge of what's next.