AI Program · expert circle · 6 online + 1 in person

AI Masters

Ten people who ship AI for a living, meeting every second week to show what worked, what they abandoned, and what they are betting on next. No slides, no vendors, no beginners.

  • We move you to practice. No theory talks.
  • We make AI work for you, and save you time.

At expert level the scarce thing is the room: people who understand what you are talking about and are not your reports. This circle is that room, with a host, a fixed run, and a day in Prague at the end.

6 Wednesdays (every other week) · 09:00–12:00 · 21 Oct – 13 Jan 2027 · online · in Czech + 1 in person in PragueLed by Marian Kamenistak · Cohort capped at 10, runs from 6. Closes when full.

64,000 CZK per seat · you pay for yourself | 98,000 CZK per seat · your company pays

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Not for

  • Anyone still deciding whether to adopt AI. Take AI Augmented or AI Managers first.
  • Vendors and sales roles. Applications are read by Marian; the room stays clean.
  • People who want a course. There is no curriculum here.

Who it is for

  • AI staff engineers and AI engineering managers running agentic work across teams, in production.
  • Heads of AI, Chiefs of AI, and founders of AI-first companies who are the reference point in their org and want peers who are not their reports.
  • Developers turned AI evangelists who moved into marketing, sales or product and now translate between both worlds.

The program

6 online sessions every second Wednesday, then a day in Prague.

  1. Who is in the room, and what each of us is running.

    Each member shows their current setup and the one thing they are stuck on. You leave knowing whose brain to borrow for what.

  2. Shipped, abandoned, next.

    Two or three members bring what they shipped or killed since last time. The group pulls it apart. The host keeps it honest and on time.

  3. Shipped, abandoned, next.

    Same format, next members. Over sessions 2 to 5 each member gets one turn on the table.

  4. Shipped, abandoned, next.

    Same format. By now the group knows each other’s stacks, and the questions get sharper.

  5. Shipped, abandoned, next.

    Last review round. What changed in your setup since session 1.

  6. The bets.

    Each member states one bet for the next twelve months and defends it. You leave with ten bets and the reasons behind them. Session 7 is the day in Prague, February 2027, date agreed with the cohort.

AI3 · Dates

6 Wednesdays (every other week) · 09:00–12:00 · 21 Oct – 13 Jan 2027 · online · in Czech + 1 in person in Prague

Led by Marian Kamenistak · Cohort capped at 10, runs from 6. Closes when full.

  1. 09:00–12:00 · Prague time

    Who is in the room, and what each of us is running.

  2. 09:00–12:00 · Prague time

    Shipped, abandoned, next.

  3. 09:00–12:00 · Prague time

    Shipped, abandoned, next.

  4. 09:00–12:00 · Prague time

    Shipped, abandoned, next.

  5. 09:00–12:00 · Prague time

    Shipped, abandoned, next.

  6. 09:00–12:00 · Prague time

    The bets.

  7. February 2027, Prague, in person (date agreed with the cohort)

An engineering leader presenting to peers in a workshop

From where you are, to where you walk out.

Before

You are the most advanced person on AI in your company, and the loneliest.

After

Nine peers who remember your context from last time.

Before

You read about what others ship.

After

You see it, with the numbers, from the person who shipped it, two weeks after it happened.

Before

Your abandoned experiments taught only you.

After

Each session two or three members bring what they killed and why. Ten people learn from one failure.

Before

You hear about the next thing from a vendor.

After

You hear it from someone who tried it last week and can say what it cost.

Before

You have never met most of these people in person.

After

The seventh session is a day in Prague, together.

What you walk out able to do.

  • A standing group of peers, meeting every second week, with a host who keeps it that way.
  • Six sessions of shipped-and-abandoned reviews: what each member built, what it cost, what it did to their team.
  • A read on the next twelve months from people placing real bets, not writing trend reports.
  • One day in Prague with the same ten people, in person.
Engineering leaders talking in a small group at a Prague meetup
Engaged audience during a Q&A at an Engineering Leaders meetup
Engineering leaders in conversation during a workshop break
The energy of a packed Engineering Leaders workshop

Format

Format and price.

  • 6 online sessions of 3 hours, every second Wednesday 9:00–12:00 (Prague): 21 Oct, 4 Nov, 18 Nov, 2 Dec, 16 Dec 2026 and 13 Jan 2027. In Czech. Plus one in-person day in Prague in February 2027, date agreed with the group.
  • Hosted by Marian Kamenistak. This is the ELC AI Masters circle, which from October runs as this fixed, paid cohort.
  • Capped at 10, runs from 6. One person per company. Apply in two lines about what you run; accepted within a day, then you get the payment link. Go or no-go on 9 October.
  • Apply by 1 October and you get an extra 1:1 hour with Marian to build your own AI use case, worth 430 EUR.
  • After session 2 you rate the cohort in a two-question form; an average under 7/10 means a full refund, no questions.
You pay for yourself64,000 CZK per seat
Your company pays98,000 CZK per seat

You pay for yourself: Invoice in your name. One or two seats. Your company pays: Invoice to the company with its VAT ID, entered at checkout. Up to 12 seats in one booking.

Apply by 1 October and you get an extra 1:1 hour with Marian to build your own AI use case, worth 430 EUR.

Refund rule

When you pay
On reservation, via Stripe
Who scores it
You, after session 2, in a two-question form
Average under 7 out of 10
Full refund, no questions
Fewer than 6 seats by 9 Oct
The cohort does not run, full refund

Cohort capped at 10, runs from 6. Closes when full.

Notify me about the next cohort

Prices in CZK, excl. VAT. Paid on reservation via Stripe.

Faculty

Our Lecturing Masterminds

Our team is unique. We are not consultants selling academic theories or empty certificates. They have built multiple unicorn companies and helped organizations scale from startups to scale-ups to established corporates.

Marian Kamenistak, Engineering Leaders Community

Marian Kamenistak

Engineering Leaders Community

Time to Value, Release cycle, Software talent, Team autonomy, Scalability

Vojta Tůma, Keboola

Vojta Tůma

Keboola

AI in Business, Data Strategy, Analytics, AI Adoption

Petr Glaser, bleeding.dev

Petr Glaser

bleeding.dev

AI Agents, AI in Engineering

Close-up of engineering leaders working together at a session
A large audience of engineering leaders at an ELC event

What nobody else offers

The parts a competitor cannot copy in a quarter.

01

A price and an application that keep the room expert.

Open circles fill with the curious. This one fills with people accountable for AI in their company.

02

One host for the whole run.

Marian runs each session, with 3,611 mentoring sessions with engineering leaders since 2019 behind him.

03

The rule is that you bring the failure too.

Shipped and abandoned, with the numbers.

04

It ends in a room.

Six sessions online, then a day in Prague with the same ten people.

“Ten people who understand what you are talking about.”

Proof, honestly labeled

What we can stand behind today.

  • The ELC AI Masters circle, one of five circles inside a 3,300+ member community.
  • Hosted by the founder of Engineering Leaders, 3,611 mentoring sessions with leaders in 17+ countries.

This is the first paid, fixed run of AI Masters. The mentoring numbers are Marian’s track record, not this cohort’s. First-cohort reviews replace this section when they land.

Questions

The things buyers actually ask.

How do I know I qualify?

You run AI work in production, or you are the person your company points to when AI comes up. Apply with two lines about what you run; Marian replies within a day.

Is this the free AI Masters circle?

It is the same circle. From October it runs as a fixed cohort with a host, ten seats, an application and a price; the open format ends.

Two of us from one company want to join.

One per company, so the conversation stays open. The second person goes on the list for the next run.

Are the sessions recorded?

No. What is said in the circle stays there. If you miss one, you catch up with Marian in the following session.

What if fewer than six people are accepted?

We tell you on 9 October and refund in full.

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