--- title: "AI Masters | Expert Circle for AI Leaders, Online + Prague" description: "Expert circle for AI staff engineers, AI managers and Heads of AI. Six online sessions plus a day in Prague. Ten seats, by application. 64,000 CZK per seat." url: "https://www.engineeringleaders.io/academy/ai-masters" lang: "en" image: "https://www.engineeringleaders.io/academy/_astro/leaders-of-leaders.B72633KP.webp" --- AI²: 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. AI Masters is a paid expert circle for people who ship AI for a living: six online sessions and one day in Prague, by application. 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 Wednesday sessions (every other week), 09:00–12:00, 21 Oct – 13 Jan 2027. Online in Czech. Plus one day in person in Prague.Led by Marian Kamenistak. Cohort capped at 10, runs from 6. Closes when full. [Apply for a seat (You pay for yourself)](mailto:academy@engineeringleaders.io?subject=Apply%20for%20a%20seat%2C%20AI%20Masters%20\(You%20pay%20for%20yourself\))[Apply for a seat (Your company pays)](mailto:academy@engineeringleaders.io?subject=Apply%20for%20a%20seat%2C%20AI%20Masters%20\(Your%20company%20pays\)) You pay for yourself: 64,000 CZK per seat. Your company pays: 97,000 CZK the first seat ![A small circle of engineering leaders in discussion at an Engineering Leaders event](https://www.engineeringleaders.io/academy/_astro/leaders-of-leaders.B72633KP_1DvaGo.webp) Trusted by ![Rohlik](https://www.engineeringleaders.io/academy/_astro/rohlik.DjmtOPhX_1ucs3n.webp)![Microsoft](https://www.engineeringleaders.io/academy/_astro/microsoft.CsBl2bmK_ZbDFT4.webp)![Kiwi.com](https://www.engineeringleaders.io/academy/_astro/kiwi-com.B7F1kSvW_21Kv9O.webp)![FTMO](https://www.engineeringleaders.io/academy/_astro/ftmo.vGjlobvw_C2AJY.webp) 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 Wednesday sessions (every other week), 09:00–12:00, 21 Oct – 13 Jan 2027. Online in Czech. Plus one day in person in Prague. Led by Marian Kamenistak. Cohort capped at 10, runs from 6. Closes when full. 1. **Wednesday** 21 October 202609:00–12:00, Prague time Who is in the room, and what each of us is running. 2. **Wednesday** 4 November 202609:00–12:00, Prague time Shipped, abandoned, next. 3. **Wednesday** 18 November 202609:00–12:00, Prague time Shipped, abandoned, next. 4. **Wednesday** 2 December 202609:00–12:00, Prague time Shipped, abandoned, next. 5. **Wednesday** 16 December 202609:00–12:00, Prague time Shipped, abandoned, next. 6. **Wednesday** 13 January 202709:00–12:00, Prague time The bets. 7. **February 2027, Prague, in person (date agreed with the cohort)** ![A packed room at an Engineering Leaders meetup](https://www.engineeringleaders.io/academy/_astro/meetup-08.hYgMn7gN_1I1tUN.webp) ## 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](https://www.engineeringleaders.io/academy/_astro/meetup-13.DywuS2jc_2sDR6O.webp) ![Engaged audience during a Q&A at an Engineering Leaders meetup](https://www.engineeringleaders.io/academy/_astro/meetup-18.DX1W40oI_1ljyLw.webp) ![Engineering leaders in conversation during a workshop break](https://www.engineeringleaders.io/academy/_astro/workshop-16.eonU-KWG_m8wQ6.webp) ![The energy of a packed Engineering Leaders workshop](https://www.engineeringleaders.io/academy/_astro/2025-10-30-42.DEobsdWV_1b62RT.webp) 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 14 October and you get an extra 1:1 hour with Marian to build your own AI use case, worth 430 EUR. - After the last session every attendee scores the cohort; an average under 8/10 means a full refund for everyone, no questions. You pay for yourself**64,000 CZK per seat** Your company pays**97,000 CZK the first seat** You pay for yourself: Invoice in your name. One or two seats. Your company pays: Every next seat costs 6,000 CZK less. Send 12 people and you pay 64,000 CZK a head, the individual price. Invoice to the company with its VAT ID. Apply by 14 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 booking, via Stripe Who scores it Every attendee, after the last session Cohort average under 8 out of 10 Everyone gets the full amount back, no questions Fewer than 6 seats The cohort does not run, full refund Cohort capped at 10, runs from 6. Closes when full. [Apply for a seat (You pay for yourself)](mailto:academy@engineeringleaders.io?subject=Apply%20for%20a%20seat%2C%20AI%20Masters%20\(You%20pay%20for%20yourself\))[Apply for a seat (Your company pays)](mailto:academy@engineeringleaders.io?subject=Apply%20for%20a%20seat%2C%20AI%20Masters%20\(Your%20company%20pays\)) [Notify me about the next cohort](mailto:academy@engineeringleaders.io?subject=Notify%20me%20about%20the%20next%20cohort%2C%20AI%20Masters) Prices in CZK, excl. VAT. Paid on booking 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](https://www.engineeringleaders.io/academy/_astro/lecturer-marian.BcY-YzfF_1gRKxE.webp) ### Marian Kamenistak Engineering Leaders Community Time to Value, Release cycle, Software talent, Team autonomy, Scalability ![Vojta Tůma, Keboola](https://www.engineeringleaders.io/academy/_astro/lecturer-vojta-tuma.CLxVKcNf_vRYvF.webp) ### Vojta Tůma Keboola AI in Business, Data Strategy, Analytics, AI Adoption ![Petr Glaser, BleedingDev](https://www.engineeringleaders.io/academy/_astro/lecturer-petr-glaser.cGIDjUZ5_ZHlpSx.webp) ### Petr Glaser BleedingDev AI Agents, AI in Engineering ![Close-up of engineering leaders working together at a session](https://www.engineeringleaders.io/academy/_astro/workshop-12.CX_9FrA6_Z1myGEk.webp) ![A large audience of engineering leaders at an ELC event](https://www.engineeringleaders.io/academy/_astro/DSC_7473.fe-PVLAe_ZluYeD.webp) Hard to copy ## 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 ## What we can stand behind today. - The ELC AI Masters circle, one of five circles inside a 3,500+ 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 ## What buyers ask before they book. 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. Your next step ## Need the board on board? Run one real pilot. A private 12-week program for executives: one AI pilot from your own agenda, in person in Prague. [See the next course](https://www.engineeringleaders.io/academy/executive-ai) ## Where to go next. More from the Academy - [AI1: Get on AI track](https://www.engineeringleaders.io/academy/ai-augmented) - [AI2: Spread the AI](https://www.engineeringleaders.io/academy/ai-managers) - [AI4: Executive AI](https://www.engineeringleaders.io/academy/executive-ai) - [All ELC Academy courses](https://www.engineeringleaders.io/academy/) In the ELC community - [1:1 mentoring for engineering leaders](https://www.engineeringleaders.io/mentor/) - [Upcoming ELC meetups](https://www.engineeringleaders.io/events/) - [Free ELC membership](https://www.engineeringleaders.io/partner/membership/free/) ## AI Masters Seats are limited to keep every room interactive. Register, or book a private cohort for your team. [Apply for a seat](mailto:academy@engineeringleaders.io?subject=Apply%20for%20a%20seat%2C%20AI%20Masters%20\(You%20pay%20for%20yourself\))[Notify me about the next cohort](mailto:academy@engineeringleaders.io?subject=Notify%20me%20about%20the%20next%20cohort%2C%20AI%20Masters) Ready for the full operating rebuild? 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