SQB AI School
You do not need to be a programmer. You need curiosity. Our engineers teach how artificial intelligence really works - using the systems that run inside a real bank.
What the programme gives you
Practice, not theory
Every lesson ends with something you built yourself - not with notes to memorise.
Real engineers
The classes are taught by the SQB AI team - the people who build the bank's models.
Free of charge
The programme costs nothing. All you bring is curiosity and a wish to learn.
How it works
every Friday · starting 17 July 2026
- 1
What artificial intelligence is and why it is changing the world
17 July 2026 (Friday)7 seats leftThe history of AI, where it is used, which professions disappear and appear, how modern AI is built. Live demos of ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Midjourney.
23 of 30
- 2
Your first AI startup over the weekend
24 July 2026 (Friday)10 seats leftAlgorithmic thinking, decomposition, flowcharts, spotting patterns. No programming required.
20 of 30
- 3
Machine learning fundamentals
31 July 2026 (Friday)19 seats leftWhat data is, databases, tables, Excel, errors in data, and how data turns into decisions. Hands-on work with real datasets.
11 of 30
- 4
Machine learning, neural networks, computer vision, speech recognition and large language models, in plain language
7 August 2026 (Friday)18 seats leftMachine learning, neural networks, computer vision, speech recognition and large language models. Without heavy mathematics.
12 of 30
- 5
AI as a personal assistant: prompt engineering
14 August 2026 (Friday)16 seats leftHow to talk to AI properly. Writing strong prompts. Working with ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini. Practice: build a presentation, a research piece and a mini-project in an hour.
14 of 30
- 6
Building your first AI app without programming
21 August 2026 (Friday)18 seats leftWorking with no-code platforms. Building a chatbot, an assistant or a simple AI service.
12 of 30
- 7
Programming fundamentals for AI
28 August 2026 (Friday)21 seats leftWhat Python is, variables, functions, loops. Minimal code, maximal understanding. Your first script calling an AI API.
9 of 30
- 8
How AI products are built in banks and large companies
4 September 2026 (Friday)18 seats leftCases: credit scoring, fraud detection, chatbots, recommendations, document analysis, process automation. How an AI project team works.
12 of 30
- 9
Team AI project
11 September 2026 (Friday)20 seats leftTeams take a real business problem and design an AI solution in two hours: the problem, the users, the data and the expected impact.
10 of 30
- 10
AI ethics and safety
18 September 2026 (Friday)20 seats leftAlgorithmic bias, personal-data protection, deepfakes and the legal regulation of AI.
10 of 30
- 11
Introduction to computer vision
25 September 2026 (Friday)22 seats leftThe basics of images and video. How AI recognises faces and objects. Practical applications.
8 of 30
- 12
Natural language processing (NLP)
2 October 2026 (Friday)22 seats leftHow algorithms understand text. Sentiment analysis, machine translation and text generation.
8 of 30
- 13
The future of AI: trends and outlook
9 October 2026 (Friday)22 seats leftThe concept of strong AI (AGI), autonomous agents, and how technology will reshape the world in the coming years.
8 of 30
- 14
Demo Day. Project defence and a career path in AI
16 October 2026 (Friday)23 seats leftPresenting projects to experts. Feedback. What to study next, how to land an internship, and a roadmap to an AI Engineer or AI Analyst role.
7 of 30
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