Generative AI Academy
How the models work, and where they break.
Transformers, tokenisation, sampling, context windows and fine-tuning — the mental model that makes every other academy make sense. Enough theory to reason, never more.
Duration
6 weeks
Content
44 hours
Lessons
52
Level
Intermediate
Students
1,420
Certified
903
RIVA mentors you through every lesson, lab and assessment in this academy — and knows where you got stuck last time.
What you’ll be able to do
Written as capabilities, not topics. If you can’t do these at the end, the academy didn’t work.
- Explain attention, tokenisation and sampling without hand-waving
- Pick a model on evidence — cost, latency, context, capability
- Decide between prompting, RAG and fine-tuning for a given problem
- Recognise the failure modes before they reach a user
Skills you'll build
Tools you'll use
5 modules · 52 lessons
Module outline published. Full lesson list unlocks when the next cohort opens — we don't list lessons before they're recorded.
01Transformers, honestlyAttention and tokenisation with the maths kept proportionate.11 lessons · 3h
Lesson list publishes when the cohort opens.
02Sampling and decodingTemperature, nucleus sampling, and deterministic modes.10 lessons · 3h
Lesson list publishes when the cohort opens.
03Context engineeringWindows, compression and what to put where.10 lessons · 3h
Lesson list publishes when the cohort opens.
04Fine-tuning vs. everything elseLoRA, adapters, and the decision tree before you reach for them.11 lessons · 3h
Lesson list publishes when the cohort opens.
05MultimodalVision and audio inputs, and where they change the architecture.10 lessons · 3h
Lesson list publishes when the cohort opens.
On completion
ReveloSoft Certified Associate
You can build a working AI feature on your own and explain the trade-offs you made. Independent, with a senior engineer within reach.
90-minute assessment · pass mark 75% · QR-verifiable credential
- Hold the Foundation certificate
- Complete two Associate-level academies
- Pass the mixed-format assessment including live coding
- Ship two portfolio projects with a written architecture note