/tmp labs  ·  practitioner academy

Learn to build AI that survives scrutiny.

The hands-on academy from /tmp Labs. We turn your teams into practitioners who can build, secure, govern, and certify AI for regulated, real-world deployment — graded on production-grade labs, taught by the people who operate these systems under scrutiny.

4 live · more soon
one standard of rigor
Self-paced → 10 wks
choose your altitude
Auto-graded labs
pass by proof, not attendance
APAC-built
for regulated industries
# why the academy

Taught by operators, not lecturers.

Most AI training teaches concepts. This builds capability you can audit — from the same practitioners who run AI systems under regulatory scrutiny in banking, insurance, and healthcare.

Built by people who ship and defend AI

The curriculum comes from operating production systems that must be explainable, auditable, and accountable — not from a textbook.

Dogfooded on real platforms

Labs mirror /tmp Labs’ own governance and security systems — the techniques are the ones we actually run, not toy examples.

Grounded in what really happened

Every module is anchored to verified incidents and live regulation — EU AI Act, MAS, NIST AI RMF, ISO/IEC 42001 — so the lessons are current and real.

Proof over claims

Each module ends in an auto-graded gate with anti-gaming checks. The capability is demonstrated, not asserted — the standard an auditor applies.

# the method

You pass by proof, not attendance.

Every week is a real engagement, not a lecture. Learners build a defense, discover a trap, and prove the fix holds — against checks they can’t game.

1

Concept

A tight, incident-led briefing — the why before the how.

2

Runnable lab

A starter repo with a seeded flaw. Build the real defense, on a real stack.

3

The trap

A flaw learners discover for themselves — not one they’re told about.

4

The gate

An auto-grader proves the fix works and holds on held-out variants.

$ python verify.py
defense closes the vulnerability — re-tested
holds on a held-out variant — no hardcoding
detection fires on the attack, not the power user
All checks green — Gate passed.
The certificate means something because the gate can’t be faked.
# the pathway

A ladder from awareness to specialist.

Start anywhere that fits the role. Build literacy, then practitioner depth, then specialize — with a parallel track for the leaders who govern it all.

For leaders & boards

Literacy and governance framing for the people who sign off on AI risk.

runs in parallel
1 Awareness
Broad fluency for every role.
AI Capable Professional
self-paced
2 Practitioner
Hands-on engineering depth.
AI Foundations
part-time / bootcamp
AI Advanced
modular / blended
3 Specializations
Flagship certifications.
Agentic AI
3-day intensive
AI Ops & Governance
10-wk certification
Security for AI
10-wk certification
Cyber Defense in the Age of AI
10-wk certification
# programs

Nine programs live today.

The full ladder is running now — from first-step awareness to flagship specialist certifications. Everything is hands-on and gated, and available at the altitude you need (see delivery).

LeadersAVAILABLE

AI Governance & Risk for Leaders

Literacy, obligations, and the questions to ask — for boards, CISOs, CROs, and heads of AI.

½–1 day · executive briefing
in-person or virtual
Students · Any streamENROLLING

AI-Ready

Certified AI judgment for students — catch AI mistakes, verify what you’re told, and use AI with integrity. No coding. Built for any stream, and the graduates employers trust.

1-day championship · in-college
verifiable judgment credential
AwarenessAVAILABLE

AI Capable Professional (ACP)

Broad, practical AI fluency for every role in the organization — the common on-ramp.

Self-paced · ~25 hrs
guided 6-week cohort option
PractitionerAVAILABLE

AI Foundations

Hands-on core skills for engineers building with AI — from data to deployment, with labs.

6 wks part-time
or 1-week bootcamp · or self-paced
PractitionerAVAILABLE

AI Advanced

Senior-level engineering depth, delivered as stackable modules so teams take only what they need.

Modular · 2-wk units
or blended self-paced + lab block
SpecializationAVAILABLE

Agentic AI Intensive

Build, secure, and govern agentic systems and tool use — hands-on, for teams shipping agents now.

3-day intensive
hands-on labs · team format
Flagship certENROLLING

AI Operations & Governance

Operate AI like critical infrastructure — lineage, CI/CD gates, monitoring, MRM evidence packs. For platform, MLOps & risk teams.

10 wks · certification
or 3-day governance intensive
Flagship certENROLLING

Security for AI

See an AI system as an adversary does, then make it safe — threat modeling to red-team capstone. For security & AI red teams.

10 wks · certification
or 3-day red-team intensive
Flagship cert · newENROLLING

Cyber Defense in the Age of AI

Defend when the most capable AI is on both sides — machine-speed adversaries, and your own AI in the line of fire. From the AI-transformed threat landscape to a live blue-team capstone. For CISOs, SOC & blue teams.

10 wks · 10 modules · certification
or 3-day blue-team intensive

Not sure where to start?

We’ll map a pathway to your stack, your risks, and your team’s roles in a short scoping call.

Map my pathway →
# delivery

Built once. Delivered at the altitude you need.

The same rigorous content, packaged for how your people can actually learn — from a quick self-paced on-ramp to a full certification.

Self-paced

async · effort-based

Scales across the whole organization. A guided cohort cadence keeps completion high.

Intensive

2–3 day bootcamp

The essential 20%, fast. Ideal for teams that need capability now, or an exec wedge.

Cohort certification

multi-week · credentialed

The full depth, instructor-led, with a credential. The premium, capacity-limited tier.

Flexible by design.  Cohorts run on the cadence you choose — one day a week, two half-days, or a concentrated block. Delivered in-person, virtual, or blended, as open or private corporate cohorts, with on-site delivery across APAC and customization to your own environment.
# who it’s for

For industries where accountability is non-negotiable.

Industries
Banking & Financial Services Insurance & FinTech Healthcare & Life Sciences Education Platforms ESG & Sustainability Enterprise Operations
Roles

Engineers & ML teams

Foundations, Advanced, Agentic — build AI that holds up in production.

Security & AI red teams

Security for AI — attack, defend, monitor, and certify AI systems.

SOC, blue teams & incident response

Cyber Defense in the Age of AI — detect, hunt, defend, and respond at machine speed.

Risk, compliance & MRM

AI Ops & Governance — evidence packs and assurance auditors will accept.

Leaders & boards

Governance & Risk for Leaders — the literacy to govern AI with confidence.

/tmp labs · get started

Start with a pilot, on your own systems.

Run one real week against your own environment — see the labs, the gate, and the artifacts before you commit. Then roll out the pathway that fits your teams.

For individuals and self-paced learners, Karpavai is the /tmp Labs Academy learning platform for practical AI courses, submissions, simulations, and verifiable credentials.

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