About Us
We turn curiosity into
production-grade AI skill
Cortex was founded in 2020 by ML researchers frustrated by AI courses that stopped at theory. Today our graduates train, fine-tune and deploy real models for a living.
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Our Story
From a Slack channel to a global academy
2020 — A study group goes public
Three ML engineers start running weekend study groups for friends switching careers into AI. 40 people show up to the first cohort.
2021 — First GPU lab goes live
We partner with a cloud provider to give every learner real GPU access — no more fighting for Colab quota.
2023 — LLMs & Generative AI track launches
As the field shifts overnight, we rebuild our curriculum around transformers, prompting and fine-tuning within weeks.
2026 — 60,000 learners, 6 tracks
Today Cortex graduates work as ML engineers, researchers and founders across 40+ countries.
Our Team
The people behind Cortex
Former research scientist at a major AI lab. PhD in Machine Learning. Published 20+ papers on deep learning.
Ex-research engineer turned educator. Designed the project-based curriculum used across all six tracks.
Infrastructure engineer and open-source maintainer. Built the GPU scheduling platform that powers every lab.
Our Values
What drives us
Build, don't just watch
Every concept is paired with a notebook you run yourself — no purely passive video lectures.
Curriculum that tracks the frontier
Every track is rebuilt every six months to reflect the latest models and tooling, not last year's syllabus.
Mentors who tell you the truth
Honest review of your models and code, not participation trophies.
Outcomes-obsessed
We publish our completion and placement rates publicly because we stand behind them.
Responsible by default
Ethics and safety aren't an elective — every track touches on responsible AI practice.
Selective, but accessible
We interview every applicant, but flexible financing means cost is never the barrier.