Train for the AI jobs that actually exist in 2026.
FutureMinds is a Bengaluru career school for applied AI engineering. Forward Deployed Engineering, Data Science and AI Engineering, Generative and Agentic AI, and Full Stack with AI — taught live, built in code, and reverse-engineered from the roles companies are hiring for today.
- Career programmes
- 6Career programmes
- Weeks of curriculum
- 118Weeks of curriculum
- Production tools covered
- 49+Production tools covered
- Portfolio capstones
- 12Portfolio capstones
# week 12 · agentic systems lab
from futureminds import Agent, Tools
agent = Agent(
model="claude-opus-5",
tools=Tools.mcp("postgres", "search"),
memory=Episodic(ttl=7),
guardrails=[PIIRedactor(), CostCap(0.40)],
)
result = agent.run(brief)
evals.score(result) # → 0.94 groundedIllustrative of the lab work in the Generative & Agentic AI cohort.
Programmes
Six routes into an AI career
Each programme runs as a live cohort with mentor-led labs, code review and a capstone you can defend in an interview. Choose by the role you want, not by the buzzword.
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE)
The engineer who ships AI inside the customer's world.
Forward Deployed Engineers sit between a product team and its largest customers — scoping the real problem, building the integration, and making an AI system work against messy production data. It is one of the fastest-growing and highest-leverage roles in AI companies today, and almost nobody trains for it. This programme does.
- Duration
- 16 weeks
- Typical range
- ₹18–45 LPA
Generative AI & Agentic AI Engineering
From prompt to production agent — build systems that reason and act.
The flagship programme. You will go past chatbot demos and build what companies are actually hiring for: retrieval systems that cite their sources, multi-step agents that use tools safely, and evaluation pipelines that keep them honest in production.
- Duration
- 20 weeks
- Typical range
- ₹12–38 LPA
Data Science & AI Engineer
Analyse the data, build the model, ship the AI system.
The hybrid role most companies are actually trying to hire: someone who can interrogate data properly, build a model that holds up, and then take it all the way into a running production system. You go deep on statistics and machine learning, then on deep learning and LLM engineering, and finish by deploying and monitoring what you built.
- Duration
- 20 weeks
- Typical range
- ₹10–35 LPA
Full Stack Development with AI
Become the developer who ships complete AI products, alone.
A modern full stack programme rebuilt for the AI era. You learn to build and deploy real web applications end to end — and to embed LLM features, agents and AI-assisted workflows into them as a first-class part of the product, not a bolted-on demo.
- Duration
- 24 weeks
- Typical range
- ₹6–24 LPA
Full Stack with Data Science
Do the analysis, build the model, then ship the application around it.
Most data scientists hand over a notebook. This programme makes you the person who takes an idea from raw data through modelling to a working, deployed application that people actually use — a combination that is rare and very well paid.
- Duration
- 24 weeks
- Typical range
- ₹7–26 LPA
Data Engineering for AI
AI is only as good as the pipelines feeding it.
Build the data foundation every AI system depends on — batch and streaming pipelines, lakehouse architecture, quality gates, and the retrieval infrastructure that modern LLM applications run on.
- Duration
- 14 weeks
- Typical range
- ₹10–32 LPA
Why FutureMinds
Most AI courses teach the demo. We teach the deployment.
There is a large gap between finishing a tutorial and being trusted with a production AI system. Closing that gap is the entire design of this institute.
We teach the roles, not just the topics
Forward Deployed Engineer, AI engineer, agent engineering — these are job titles being hired for right now in Bengaluru. Each programme is reverse-engineered from real job descriptions and interview loops, not from a textbook table of contents.
Everything is built, nothing is watched
You will not sit through recorded lectures. Every module ends in working software that runs, gets reviewed, and goes into a portfolio you can show an interviewer. Broken builds are part of the syllabus.
Production reality, including the boring parts
Evaluation harnesses, cost control, drift monitoring, auth, incident response, handover docs. The unglamorous work is exactly what separates someone who can demo from someone who gets hired.
Mentors who still ship
Sessions are led by practitioners who build and operate these systems for a living, so what you learn matches what production actually looks like this quarter — not two years ago.
How it works
From first call to first offer
- 01
Counselling & fit check
A free call where we look at your background and goals. If none of our programmes is right for you, we will say so rather than sell you one.
- 02
Foundations sprint
A levelling module so everyone in the cohort starts from the same technical baseline, whatever their background.
- 03
Build weeks
Live sessions plus lab time. You ship something every module, get it code-reviewed by a mentor, and iterate on the feedback.
- 04
Capstone & defence
A substantial project taken to production and defended in front of a panel, exactly like a real system design and project deep-dive interview.
- 05
Career launch
Resume and LinkedIn rework, portfolio review, mock interviews, referrals into our hiring network, and support until you land.
Careers
The training is half of it. The other half is getting hired.
FutureMinds AI Academy & Careers exists because a curriculum without a career outcome is just an expensive hobby. Career support is built into every programme and it does not stop on the last day of your cohort.
- Role-specific resume and LinkedIn rebuild
- Portfolio and GitHub review with a hiring-manager lens
- Mock technical, system design and behavioural interviews
- Salary negotiation coaching for the Indian market
- Introductions to hiring partners and our alumni network
- Continued support after the cohort ends until you are placed
Campus
Come and see the place before you enrol.
Our campus sits in Marathahalli, a short hop from the Outer Ring Road tech corridor, Whitefield and Bellandur — so you can get here after work without crossing the city.
FutureMinds AI Academy & Careers Pvt. Ltd
3rd Floor, #111, CKB Layout
Marathahalli, Bengaluru
Karnataka 560037, India
Mon–Sat, 9:00 AM – 8:00 PM IST
Questions
Answers before you ask
Still unsure? A counselling call is free and there is no obligation to enrol.
Do I need a computer science degree to join?
No. Our Full Stack with AI and Full Stack with Data Science programmes are designed for beginners and career switchers from any degree background. The advanced programmes — Forward Deployed Engineer, Generative & Agentic AI and Data Science & AI Engineer — assume you can already write Python and work with APIs.
Are classes online or at your Marathahalli campus?
Both. Every cohort runs live and you can attend in person at our campus at 3rd Floor, #111, CKB Layout, Marathahalli, Bengaluru 560037, or join the same live session online. Sessions are recorded so you can revisit them, but attendance is live because the labs and code reviews are interactive.
What is a Forward Deployed Engineer, and why should I care?
A Forward Deployed Engineer works alongside a company's biggest customers to make an AI product actually work in their environment — scoping the problem, building the integration, and proving the results. It blends engineering, solution design and customer-facing judgement, it is one of the highest-paid AI roles today, and almost no institute in India trains for it specifically.
Can I do this alongside a full-time job?
Yes, and most of our learners do. Weekday-evening and weekend batches are available, with roughly 10 to 15 hours of commitment per week including lab time. Tell your counsellor your constraints and they will map you to a batch that fits.
Do you guarantee placement?
No, and be careful of any institute that does. What we do guarantee is the work: portfolio projects, interview preparation, referrals into our hiring network, and career support that continues after your cohort ends until you are placed. Salary figures shown on this site are indicative market ranges, not promises.
What are the fees and are instalments available?
Fees vary by programme and batch format. We offer instalment plans and early-enrolment discounts. Request a call back and a counsellor will share the current fee structure for the programme you are considering.
Will I get a certificate?
Yes. On completing the coursework and your capstone you receive a verifiable certificate of completion from FutureMinds AI Academy & Careers Pvt. Ltd, along with the project artefacts that matter far more in an interview.
Get started
Your next role is a conversation away.
Tell us where you are and what you want to be doing in a year. We will map you to the right programme, or tell you honestly if now is not the time.