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Pristone Academy offers premium one-on-one AI tutoring from an MIT EECS graduate and senior engineer who builds production AI systems day to day. You learn how modern AI actually works — large language models, prompting and evaluation, retrieval and agents, and where the technology is genuinely useful versus overhyped — taught from real practice, not a recycled course outline. Every session is private and built around your goals.

Premium private coaching, typically structured as multi-session engagements.

This is premium, private 1:1 tutoring led personally by a practicing AI engineer — not a templated cohort course or a recorded video series. If you're looking for the lowest-cost way to 'learn AI', a free course or community bootcamp will suit you better than this program.

Who this is for

Students and professionals who want to genuinely understand modern AI rather than collect buzzwords — university students, engineers adding AI to their toolkit, founders evaluating AI for their products, and serious self-learners.

  • Engineers who want to add real AI fluency to their skill set
  • Founders and product people evaluating AI for real use cases
  • University students in AI, ML, or NLP-adjacent coursework
  • Self-learners who want depth and judgment, not just tool tutorials

What you walk away with

  • A real working model of how modern AI systems are built and behave
  • The judgment to tell genuine capability from hype
  • Hands-on fluency with prompting, evaluation, and AI-assisted workflows
  • A practical foundation you can apply to your own projects or work

Who this is not for

Being upfront about fit saves everyone time — including yours. This program is not a good match if:

  • Anyone looking for the cheapest possible way to 'get into AI'
  • People who want a fixed, generic syllabus rather than a plan built for them
  • Those who only want tool walkthroughs with no underlying understanding
  • Learners unwilling to engage between sessions with reading or practice

What we can cover

1

Foundations of modern AI

How large language models and modern AI systems actually work — at a level deep enough to reason about them, not just use them.

2

Prompting, evaluation & tooling

Practical skills for getting reliable results from AI tools, plus how to evaluate outputs honestly instead of trusting them blindly.

3

Agents, retrieval & real systems

How retrieval-augmented generation, agents, and production AI systems are designed, and what actually breaks in practice.

4

Applied to your goals

Bring your project, your role, or your curiosity. Sessions are built around what you're actually trying to do with AI.

Frequently asked questions

No. We start from where you are — whether that's a software background, a product role, or genuine curiosity — and build up from there at your pace.
Both. You'll get hands-on with the tools, but the real value is understanding how and why they work, so you can use them with judgment rather than guesswork.
Yes. Tell us what you're building or trying to learn, and sessions are built entirely around that goal rather than a generic outline.
Edward Mabonga — MIT EECS graduate, senior software engineer with production AI/ML experience, and founder of Pristone Academy. All sessions are premium and one-on-one.

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