Gauntlet AI opens Cohort 8: free 10-week AI engineering bootcamp with 80-100-hour weeks
petrusenko_max · x · 2026-10-23
Gauntlet AI (Austin, TX) is open for Cohort 8 applications, starting February 1, 2027. The 10-week, full-time program is free for accepted candidates, all expenses paid, with interviews for $200K+ roles from week five.
Key facts:
- Bar: 95th percentile on a cognitive assessment; typically 3+ years of engineering experience, with room for exceptional candidates without a traditional background
- Curriculum: building with AI inside existing codebases and building AI systems, refreshed every cohort
- Pace: 80-100 hour weeks, one project per week (assigned Monday, MVP due Sunday noon), 15 hours of live instruction, plus architecture defenses and mock technical interviews
- Goal: leave as a "Champion" engineer who takes ambiguous requirements to a defended production build
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