Ignite 26/27 · Cohort 01

Ignite

2026/2027

A 10-month upskilling program for new graduates entering the AI-consulting world. Three tracks, 36 courses, 44 gatherings.

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10 months

Sept 2026 – Jun 2027

3 tracks

Builder · Tuner · Shaper

36 courses

18 shared + 6 per track

44 gatherings

Masterclass, dojo, lab weekend & more

Three tracks

Choose direction early. Go deep.

All Ignitere take the same 18 shared courses. The 6 track courses per direction are where the depth lives — what separates a Builder from a Shaper.

Ignite Builder

AI Engineer

Can put an agent in production Monday morning.

Deep technical breadth: agent orchestration, RAG engineering, evals and production practice.

Python · TypeScript · Anthropic · Azure · AWS · LangGraph · MCP

Market gap

Demand for developers who can put agents into operation is exploding, and supply is thin. Most claim to 'build something with AI'. Few can deliver it reliably. You become one of the few.

Typical client situations

The client has an AI idea that works as a prototype but needs to be in actual production with users
The client needs to build an agent that performs tasks (not just answers) against internal systems and data
The client must replace a manual step with something that handles edge cases and failures gracefully

Career path after graduation

After graduation you are billable as an AI Engineer at premium rate. You work with clients building agentic platforms, migrating legacy to AI-native workflows, or setting up RAG systems for regulated data.

Is this you?

Choose Builder if you love writing code, want to build things more than one person uses, and are curious about both the AI side and the operations side.

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Ignite Tuner

Applied AI / Evaluation

Knows whether the AI answer is actually good enough.

Evaluation as craft, fine-tuning, data platforms and agentic analytics.

Databricks · Fabric · Langfuse · W&B · DSPy · pgvector

Market gap

Every enterprise asks 'how do we know the AI answer is good enough?'. Few can answer. This role defines it in practice — and creates a clear competitive advantage.

Typical client situations

The client has AI in use but doesn't know if answers are good enough for production
The client has lots of internal data to be searchable or answerable — RAG or graph RAG needs
The client is considering fine-tuning and needs someone who knows when it pays off and when not to

Career path after graduation

After graduation you are billable as an Applied AI / Eval Engineer. You help clients build a quality regime around AI, fine-tune for their domain, or build the platform for agentic analytics.

Is this you?

Choose Tuner if you want to sit at the interface between data and AI, care about quality and measurability, and want to be the person who dares to say 'the model is not good enough yet'.

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Ignite Shaper

AI Transformation Lead

Can make AI actually stick inside a regulated Norwegian enterprise.

Process design, change management, regulatory framing and delivery economics.

EU AI Act · Change Mgmt · ROI Modelling · Workshop · Governance

Market gap

The market is oversupplied with 'we built a prototype'. It is undersupplied with 'we made it stick'. This track builds that craft — and that is where clients pay premium.

Typical client situations

The client wants to roll out AI broadly across the organisation but lacks strategy, framework and plan
The client has pilots that don't survive the handover — needs change management and handover methodology
The client is in a regulated industry (banking, public, health, energy) and needs EU AI Act compliance

Career path after graduation

After graduation you are billable as an AI Transformation Lead — among the highest-priced roles in the market. You lead initiatives at clients in banking, public sector, energy, health. Alliance pairs enable a seamless transition from program to client work.

Is this you?

Choose Shaper if you want maximum impact per delivery, like complex organisations, and want to combine technical insight with strategic leadership.

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Ready for the next cohort?

Cohort 01 begins September 2026. Application deadline will be announced later this spring — keep an eye on the programme page.

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