Whether you write code or you don’t, there’s a programme designed for where you are.
Most AI courses teach you to use a tool that will be replaced in six months. We teach you how to think about AI systems: how they work, how they fit together, and how to build with them confidently as the field keeps moving.
BuildrLabs runs cohort-based programmes inside Hatch Works, Sri Lanka’s leading tech and startup hub. Every instructor is an active practitioner. Every cohort ends with something real in your hands.
Our instructors build AI systems commercially, every day. Not academics. Not career trainers.
You finish with work you actually own and can show — not a toy dataset or a certificate no one can verify.
Updated each cohort based on where the field actually is — not what was relevant two years ago.
In-person access to Sri Lanka’s most active tech and startup community — from day one, not after graduation.
There’s a programme for wherever you’re starting from.
For people who want to engineer AI systems from the ground up. Two stackable bootcamps of in-person Sunday sessions: build agentic applications in Foundations, then take them to production in Advanced. You graduate with deployed systems and a clear path into the industry.
For professionals who want to apply AI meaningfully in their work. Not a slide deck about ChatGPT. A practical, hands-on programme built around how you actually operate day to day.
Bringing AI to a whole team? See our programme for teams →
They’re not career teachers. They’re engineers and architects who happen to be exceptional at explaining the work they do.
Instructors for the July 2026 Applied AI cohort — practitioners running AI in their own functions — will be announced soon.
BuildrLabs runs inside Hatch Works: Sri Lanka’s leading tech and startup hub. The founders, engineers, and operators you meet here aren’t future connections. They’re your peers from day one.
July 2026 · 5 live Saturdays at Hatch Works, Colombo. Includes Certificate of Completion.
Two bootcamps, three months each (Sundays). Take both for LKR 200,000 and save 40k. Flexible payment plans available.
We run the Agentic AI Pathway — two stackable bootcamps for builders — and the 8-Saturday Applied AI Bootcamp for professionals. The answers below cover both.
Two stackable, in-person bootcamps. The Foundations Bootcamp gets you building real agentic AI applications; the Advanced Bootcamp takes them to production and ends with Demo Day in front of hiring companies. Take one, or take both and save LKR 40,000.
No. Each bootcamp stands on its own. Most people start with the Foundations Bootcamp, then continue to Advanced when they are ready. Enrol in both up front (the Full Pathway) and you save LKR 40,000.
People who want to build production AI systems, not just use them — fresh graduates, A-level students, career-changers, and working developers. The Foundations Bootcamp needs basic Python or JavaScript; the Advanced Bootcamp assumes Foundations or equivalent experience. If you want to apply AI in a non-technical role instead, our Applied AI Bootcamp is the better fit.
The Foundations Bootcamp starts in August 2026 and the Advanced Bootcamp in November 2026. Both run in person on Sundays, 9am to 1pm, at Hatch Works, Colombo, over three months. Confirmed Sunday dates are shared before your cohort begins.
A structured ramp to Demo Day at the end of the Advanced Bootcamp, where you present your production project to our partner companies who are actively hiring. Includes priority access plus coaching to convert. Eligibility: 80% attendance, all assignments, all projects completed.
No. What we guarantee is your place in front of hiring decision-makers at Demo Day, plus the preparation to convert. Eligibility: 80% attendance, all assignments, all projects completed.
An 8-Saturday, in-person cohort at Hatch Works, Colombo, built for professionals who want to apply AI in their day-to-day work. You build a personal AI stack and seven real deliverables across the cohort. No technical background required. July 2026, LKR 65,000.
Mid-to-senior professionals in any function — Finance, HR, Sales & Marketing, Operations and more — plus team leads, managers, and founders building AI-first operations. If you want to build production AI systems as an engineer instead, the Agentic AI Pathway is the better fit.
No. There is no coding prerequisite and no prior AI experience needed. If you use a laptop for work, you are qualified. We set up and build everything together in the room.
July 2026 — five live Saturday sessions, 2pm to 6pm, in person at Hatch Works, Colombo. LKR 65,000, inclusive of materials, tool access, and your Certificate of Completion.
Five portfolio-ready deliverables, a personal AI stack plus access to a library of 1,000+ tools, a peer-reviewed 90-day roadmap, a Certificate of Completion, and access to HatchX, our graduate community.
Two in-person bootcamps. One for builders, one for professionals. Both starting in 2026.
