AI isn’t a moment to capitalise on. It’s a field to understand deeply — one that keeps evolving and rewards the people who stay curious and keep building. BuildrLabs exists for those people.
BuildrLabs was founded under Hatch Works because we watched talented people enter the industry and stall — not from lack of ability, but from lack of exposure to what real AI engineering actually looks like in practice.
The gap wasn’t intelligence. It was experience. Real projects, real systems, real decisions under pressure. So we built a programme around exactly that: designed by practitioners, structured around outcomes, grounded in real work from day one.
Every cohort is a step toward deeper AI literacy across Sri Lanka. Every person who goes through the programme becomes part of what we’re building here.
Every module maps to what teams are building and hiring for right now. We update the curriculum each cohort based on direct input from our partner companies, not what was relevant two years ago.
Every instructor is an active professional. They've shipped AI in production, navigated real systems, and dealt with the problems textbooks skip. They bring all of that into the room.
The Agentic AI Pathway ends with two deployed systems, a GitHub portfolio, and a live presentation to industry hiring leads on Demo Day. Not an exam. A career moment.
Real people. Real projects. Real careers you can learn from.
Every cohort is a step toward deeper AI literacy across Sri Lanka. Every person who goes through the programme becomes part of what we’re building here.
Because cohort accountability, real-time feedback, and the Hatch ecosystem are all central to how this works. You can watch AI tutorials online. You can't replicate being inside a building full of startups, engineers, and founders — and having your instructors available when something doesn't work.
Hatch Works is Sri Lanka's leading tech and startup hub. It's where BuildrLabs runs, and it's part of what makes the programme valuable: the community, the startup access, and the connections you build just by being in the building.
