Applied AI Education · Est. 2024
Learn to build AI agents. Not just use them.
Cohort-based courses for professionals and developers who want to ship real agent systems — not memorise prompt tricks. Taught by a published AI author and a cognitive scientist with two decades each in applied AI.
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Why Retured exists
Most AI courses stop at prompting. We start at building.
The AI industry has moved past “best model” and past “best prompt.” The work that matters now is building agents that take real action — with the orchestration, tools, evaluation, and judgment that requires. That’s what we teach.
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The 2026 curriculum, not the 2023 one
Agent orchestration, tool design, long-horizon execution, fine-tuning, synthetic data, evaluation harnesses. Not “prompt engineering” wrapped in a new title.
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Cohorts, not content libraries
You learn live, alongside other builders, with Dr. Kapoor answering your specific questions in real time. Recordings exist — but the room is where the learning happens.
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You leave having built something
Every cohort ends with a working agent in your hands. Not a certificate of attendance, not a slide deck. Something you can run, demo, and iterate on.
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The people teaching
Two teachers, two decades each in applied AI, one shared conviction: that building real agent systems is a skill that has to be taught honestly, with the grounding most courses skip.
Dr. Amita Kapoor
AI Author · Keynote Speaker · Applied AI Engineer
Author of multiple books on deep learning and generative AI. Develops custom AI solutions for industry. Combines academic rigor with hands-on engineering practice; teaches the working-engineer mindset rather than the textbook one.
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Narotam Singh, M.Sc.
Cognitive Neuroscience · Electronics · Research Scientist
Two decades of work in AI, neural networks, robotics, and deep learning. Former scientist with the Government of India, where he led technical training programs. Published researcher with peer-reviewed work in computational neuroscience and applied AI.
Read full bio →On both the research and corporate sides, Dr. Kapoor has been our go-to person for knowledge and pragmatic insights in AI. Experience spanning research and practice is rare in this field.
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Courses
Where you start depends on where you are.
A free live session, one self-paced foundation course, and two live cohorts. Pick your starting point.
— Start here
Ask Dr. Kapoor Anything
Open Q&A on agents, AI, and the work of building. Bring your questions, your stuck projects, or your half-formed ideas. Recordings shared with the email list.
Reserve your spot →— Self-paced
AI Agents 101: Fundamentals
The mental models, the vocabulary, and the working examples you need before you build your first agent. The prerequisite most courses assume you already have.
See cohort dates →— Non-developer track
Agent Builder Bootcamp
Build working agents for real workflows. Tool selection, orchestration patterns, when an agent is the right answer — and when it isn’t. You leave with a deployed agent, not slides.
See cohort dates →— & technical learners
Thinking in Code: Building AI Agents
Agent orchestration, tool design, fine-tuning, synthetic data, evaluation harnesses, and the security and permissions work most courses skip. For people building agents that need to work in production.
See cohort dates →iv.
Coming up
Upcoming live sessions.
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In their own words
Why we built Retured
I have spent much of my career working with technical systems, data, and training in environments where precision matters. Over time, I kept seeing the same pattern: people were being asked to use increasingly complex tools without being given a clear way to understand them.
That gap is one of the reasons we built Retured. I wanted to help create a place where professionals can learn AI without hype, intimidation, or empty jargon. The goal is not just to make people comfortable with new tools, but to help them think clearly about what these systems can do, where they fail, and how to use them responsibly in real work.
If someone leaves a Retured course able to apply what they’ve learned with more confidence and better judgment, we’ve done our job.
I have spent most of my career moving between rigorous teaching, research, and applied AI work, and one pattern has stayed constant: people are eager to use these tools, but very few are given the depth or clarity to use them well. Too much AI education stays at the level of demos, jargon, or borrowed excitement.
I wanted to build something more honest and more useful. Retured is my way of bringing together what I care about most: strong fundamentals, practical experimentation, and the confidence that comes from building with guidance.
Whether you are an educator, a working professional, or a technical learner, my goal is simple: help you understand what AI is good at, where it breaks, and how to use it thoughtfully in the real world.
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Stay in the loop
One useful thing about building AI agents in your inbox, twice a month.
Plain-language notes on what’s actually changing in agent design and what it means for the work. Written by Dr. Kapoor and Narotam. No “10 ChatGPT prompts” listicles, ever.
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