Selected experience
Tested in demanding rooms.
Our work spans research institutions, universities, companies, founders, and technical communities. The format changes with the audience; the emphasis on practical judgement does not.
A*STAR
Eight rounds of AI training, reaching more than 600 researchers and staff. Repeated delivery gave us the opportunity to refine the material across cohorts while working with an audience accustomed to technical depth.
Beginner workshop materials and the intermediate agent-building session .
NUS Business School
Invited lectures connecting AI capabilities with business and organisational questions. The September 2026 materials show two approaches: hands-on agentic AI and decision-making in business.
BSE3713 · Hands-on with Agentic AI
Language-model foundations, prompting, expense-claim extraction, and a Deep Crew strategy tournament.
Slides by Dr. Gaurav Manek · CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Agentic AI for Beginners for BSE3713, Part 1 (Fall 2026) Watch on YouTube · 0:51:01
- Agentic AI for Beginners for BSE3713, Part 2 (Fall 2026) Watch on YouTube · 0:46:07
BMP5203 · Decision-Making in Business & AI
Company growth, competitive strategy, and the practical decisions behind adopting AI.
Slides by Dr. Gaurav Manek · CC BY-SA 4.0.
BSN5203 · Decision Making in AI Startups
Public lecture recordings
Watch earlier invited lectures at NUS Business School.
- AI Platforms for BSE3713 (Spring 2025) Watch on YouTube · 2:12:37
- AI Innovation for BSN4811 (Spring 2025) Watch on YouTube · 1:21:28
- Decision Making for BMP5203 (Fall 2025) Watch on YouTube · 0:50:48
- Decision Making in AI Startups for BSE3713 (Fall 2025) Watch on YouTube · 2:17:10
- Decision Making in AI Startups for BSN4811 (Fall 2025) Watch on YouTube · 2:00:45
NTU
Workshops designed to move participants from AI concepts into hands-on practice and critical evaluation.
The beginner workshop materials include the NTU BMES Makerspace Hackathon session in March 2026.
Companies
Bespoke AI training built for each organisation’s audience, priorities, and operating context. These engagements are designed around the capability the company needs—not a fixed public syllabus.
Builder and founder communities
Ongoing community engagement includes the Agentic Builders’ Collective and Founders’ Breakfast—spaces where practitioners, technical builders, and company leaders can examine what is changing in AI through direct exchange.
Public community talks
- On speculative decoding · Agentic Builders’ Collective, August 2026
- How to build evals for AI agents · Roast My Tech Stack, June 2026
- Infrastructure-based safety for your ’Claw · Agentic Builders’ Collective, April 2026
- The Visigoth.ai data model should horrify you · Roast My Tech Stack, April 2026