Design and prototype enterprise-grade AI solutions that create real business value. In this course, you’ll learn to distinguish when to use predictive ML versus generative AI, align AI initiatives with business outcomes, and define success criteria that balance accuracy, latency, safety, and cost. You’ll compare traditional deterministic software with probabilistic AI systems to understand where AI is appropriate—and where it isn’t.

AI Systems Design: RAG Pipelines and LLM Architecture

AI Systems Design: RAG Pipelines and LLM Architecture
This course is part of Managing AI Systems: Development, Deployment, and Governance Specialization

Instructor: Board Infinity
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2 weeks to complete
at 10 hours a week
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What you'll learn
Build end-to-end RAG pipelines using LangChain, ChromaDB, and embedding models
Design data strategies including chunking, embedding selection, and retrieval optimization
Create interactive AI prototypes with Streamlit for real-world business applications
Apply decision frameworks to classify AI problems and evaluate build vs buy trade-offs
Skills you'll gain
- Data Engineering
- LLM Application
- Retrieval-Augmented Generation
- Feasibility Studies
- Agentic systems
- Unstructured Data
- Generative Model Architectures
- AI Product Strategy
- Artificial Intelligence
- Decision Intelligence
- Solution Architecture
- Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML)
- Software Architecture
- Systems Architecture
- AI literacy
- Generative AI Agents
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Taught in English
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