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Cyberiad Labs teaches people to work with AI and keep their own judgment.

October 2026

Press release 29 October 2026 5 min read

A graduate of Cyberiad Labs’ first class brings its free AI course to her learners in Nigeria

LindaGift Awo took the course in Cyberiad Labs’ first class. Members of CodeCraft Forge’s free community start it on 2 November, and the scholars of her 500 Digital Futures Initiative will follow in a later class.

RALEIGH, N.C., and LAGOS, Nigeria, 29 October 2026. Cyberiad Labs today announced education partnerships with CodeCraft Forge and the 500 Digital Futures Initiative, two organisations LindaGift Awo leads in Lagos. She finished Cyberiad Labs’ course, Introduction to AI and LLMs (large language models), in its first class, and asked to offer it to both her communities. Members of CodeCraft Forge’s free community get 100 free places in the class that opens on Monday 2 November 2026. The 500 Digital Futures Initiative aims to sponsor 500 learners across Nigeria for digital-skills training, and its scholars will get free places in the first class that opens after they are selected. The course is online, part-time and four weeks long.

Read the full press release: Cyberiad Labs partners with CodeCraft Forge and the 500 Digital Futures Initiative
Press release 28 October 2026 5 min read

Cyberiad Labs sets aside 500 free AI course places for Nairobi’s Ngao Labs

Ngao Labs grows only as fast as it can support its learners. Ngao Labs’ graduates, and the people waiting to join its next cohort, start Cyberiad Labs’ course on 2 November, and more will join future classes.
Press release 27 October 2026 4 min read

Nigeria’s Jupytec Innovation Labs secures 100 free places in AI course for Nigerian developers

The first 100 members of Jupytec’s free tech community start Cyberiad Labs’ AI course on Monday 2 November.
Press release 26 October 2026 4 min read

Ghana’s TechBees Academy learners get free places in Cyberiad Labs’ AI course

Felix Fleku, an ICT teacher, gave free classes to young people in a village in rural Ghana and now wants to do the same in Accra. The first 100 TechBees Academy learners, in that village and in Accra, start Cyberiad Labs’ AI course on Monday 2 November.
Press release 22 October 2026 6 min read

AI writes code that runs. Cyberiad Labs and Algorithmia SE will teach engineers how AI works, so they know when not to trust that code

Algorithmia SE’s founder took Cyberiad Labs’ AI course, then asked for his community of more than 200 software engineers to take it too. It is the first partnership to come from a graduate of the course, and its first 100 engineers start on 2 November.
Press release 21 October 2026 6 min read

Cyberiad Labs and GDG Babcock partner to teach Nigerian students how AI works, and when not to trust it

Nigerians were the largest group in Cyberiad Labs’ first class, more than 450 of its 1,005 learners, and GDG Babcock is its first partner in Nigeria. The first 100 of GDG Babcock’s members start the course on 2 November.
Press release 20 October 2026 4 min read

SomoTech Africa and Cyberiad Labs partner to train Kenyan teachers in AI, so they can bring it to their classrooms

One teacher who learns to work with AI takes it to every classroom they teach in, year after year. SomoTech Africa’s first 250 teachers and learners start Cyberiad Labs’ AI course on 2 November.
Press release 16 October 2026 5 min read

Cyberiad Labs and Nguvu-TEACH to give young refugees and young Turkana people in Kalobeyei free places in Cyberiad Labs' AI course

Nguvu-TEACH is Cyberiad Labs' first partner working with refugees. Its learners start Cyberiad Labs' course on 2 November, and Nguvu-TEACH will get free places in future classes too.
Press release 15 October 2026 4 min read

Cyberiad Labs and Hyver Organization partner to teach AI to African university students

Hyver's student tech clubs bring together 7,830 students at 27 universities and higher-education institutes in six countries. The first 250 start Cyberiad Labs' AI course on 2 November.
Press release 13 October 2026 5 min read

2APA and Cyberiad Labs partner to train African aviation professionals in AI

From maintenance hangars to control towers, AI is already part of aviation. 2APA’s members will start Cyberiad Labs’ AI course on 2 November.
Product 9 October 2026 5 min read

Add your certificate to LinkedIn

Class 1 just graduated. Here is how to put your certificate on your LinkedIn profile, step by step, so anyone who views it can click through and check that it's real.
Product 8 October 2026 2 min read

The intranet now has a dark theme

You asked for a dark theme, and Youssef built it in less than 24 hours. Click the moon button at the top of the intranet and the whole site switches to dark.
Press release 1 October 2026 4 min read

Cyberiad Labs and the Mandela AI Hub Foundation to give Kenyan and African learners up to 250 free places a class in Cyberiad Labs' AI course

Kenya already represents the second-largest group of Cyberiad Labs' first class. The Mandela AI Hub Foundation's first 100 learners start on 2 November.

September 2026

Product 30 September 2026 2 min read

Every chapter now reads itself to you

Every chapter of our courses now has a player at the top. Press play and the chapter is read out loud to you, at the speed you choose.
Thought piece 24 September 2026 11 min read

The Labs Will Stop Selling Their Best Models

The big AI labs will keep selling tokens, but within a few years that won't be their main business. They will keep their best models and point them at problems worth more than tokens.
Press release 14 September 2026 4 min read

His courses and technology reached 1.6 million learners. His next one teaches them to think for themselves with AI

Cyberiad Labs launches today. It is a new initiative from Julien Barbier, co-founder of Holberton School and Chief Product Officer of ALX while it grew past 1.6 million learners, and Youssef Charif Hamidi, who learned to code on one of his programmes there.

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About Cyberiad Labs

Cyberiad Labs teaches people how AI works and how to work with it, so they keep their own judgment and their own voice. Our first course, Introduction to AI and LLMs, is free, online and four weeks long.

We work with schools, companies and non-profits. If your organisation is a non-profit or a foundation and does not charge its learners, you can get free places in our classes.

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