AI for C and C++ developers: on-device and edge inference is your territory
While AI applications are written in Python and TypeScript, their execution rests on native code: llama.cpp and the GGUF format for local models, ONNX Runtime and TensorRT for optimised inference, OpenCV for vision, CUDA for accelerators. A C++ developer does not have to become a data scientist; you need to understand enough about models to design the layer that runs them on servers, at the edge and on devices. The examples in these courses are mostly Python; the Edge AI course also has C for microcontrollers.
Demand for efficient inference is growing in directions that native code covers: models on laptops and phones, real-time vision, industrial devices, environments with tight memory and latency limits. Quantization, runtime selection, accelerator integration and the deployment of vision models are systems problems.
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Where the risk is
The risk for a C++ developer is isolation: optimising without understanding what the applications above ask for. The courses below start from how models are trained and used and go down towards on-device inference, vision and deployment, where your skill becomes decisive.
In practice
What changes in your work with C and C++
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Models move onto the device
Quantization, compact formats and inference without the cloud, for privacy and latency. The Edge AI course tells the story of llama.cpp as proof that a language model could run on a laptop CPU with careful C++ and aggressive quantization.
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Vision leaves the lab
Detection, segmentation and classification in production, with OpenCV and optimised runtimes. Deployment and optimisation are the native-code half of a computer vision project.
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Intelligence reaches microcontrollers
Kilobytes of RAM, integer-only math and no dynamic allocation: TinyML runs quantized models with a small C++ interpreter and a static tensor arena.
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Coding agents work on C++ too
With your builds and tests as verifiers. The right context, hooks and CI integration make the difference between help and noise.
Each of these changes has at least one course in the track below. See the track
The proof, at the end
A Certificate of Completion for every course in the C and C++ track
When you have gone through all the lessons of a course and have an average of at least 70% on its quizzes, you issue from your account, after confirming the conditions, a
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Three tiers, by quiz average: Pass (70–79%), Merit (80–89%) and Distinction (90% and above), shown on the document.
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The recommended track
AI courses for C and C++: 3 stages, 8 courses
In the order in which they matter. If you already have experience with model APIs, skip the foundations. For each course, the reason it matters to someone who works with C and C++.
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Stage 1: Foundations: how the models you will run are built
The picture from above: what a model is, how it is trained and how it leaves Python for a native runtime.
AI and machine learning fundamentals, LLMs and modern architectures, RAG, agents and evaluation: the context you need before optimising anything.
Key modules: Machine Learning Essentials · Large Language Models and Modern Architectures · Working with LLM APIs and Integrations · AI Tools for Developers
Tensors, autograd, backpropagation, CNNs and Transformers in PyTorch, then GPU training with CUDA and export to ONNX: where the models come from and how they are handed to the runtime you maintain.
Key modules: PyTorch Tensors and Autograd · From Linear Regression to Neural Networks · Backpropagation and Gradient Descent · Loss Functions and Optimizers
The course closest to your work: quantization, pruning and distillation, the LiteRT, ONNX Runtime, Core ML and ExecuTorch runtimes, TinyML on microcontrollers with C code, accelerators such as Jetson and Coral, and small language models with llama.cpp.
Key modules: Model Compression: Making Models Fit the Edge · Edge AI Frameworks and Runtimes · Mobile AI: iOS and Android · TinyML and Microcontrollers
LoRA and QLoRA, then quantization for inference in GGUF, GPTQ and AWQ and self-hosting: how adapted models are prepared for the engines that run them.
Key modules: Data: The Foundation of Fine-Tuning · Parameter-Efficient Fine-Tuning (PEFT): LoRA · QLoRA and Quantized Training · The Fine-Tuning Toolchain
Preprocessing with OpenCV, classification, detection and segmentation, then a lesson on deployment and edge optimisation. The code is Python with PyTorch and OpenCV; deployment is where native runtimes take over.
Key modules: Image Preprocessing and Datasets with OpenCV · Convolutional Neural Networks for Classification · Object Detection · Segmentation and Segment Anything
The stage where you tie your components to the rest of the system: the pipeline that delivers models, the tools exposed to agents, the way code is written.
Model registry and versioning, serving, deployment strategies and drift monitoring: the pipeline your runtime receives models from and reports metrics to.
Key modules: Experiment Tracking and Reproducibility · Data and Feature Management · Training Pipelines and Orchestration · Model Registry, Versioning, and CI/CD for ML
Protocol architecture, stdio and HTTP transports, authentication and security, so that you can expose systems and hardware to agents safely. The examples are in Python and TypeScript; the protocol is language-agnostic.
Key modules: Building MCP Servers with Python · Building MCP Servers with TypeScript · Transport, Authentication and Configuration · Enterprise Patterns and Production Architectures
Agentic coding on large codebases, with deterministic hooks and CI: your builds and tests become the verifiers of generated code.
Key modules: Multi-File and Large Codebases: Plan, Edit, Review and Context Management · The Full Git Workflow: Branches, Commits, Conflicts, Code Review and PRs · Headless Mode (claude -p) and Non-Interactive Automation · Subagents and Agent Teams: Orchestration, Delegation and Controlled Parallelization
All 8 courses in this track fit in a subscription of 10 courses.€319 per month, VAT included; you pick the courses and can change them at every renewal. Or only the course you are interested in, €99 per month, from the “This course only” link on each row.
What already exists, so that you do not start from zero. The courses in the track teach you what to build with it.
llama.cpp and GGUFA portable C/C++ inference engine and the single-file format in which quantized models are distributed.
ONNX Runtime and TensorRTRuntimes for optimised inference across CPUs, GPUs and accelerators; a TensorRT engine is what you build on a Jetson.
LiteRT for Microcontrollers and CMSIS-NNA tiny C++ interpreter for .tflite models and ARM’s optimised kernels for Cortex-M cores.
OpenCVThe workhorse of the computer vision course for image I/O and classical processing: C++ under a Python API.
TorchScript and ONNX exportTwo ways to take a PyTorch model out of Python; the PyTorch course covers ONNX export and notes that TorchScript serialises a model to run in a C++ runtime.
MCP over stdio or HTTPThe protocol is language-agnostic and has no official C++ SDK, so a C++ server is written against the specification.
At the end
What you will be able to do at the end of the C and C++ track
1Run language models locally, quantized and sized correctly, on servers, at the edge or on devices
2Take computer vision models to production, with optimised deployment
3Deploy a quantized model on a microcontroller, within a fixed memory budget
4Prepare fine-tuned models for efficient inference
5Tie the inference layer to the MLOps pipeline around it
These are the skills you practise in the courses of the track; results depend on the time you invest and on your previous experience.
What you get here that you do not get from a tutorial
Courses of about 25 hours, structured in modules
Code examples, architectures and case studies, and in some courses a capstone project at the end. Not summaries of documentation, but structured material that you go through in order, at your own pace.
AI Professor in every lesson
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Up to date with what the industry asks for
Agentic coding, MCP, RAG, agents, evals, LLM security, fine-tuning, AIOps, computer vision and Edge AI are whole courses in the catalog, not closing chapters.
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The Edge AI course has C code for microcontrollers, next to Python, Kotlin and Swift for its other targets. Everything else on this track is in Python, the language in which training and evaluation are orchestrated. The courses are chosen for the areas where native code decides performance: on-device inference, vision and deployment.
I work on embedded systems or on devices. What is relevant?
The Edge AI course is the entry point: model compression, runtimes, TinyML on microcontrollers, accelerators and small language models on device. The computer vision course adds deployment and edge optimisation, and the fine-tuning course covers quantization for inference.
Do I have to learn Python?
To read it, yes: training pipelines, model export and evaluation tools are in Python, and the courses use it in their examples. The execution side, runtimes, kernels and hardware integration, stays native.
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