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The questions that come up most. If yours isn't here - reply to any email I send you. Actually me, usually within 24 hours.
BEFORE YOU BUY
For the course - no. You can watch the lectures, take the quizzes, and learn the material with just QA experience.
For the official ISTQB CT-AI exam - yes. ISTQB requires CTFL as a prerequisite to register for CT-AI. If you want certification, sit CTFL first (separate exam, ~€180), then CT-AI. If you want the knowledge, skip ahead.
The course content barely overlaps with CTFL anyway. Holding CTFL doesn't save you time here - it just unlocks the cert booking.
Yes, if you have 1+ year of QA experience. The course assumes you know what functional testing, test cases, and defect tracking are. It doesn't assume you know what a neural network is - that's what I'm here to explain.
If you've never done QA before, start with ISTQB Foundation Level first, then come back.
Probably not. The course focuses on AI-specific topics - which even 10-year veterans rarely have hands-on experience with. Concepts like neuron coverage, metamorphic testing, and concept drift are new territory regardless of how many years you've done traditional QA.
No. This course is for QA engineers, not ML engineers. Zero coding required. We look at model outputs, test strategies, quality metrics - not how to train models yourself.
Different, not "better." Accredited providers give you 4 days of live training - great if you have €1,500-3,000 and the time off.
This course gives you 30 min/day for 8 weeks - better for people who can't take a week off, or who prefer to learn at their own pace. Both prepare you for the same exam. Both work.
FORMAT & PACE
No. Daily drip is the suggested rhythm, not a forced one. All 63 lectures unlock when you enroll. Binge over a weekend, or spread across 4 months - your call.
People who keep the daily rhythm tend to finish more often than people who batch-watch. I'll publish actual cohort completion numbers once enough students complete the first launch.
5-15 minutes each. Most are 6-10 min. Total runtime ~9 hours across 63 lectures.
A Telegram bot built on Claude Opus 4.7 with retrieval against the course material itself - syllabus, lecture content, exam questions, and a Kai persona profile. When you're stuck on a concept, it pulls the actual lecture context instead of guessing - not a generic ChatGPT wrapper.
24/7. Available throughout your access window.
Kai can also reply with voice. That voice is AI-synthesized (a voice clone built from a real voice sample) - every voice message from Kai is generated, not a recording.
A private Telegram group for enrolled students. Not a requirement - the course works solo - but it helps.
CERTIFICATION
No. You book the exam separately through an ISTQB-accredited testing center. Cost is typically €180-230 depending on region.
This course prepares you - it doesn't sell the certification. The exam is run by independent testing boards.
Yes - a course completion certificate with a verification URL, shareable to LinkedIn. It's not an ISTQB certification, but it shows employers you completed structured AI testing training.
100% of the ISTQB CT-AI syllabus is covered. You get 300 exam questions + a quiz after every lecture with explanations and an exam simulator in real format. If you finish the course, you're ready.
This preps the CT-AI v1.0 exam, which stays bookable through roughly April 2027.
Because the craft does not change with the syllabus version. This course teaches how AI systems actually break and how you test for that - bad data, drift, adversarial inputs, the oracle problem. That theory holds whether the exam label reads v1 or v2.0; it is the part that does not go stale.
If you also want the ISTQB certificate: the CT-AI v1 exam is bookable through 21 April 2027 in English, and through 21 October 2027 in other languages. The certificate itself never expires - a v1 certificate you earn stays valid for good.
ISTQB allows multiple attempts - they charge the exam fee each time, but my course stays available. You can re-watch modules, retake the simulator, and re-sit the exam.
TECHNICAL
Yes. Fully mobile-responsive. Works on iOS, Android, tablets. There's also a Telegram Mini App version - the commute-friendly way to do a lecture.
Course content is in English, Russian and Ukrainian. Bot interface and email subjects also support Polish and Korean (with English fallback for the longer content).
6 months after enrollment. Enough time to finish, take the exam, and reference back for review.
PAYMENT
€249 single payment, or 3 × €99 monthly. All-in - no hidden upsells, no premium tier, no "pro" version. Same course for everyone.
Current price: €149, available through 9 August 2026 (23:59 UTC). The launch ladder is fixed: €149 through 9 August, €199 through 23 August, €249 after. Same course, same 6 months of access, whenever you join.
14-day money-back guarantee. If the course is not for you, write to us within 14 days of your purchase and you get a full refund. No interrogation, no hoops. This sits on top of your legal right of withdrawal under EU law, so you are covered either way. Refunds land within 14 days of your request.
Prices shown are ex-VAT. VAT calculated at checkout based on your billing country. EU businesses with a VIES-verified VAT number pay zero VAT (reverse charge).
No permanent discounts. Occasional specific-event pricing (Black Friday, course anniversary). I'd rather keep the price stable than run constant fake urgency.
Yes. Share your invite link from inside the course. A friend who joins through it gets a discount, your first referred sale adds a free month to your access, and from the second sale on it is a fixed fee per sale through the Lemon Squeezy partner program. Straight about the money: Lemon Squeezy pays affiliates on the 1st and 15th, in USD to PayPal or a bank, once a sale has held 30 days, with a $10 minimum. Any PayPal or currency-conversion fees on your side, and your own taxes, are yours to handle.
TEAMS / B2B
Yes - teams train together on the same course. There's no public team price yet: write in through the Teams page and we'll agree the details, including invoicing with VAT.
Yes - we can set up a small pilot first. Use the form on the Teams page and mention you'd like a pilot.
Yes - grab the "Convince Your Boss" kit. Includes a pre-filled approval email, a one-page PDF comparing costs vs classroom training, and ROI calculation.
Free. Download here.
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