SaturdayDay 01
Frame it properly.
Choose the use case, map the workflow and decide where AI genuinely helps.
- Define the useful outcome
- Choose models, tools and data
- Design the first working flow
Practical AI training · UK-wide
Build something real with AI. Over one weekend.
Practical AI courses, learning resources and a community for people who want to build, not just watch. Membership is launching at £49 per month.
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Live, practical guidance Your own working project An active learning community
British AI GuyWeekend build · Live
Connect the tools your agent needs.
Give the system a focused job, approved sources and a clear point for human review.
01InputResearch brief
→02AgentFind + compare
→03OutputCited report
DR
Build note Keep the first version narrow. Reliability comes from a clear job and a testable output.
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DSM
Small live cohortBuild alongside real people
Learn by building
Not another course you watch and forget.
What makes the training practical?
You arrive with a real problem. You leave with a working AI system and the judgement to keep improving it.
The learning platform guides the method. Live expert support helps you make the important decisions. The member community gives you people to learn with, compare approaches with and keep building alongside after the lesson ends.
SundayDay 02
Build it for real.
Connect the parts, test the output and turn a rough prototype into a usable system.
- Build with expert support
- Test quality and failure points
- Ship your working version
The production-build method
From idea to working system.
The framework teaches the decisions behind useful AI: scope, structure, tools, testing and responsible human control.
Choose a real problem
Start with a task that is genuinely costing you or your team time. Define the useful outcome before touching a model.
Build the working version
Use modern AI tools, structured prompts, data and simple logic to turn the idea into something you can actually use.
Test it like a product
Check the output, remove fragile steps and learn where human judgement, rules and AI should each take responsibility.
Leave with the build
Finish the weekend with a production-minded system, the skills to improve it and a clear route for what comes next.
Choose a build pathway
Skills that end in something you can use.
Start at your level and build towards a real outcome. Membership brings practical pathways, supporting resources and the community together in one learning environment.
Weekend 01
AI productivity systems
Build a dependable workflow for research, analysis, communication or knowledge work.
Weekend 02
AI agents that do real work
Design a focused agent with tools, memory, boundaries and a useful job to complete.
Weekend 03
Deterministic assistants
Combine structured knowledge and explicit rules for answers that need to be reliable and traceable.
Weekend 04
Ship an AI-enabled product
Move from idea to a usable web product with sensible models, costs and production decisions.
Training built around the learner
One method. Three ways to use it.
Stop collecting AI tips. Build something useful.
A focused weekend for professionals, founders, career changers and curious builders who learn best by making.
- Small, practical cohorts
- A real project of your own
- Build support throughout
Turn AI interest into operational capability.
Practical training shaped around the workflows, tools and constraints inside your organisation.
- Relevant business use cases
- Responsible adoption built in
- A working internal prototype
Give people a shared way to build with AI.
Team-based training that replaces scattered experimentation with common methods, language and standards.
- Cross-functional delivery
- Repeatable build method
- Team playbook to keep
British AI Guy membership
Practical AI courses and a community that helps you put them to work.
Your £49 per month membership gives you access to practical AI courses, resources and a community of people learning, experimenting and building with AI. The lessons give you the skills. The community helps you apply them.
Join the waitlist for £49 per month Recurring monthly membership. Membership is not yet open.Launch price£49
per month
- Practical AI courses and learning resources
- A community of people learning and building
- Shared ideas, workflows and real experiments
- Practical guidance as AI tools change
Built by somebody who builds
Meet David Robertson.
David Robertson is the founder of mccaigs, Scotland's Elite Technical Studio, and the creator of British AI Guy. He designs and builds practical AI applications, deterministic assistants, automation systems and digital products, often taking ideas from initial concept to working release in a matter of weeks.
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Production-first Learn the decisions that make a build useful, dependable and affordable.
02Plain English Technical ideas explained clearly without removing the substance.
03Current practice Training shaped by real systems, modern tools and what works now.
AI training across Britain
UK-wide reach. Scottish roots.
Live online delivery makes the same practical AI expertise available across all four UK nations, with company programmes shaped around each organisation.
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Remote weekend courses and practical company programmes for individuals and teams across England.
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Practical AI training delivered from Edinburgh, with Scotland-specific programmes and expert support.
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Practical AI courses for Welsh professionals, SMEs and distributed teams, delivered live online.
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Hands-on AI skills and production-build training for people and organisations across Northern Ireland.
Explore trainingPractical AI insights
Clear answers from real builds.
Production-minded guidance on practical AI training, deterministic assistants and building systems that are useful beyond the demonstration.
What is practical AI training?
A clear guide to what practical AI training should include, who it helps and how to judge whether a course will produce a useful result.
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Read articleMembership waitlist · UK-wide
Join the waitlist for membership launching at £49 per month.
Register your interest in practical AI courses, resources and the British AI Guy community. We’ll use your answers to understand what you want to learn and build.
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Direct answers
Practical AI training, clearly explained.
Short answers to the questions people and organisations ask before choosing UK AI training.
What is practical AI training?
Practical AI training teaches you to apply artificial intelligence to a real task and produce a working result. British AI Guy courses centre on building, testing and improving a useful system rather than watching long lectures or memorising theory.
Who is British AI Guy?
British AI Guy is a practical AI education, training and community brand from mccaigs, Scotland's Elite Technical Studio, created by David Robertson. It helps people and organisations build useful AI systems through production-focused learning.
How much does British AI Guy membership cost?
British AI Guy membership is intended to launch at £49 per month. It is a recurring monthly membership that includes practical AI courses, learning resources and access to the wider British AI Guy community. Membership is not yet open, so you can join the waitlist now.
What does the British AI Guy community add?
The lessons give you practical skills. The community helps you apply them by learning alongside other members, discussing tools and workflows, sharing builds, comparing experiments and keeping up as AI capabilities change.
Can somebody really build an AI system over a weekend?
Yes, when the scope is chosen carefully. The goal is not to recreate a frontier model. You learn to combine existing AI models, data, tools and logic into a focused system that solves one genuine problem and is ready to keep improving.
Is the training suitable for non-technical people?
Yes. Some pathways are no-code friendly and focus on workflows, prompts and decision-making. More technical pathways are available for people who want to build agents, assistants and AI-enabled products.
Do you provide corporate AI training for UK companies?
Yes. Company and team programmes can be designed around your real processes, security expectations and adoption goals. The outcome is shared capability and a relevant working prototype, not a generic presentation.
Is training available throughout the UK?
Yes. Live remote training is available across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. In-person and company programmes are arranged according to demand and the needs of each group.
Your first useful build starts here
Give AI one weekend. Leave with something real.
Join the waitlist for practical courses, learning resources and a builder community, launching at £49 per month.