Brief

OpenAlice Academy

A visual, structured learning platform for AI engineering — 31 lessons across 5 groups, described internally as "become an LLM engineer" curriculum. The Academy is distinct from the Atlas knowledge graph; it is a curated, sequential learning experience rather than a live codebase index. Positioned at technically curious founders and developers who want structured AI upskilling, not just documentation. Currently live on dev (blal.de). The "Academy" product leverages the lab's genuine hands-on LLM engineering experience as credibility — built by the team that builds Alice, not a third-party content house. No external launch confirmed yet; content exists but distribution and pricing model are not finalised.

Audience

Audience — OpenAlice Academy

Who pays: Developers and technical founders who want structured LLM engineering education; companies upskilling their engineering teams for the AI era. Who uses: Individual learners progressing through 31 lessons in 5 topic groups. Why they care: Most AI courses are either too theoretical (academic papers) or too shallow (prompt-engineering click-bait). Academy positions itself as practitioner-level — built by engineers who built a real AI product on top of LLMs. Where we reach them: Hacker News, Indie Hackers, technical newsletters (Lenny's / Latent Space), AI/ML Discord servers, and the existing OpenAlice Build Log readership.

Pricing

Pricing — OpenAlice Academy

Not yet finalised. Possible models:

Reasoning: A one-time lifetime price aligns with the content's shelf life. Team tier enables B2B upsell. No subscription — content doesn't change fast enough to justify recurring billing.

Mollie-compatible; no Stripe/Paddle.