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Hackathons with real sponsors, mentors from companies you know, success stories from people who were exactly where you are — and paid workflow-automation gigs where you earn your first client money while you learn.

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Inside the communityIV · spaces

01Workflow automation gigsPaid freelance projects — invoice consolidation, report generation, market research — for real clients.

02Events & hackathonsBuild sprints with partners like Claude, ElevenLabs, LangChain — at UofT, UWaterloo, and downtown Toronto.

03Mentors & storiesThe experts who curate the AI and review your work — and the Bravers who got hired before you.

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Your first paid project.

REAL CLIENTS · REAL MONEY

Companies bring us common automation work. Community members take it on — scoped by us, reviewed by experts, and paid. It's verifiable client experience before your first full-time role.

Invoice consolidation

Automate a client's monthly invoice chaos into one clean pipeline. A classic first freelancing gig — scoped, reviewed, and paid.

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Report generation

Turn manual weekly reporting into an automated workflow — data pulls, summaries, and delivery, all running on their own.

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Market research

Build AI-powered research workflows that scan, summarize, and synthesize — and hand the client a living report.

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Lead enrichment

Clean up a messy CRM and enrich every lead automatically — company data, signals, and next-step suggestions, kept fresh.

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Your workflow, automated

Got a repetitive process that eats your week? Bring it — we'll scope it into a paid project and match a builder to it.

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Events & hackathons.

10 EVENTS & COUNTING

When you've learned and feel ready, this is where you show it. Sponsored build sprints, demo days, and workshops — free to attend, open to builders worldwide, with real prizes — every one a chance to ship something real in front of people who hire.

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The experts behind the AI.

20+ OPERATORS · ACTIVE IN THE FIELD

You don't sit in their lectures — they curate what the AI teaches and review the work you ship. Operators from Intuit, Rivian, 6sense, AstraZeneca, and more.

Yiming Chen

Co-Founder @ Brave · Ex-ML/Data @ Loblaw Digital, Bell

Susan Shu Chang

Principal Data Scientist · Published ML Author

Alan Hickey

Data Science Manager @ Intuit

Aaron Liu

Staff Software Engineer @ Rivian

Haobing Chu

Senior ML Manager @ 6sense

Jason Zhu

Associate Director, RWD Engineering @ AstraZeneca

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Stories from Bravers.

The software engineering curriculum at Brave Career prepared me for the challenges of developing innovative solutions at ChatSimple.

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10x Hackathon winner → Software Developer at ChatSimple

The software engineering track at Brave Career equipped me with the specialized skills in site reliability that helped me land my position at Apple.

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Site Reliability Engineer at Apple

I had theoretical knowledge but lacked practical experience. Through Brave's mentorship program, I built a portfolio that showcased my abilities and secured my dream job as a Senior Machine Learning Scientist at Coursera.

Harpreet M. in

Senior Machine Learning Scientist at Coursera

Brave Career's comprehensive software engineering program and industry connections were instrumental in helping me secure my role at AWS.

Kira Y. in

Software Engineer at AWS

After months of unsuccessful job hunting, Brave Career helped me refine my skills and approach. Within weeks of completing the program, I received an offer from Lyft.

Adam Z. in

Data Engineer at Lyft

The AI specialization track at Brave provided cutting-edge curriculum and personalized guidance that prepared me for the competitive field of artificial intelligence.