Machine Learning, Data Science & AI Engineering with Python (Udemy.com)
Complete hands-on deep learning, AI engineering and Generative AI tutorial with data science, Tensorflow, GPT, OpenAI
Created by: Sundog Education by Frank Kane
Last updated August 2026
Our take
Based on the ratings of 36,937 students, a sample of their written reviews and the syllabus, as the course stood in August 2026. No course pays to be reviewed.
Frank Kane's survey course starts with a Python and statistics refresher, walks through classical machine learning, then spends nearly half its running time on deep learning, GPT, the OpenAI API, RAG and LLM agents. The syllabus shows 148 lectures and about 20 hours of video, last updated in August 2026, so the generative AI material is current. It is aimed at working programmers who want the lay of the land, not at people who have never written code. The course page says so itself: no scripting experience, come back later.
With 4.6 stars from nearly 37,000 reviews and around 247,000 students, the numbers are strong, and reviewers mostly praise the same things: the instructor speaks slowly and clearly, the setup instructions work, and the notebooks let students run everything themselves. The complaints are consistent too. Several lower-rated reviews say he reads from prepared notes rather than explaining intuition, and that the statistics section drags before the code arrives. A few mention outdated download links, typos, and a wish for a real LLM or agents project instead of a short section at the end.
Value is fair for the breadth on offer. The syllabus reaches transformers, RAG and the OpenAI Agents SDK, which matters in 2026. Depth on any single topic is limited, and you will need other resources to go further. Recommended for developers who want a wide, current overview from a former Amazon manager; less so for first-time programmers or anyone who wants to build one big project start to finish.
Pros
- Covers GPT, the OpenAI API, RAG and LLM agents, with the content refreshed in August 2026
- Reviewers say the instructor speaks slowly and clearly and the setup steps and notebooks just work
- About 20 hours across 148 lectures, from a stats refresher to Spark MLlib and deep learning
- 4.6 stars from nearly 37,000 reviews, roughly 90 percent of them 4 or 5 stars
Cons
- Several reviewers say the instructor reads from notes rather than building intuition
- A long statistics and probability stretch comes before the real projects begin
- Some download links have gone stale, and there is no full LLM or agents project
This course was well-structured and beginner-friendly. The instructor explained machine learning concepts clearly with practical examples. I especially liked the hands-on coding exercises and real-world projects.
Listed as all levels, but the requirements ask for prior coding and high school math; true beginners should learn Python first.
What you will learn
- Build generative AI systems with OpenAI, RAG, and LLM Agents
- Build artificial neural networks with Tensorflow and Keras
- Implement machine learning at massive scale with Apache Spark's MLLib
- Classify images, data, and sentiments using deep learning
- Make predictions using linear regression, polynomial regression, and multivariate regression
- Data Visualization with MatPlotLib and Seaborn
- Understand reinforcement learning - and how to build a Pac-Man bot
- Classify data using K-Means clustering, Support Vector Machines (SVM), KNN, Decision Trees, Naive Bayes, and PCA
- Use train/test and K-Fold cross validation to choose and tune your models
- Build a movie recommender system using item-based and user-based collaborative filtering
- Clean your input data to remove outliers
- Design and evaluate A/B tests using T-Tests and P-Values
Course content
17 sections · 148 lectures · 20 hours of video 6 articles
- 1Getting Started 3 free previews12 lectures · 1 hour
- 2Statistics and Probability Refresher, and Python Practice 3 free previews13 lectures · 2 hours
- 3Predictive Models 1 free preview4 lectures · 40 min
- 4Machine Learning with Python 2 free previews16 lectures · 1.7 hours
- 5Recommender Systems 1 free preview6 lectures · 49 min
- 6More Data Mining and Machine Learning Techniques 1 free preview9 lectures · 1.3 hours
- 7Dealing with Real-World Data 1 free preview10 lectures · 1.2 hours
- 8Apache Spark: Machine Learning on Big Data 2 free previews11 lectures · 1.5 hours
- 9Experimental Design / ML in the Real World 1 free preview6 lectures · 42 min
- 10Deep Learning and Neural Networks 2 free previews16 lectures · 2.8 hours
- 11Generative Models 2 free previews6 lectures · 1.2 hours
- 12Generative AI: GPT, ChatGPT, Transformers, Self Attention Based Neural Networks 4 free previews13 lectures · 1.4 hours
- 13The OpenAI API (Developing with GPT and ChatGPT) 1 free preview8 lectures · 1.1 hours
- 14Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG,) Advanced RAG, and LLM Agents 3 free previews10 lectures · 1.9 hours
- 15Agentic AI Patterns and the OpenAI Agents SDK 1 free preview3 lectures · 37 min
- 16Final Project 1 free preview2 lectures · 17 min
- 17You made it!3 lectures · 5 min
Who it is for
The instructor says it suits
- Software developers or programmers who want to transition into the lucrative data science and machine learning career path will learn a lot from this course.
- Technologists curious about how deep learning really works
- Data analysts in the finance or other non-tech industries who want to transition into the tech industry can use this course to learn how to analyze data using code instead of tools. But, you'll need some prior experience in coding or scripting to be successful.
- If you have no prior coding or scripting experience, you should NOT take this course - yet. Go take an introductory Python course first.
What you need before you start
- You'll need a desktop computer (Windows, Mac, or Linux) capable of running Anaconda 3 or newer. The course will walk you through installing the necessary free software.
- Some prior coding or scripting experience is required.
- At least high school level math skills will be required.
How it compares
Against the other 155 rated Udemy courses in Machine Learning on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.6 out of 5higher than 81% of them
- Reviews36,937#2 of 156 by number of reviews
- Length20.2 hourslonger than 84% of them
- Last updatedAugust 2026more recently than 93% of them
Course Description
Master Machine Learning & AI Engineering — From Data Analytics to Agentic AI Solutions
Launch your career in AI with a comprehensive, hands-on course that takes you from beginner to advanced. Learn Python, data science, classical machine learning, and the latest in AI engineering—including generative AI, transformers, and LLM agents / agentic AI.
Why This Course?
Learn by Doing
With over 145 lectures and 21+ hours of video content, this course is built around practical Python projects and real-world use cases—not just theory.
Built for the Real World
Learn how companies like Google, Amazon, and OpenAI use AI to drive innovation. Our curriculum is based on skills in demand from leading tech employers.
No Experience? No Problem
Start from scratch with beginner-friendly lessons in Python and statistics. By the end, you’ll be building intelligent systems with cutting-edge AI tools.
A Structured Path from Beginner to AI Engineer
1. Programming Foundations
Start with a crash course in Python, designed for beginners. You’ll learn the language fundamentals needed for data science and AI work.
2. Data Science and Statistics
Build a solid foundation in data analysis, visualization, descriptive and inferential statistics, and feature engineering—essential skills for working with real-world datasets.
3. Classical Machine Learning
Explore supervised and unsupervised learning, including linear regression, decision trees, SVMs, clustering, ensemble models, and reinforcement learning.
4. Deep Learning with TensorFlow and Keras
Understand neural networks, convolutional neural networks (CNNs), and recurrent neural networks (RNNs), using real code examples and exercises.
5. Advanced AI Engineering and Generative AI
Go beyond traditional ML to learn the latest AI tools and techniques:
Transformers and self-attention mechanisms
GPT, ChatGPT, and the OpenAI API
Fine-tuning foundation models
Advanced Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
LangChain and LLM agents
Designing and building multi-agent systems with the OpenAI Agents SDK
Real-world GenAI projects and deployment strategies
6. Big Data and Apache Spark
Learn how to scale machine learning to large datasets using Spark, and apply ML techniques on distributed computing clusters.
Designed for Career Growth
Whether you're a programmer looking to pivot into AI or a tech professional seeking to expand your skills, this course delivers a complete, industry-relevant education. Concepts are explained clearly, in plain English, with a focus on applying what you learn.
What Students Are Saying
"I started doing your course... and it was pivotal in helping me transition into a role where I now solve corporate problems using AI. Your course demystified how to succeed in corporate AI research, making you the most impressive instructor in ML I've encountered."
— Kanad Basu, PhD
Enroll Today and Build Your Future in AI
Join thousands of learners who have used this course to land jobs, lead projects, and build real AI applications. Stay ahead in one of the fastest-growing fields in tech.
Start your journey today—from Python beginner to AI engineer.
Instructor Details
- 4.6 Rating
36,937 Reviews
Sundog Education by Frank Kane
Sundog Education's mission is to make highly valuable career skills in data engineering, data science, generative AI, AWS, and machine learning accessible to everyone in the world. Our consortium of expert instructors shares our knowledge in these emerging fields with you, at prices anyone can afford.
As a senior manager at Amazon during its early years, Frank Kane led large technical teams, managed multi-year projects, and served as a "bar-raiser" - interviewing thousands and hiring hundreds across the company.
Frank holds 26 issued patents in machine learning and personalization. After 9 years at Amazon and IMDb, he founded Sundog Education and has since taught over 1.1 million people in AI, ML, AWS, system design, and tech leadership. Frank has been teaching full-time for over 10 years - but is always building projects on the side with the latest emerging technologies, to better explain them to you!
Our teaching style is to simplify complex concepts - once you cut through all the notation and jargon, most of AI and machine learning is pretty easy to understand. We make these advanced topics accessible to anyone with a modest technical background, always using plain English and examples to drive it home. We make learning easy, hands-on, and fun.
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Reviews
By partha Bose on 8/2/2026
The course covers many important Machine Learning and AI topics, and it is clear that the instructor has strong knowledge of the subject. However, I personally struggled with the teaching style. Much of the content felt like reading from prepared notes or slides rather than teaching concepts in an engaging and easy-to-understand way. As a result, I found it difficult to stay interested and absorb the material. The course may work well for self-driven learners, but for me, I was looking for more detailed explanations, intuition, and interactive teaching. Overall, the content is good, but the delivery did not match my learning preferences.
By Chandra Shekar S on 4/12/2026
Excellent course for beginners and covers from basic concepts to Advanced concepts of Machine Learning in an understandable manner. Given simpler explanation of complicated concepts so that all non-Data Science person can understand easily. Thanks.
By Sathish Kumar M on 4/12/2026
Awesome! Good content and well-structured presentation. I really enjoyed this course, learnt a lot, informative and fun approach to presenting the material. The instructor was extremely knowledgeable, making complex topics easy to understand through engaging, practical examples and also the trainer was incredibly supportive and responsive, provided clear, actionable advice. This training was excellent and extremely valuable. Thank you so much to instructor.
By Anonymized User on 3/22/2026
Amazing course! I'm just starting in the world of data science and this course was a real eye opener of what you can do with machine learning and data science tools. As an idea, I would really like to see a short course specific to hyperparameter optimization techniques!
By Aime Jaskolowski on 2/27/2026
Amazing course! I'm just starting in the world of data science and this course was a real eye opener of what you can do with machine learning and data science tools. As an idea, I would really like to see a short course specific to hyperparameter optimization techniques!
By Jean-Sébastien Cardinal on 1/9/2026
Frank made this course easy to understand, even when he goes over complexe notions. His hands on approach lets you experiment as you go. Great course for anyone who wants a better understanding of data science and ML.
By Otávio Zabaleta on 1/5/2026
It's starting to get a tad outdated despite recent edits. Yet, the main reason I didn't rate it 5 stars is because the course doesn't cover PyTorch, which is increasingly being used as a replacement to tensorflow.* *Admittedly, I know this by forum discussions and ignore how strong is this tendency, or how much (in %) each one is used for corporate and academic purposes.
By Nikita Shymanski on 12/15/2025
Frank is superior in describing hard math, calculus and statistics in simple and clear words with python examples and hands-on demos. This course extensively covers Deep Learning, ML algorithms and all possible problems with choosing models, data preparation, training and tuning them, finally validating - to the fullest extent. Keep up the good work, Frank!
By David Zeryck on 12/9/2025
Frank set up a great build from the foundations of statistical analysis to GenAI. Excellent examples along the way. During the lessons from basic stats to ML and GenAI, he goes deep enough to feel like you can use these tools (with a bit of help from ChatGPT here and there for newer models etc.). One issue is that models change quickly and setting up the libraries for the course was tricky at times. The Q&A team came through though and I was able to run all the exercises (still working on the final bonus tensorflow example, as KerasClassifier is deprecated, lol)
By Erik Winkler on 11/30/2025
Great for high level overview of different topics and lots of great resources. Only downside I can think of is how so much of the hands on activities are simply running provided scripts. While he does encourage you to perform your own activities, I found that the coding aspects I did not retain as well due to this.
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Overall Score : 92 / 100









