[NEW] Ultimate AWS Certified AI Practitioner AIF-C01 (Udemy.com)
Practice Exam included + explanations | Learn Artificial Intelligence | Pass the AWS AI Practitioner AIF-C01 exam!
Created by: Stephane Maarek
Last updated September 2026
Our take
Based on the ratings of 51,775 students and a sample of their written reviews, the syllabus, the course as of September 2026. No course pays to be reviewed.
This is a 10-hour prep course for the AWS Certified AI Practitioner exam (AIF-C01), Amazon's entry-level AI certification. The syllabus runs to 151 lectures in 14 sections, with a quiz after most sections and a practice exam at the end. It covers Bedrock and generative AI, prompt engineering, Amazon Q, AI and ML fundamentals, the managed AI services, SageMaker, responsible AI, and a long block on AWS security. The goal is the certificate, not building models. With about 282,000 students and nearly 52,000 reviews at a 4.7 average, it is a very well trodden path.
Reviewers rate Stephane Maarek's teaching highly. Several say they passed earlier AWS exams with his courses, and the usual praise is that he explains concepts in a clear, easy way. Two otherwise happy reviewers still ask for more hands-on practice. The complaints are consistent in the lower ratings. One beginner found opening with Bedrock before the AI and ML basics too much and switched providers. One student who sat the exam says a few questions covered tools that never came up, and names SageMaker and ML algorithms as thin. A 2-star review from August 2026 lists missing agentic AI topics such as Bedrock AgentCore and MCP.
Two practical notes. The built-in practice exam is only 20 questions, and one experienced reviewer says newcomers should take at least two full practice exams before booking. The course was updated on 9 September 2026, after that outdated complaint, so check the curriculum for agentic AI sections before you buy. It sits beside the same instructor's Cloud Practitioner and Solutions Architect courses, and reviewers treat it as a natural follow-on once one of those is done. For passing AIF-C01, it is the sensible default, paired with a separate question bank.
Pros
- Clear, easy explanations; several reviewers passed earlier AWS exams using his courses
- Quiz after most sections, a practice exam, and all 200+ slides as a downloadable PDF
- Hands-on demos of Bedrock, Amazon Q and SageMaker, using the AWS free tier where possible
- Refreshed in September 2026, and one reviewer says Q&A answers reached beyond the AI topics
Cons
- Only one 20-question practice exam; one reviewer says first-timers need at least two full-length tests
- Opens with Bedrock before the AI and ML basics, which one true beginner found too much too soon
- A recent 2-star says agentic AI topics (AgentCore, Strands, MCP) were missing as of August 2026
I took the exam the same day that I finished the course and only used the 20 question practice exam from the course. I passed no problem.
Beginner is fair for AWS and AI, but the audience list says an IT background helps a lot, and one true novice struggled early.
What you will learn
- Pass the AWS Certified AI Practitioner Certification AIF-C01
- Practice Exam with Explanations included!
- Learn the Fundamentals of Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Deep Learning & Generative AI
- Learn the key AWS AI services, including a deep dive on Bedrock, Amazon Q and SageMaker
- Learn Prompt Engineering
- All 200+ slides available as downloadable PDF
Course content
14 sections · 151 lectures · 10 hours of video 10 quizzes, 1 practice tests, 5 articles
- 1Artificial Intelligence & Course Introduction 2 free previews6 lectures · 18 min
- 2Code & Slides Download1 lecture
- 3Introduction to AWS & Cloud Computing 1 free preview11 lectures · 1 quiz · 39 min
- 4Course Cost & AWS Budget Setup2 lectures · 6 min
- 5Amazon Bedrock and Generative AI (GenAI) 2 free previews21 lectures · 1 quiz · 1.8 hours
- 6Prompt Engineering7 lectures · 1 quiz · 24 min
- 7Amazon Q - Deep Dive8 lectures · 1 quiz · 37 min
- 8Artificial Intelligence (AI) & Machine Learning (ML)15 lectures · 1 quiz · 1.4 hours
- 9AWS Managed AI Services26 lectures · 1 quiz · 1.1 hours
- 10Amazon SageMaker - Deep Dive9 lectures · 1 quiz · 35 min
- 11AI Challenges and Responsibilities9 lectures · 1 quiz · 46 min
- 12AWS Security Services & More28 lectures · 1 quiz · 2 hours
- 13Preparing for the Exam + Practice Exam - AWS Certified AI Practitioner6 lectures · 1 quiz · 32 min
- 14Congratulations2 lectures · 3 min
Who it is for
The instructor says it suits
- Anyone wanting to acquire the knowledge to pass the AWS Certified AI Practitioner Certification
- Having an IT background will strongly help
What you need before you start
- No AWS Cloud experience is necessary
- No IT pre-requisites is necessary
- No AI pre-requisites is necessary
Quality Score
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Overall Score : 94 / 100
Course Description
This course covers the newest AIF-C01 exam. The course is fully updated based on the exam guide!
Welcome! I'm here to help you prepare and PASS the newest AWS Certified AI Practitioner exam.
Beginners welcome: no need to know anything about AWS and Artificial Intelligence!
The AWS Certified AI Practitioner certification is a great entry-level certification for Artificial Intelligence on AWS. It's great at assessing how well you understand AI on AWS: its services and its ecosystem.
I want to help YOU pass the AWS Certified AI Practitioner certification with flying colors.
This AWS Certified AI Practitioner course is different from the other ones you'll find on Udemy. Dare I say, better (but you'll judge!)
It covers in-depth all the AI topics on the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner AIF-C01 exam
It's packed with practical knowledge on how to use AWS AI services inside and out
We are going to learn by doing
It teaches you how to prepare for the AWS exam
It's a logical progression of topics, not a laundry list of random services
It's fast-paced and to the point
It has professional subtitles
All 200+ slides available as downloadable PDF
This AWS Certified AI Practitioner course is full of opportunities to apply your knowledge:
There are many hands-on lectures in every section
There are quizzes at the end of every section
There's an AWS Certified AI Practitioner practice exam at the end of the course
We'll be using the AWS Free Tier whenever possible, and minimize cost where necessary
I'll be showing you how to go beyond the AWS Free Tier (you know... the real world!)
Instructor
My name is Stéphane Maarek, I am passionate about AI Computing, and I will be your instructor in this course. I teach about AWS certifications, focusing on helping my students improve their professional proficiencies in AWS.
I have already taught 2,500,000+ students and gotten 700,000+ reviews throughout my career in designing and delivering these certifications and courses!
With AWS becoming the centerpiece of today's modern IT architectures, I've decided it's time for students to learn how to be an AWS AI Practitioner. So, let’s kick start the course! You are in good hands!
This course also comes with:
Lifetime access to all future updates
A responsive instructor in the Q&A Section
Udemy Certificate of Completion Ready for Download
A 30 Day "No Questions Asked" Money Back Guarantee!
Join me in this course if you want to pass the AWS Certified AI Practitioner Exam and master the AWS platform!
Instructor Details
- 4.7 Rating
51,775 Reviews
Stephane Maarek
Stephane is a solutions architect, consultant and software developer that has a particular interest in all things related to Cloud & Big Data. He's also a many-times best seller instructor on Udemy for his courses in AWS and Apache Kafka.
[See FAQ below to see in which order you can take my courses]
Stéphane is recognized as an AWS Hero and is an AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional & AWS Certified DevOps Professional. He loves to teach people how to use the AWS properly, to get them ready for their AWS certifications, and most importantly for the real world.
He also loves Apache Kafka. He used on the Program Committee organizing the Kafka Summit in New York, London and San Francisco. He also was an active member of the Apache Kafka community, and has authored blogs on Medium and the guest blog for Confluent. He also has co-founded Conduktor, a prominent company in the Kafka ecosystem.
During his spare time, Stéphane composes piano music, that he publishes online under the artist name Makera ?
FAQ: In which order should you learn?...
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Reviews
By Anthony Martin on 9/2/2026
A good course. I was able to finish it in about 5 days spending a few hours each day and skip some of the sections that I had previous knowledge of. I took the exam the same day that I finished the course and only used the 20 question practice exam from the course. I passed no problem. I do have a Solutions Architect associate certification already and 5 years working within AWS. So I would recommend new comers to go through each section and utilize at least 2 full practice exams if this is your first AWS exam.
By Micah Ansohn on 8/25/2026
Stephane has already helped me get my AWS Cloud practitioner, and solution architect certification in a matter of 2 months, which has impressed my entire team of AWS adoption specialists. This is much faster than I could have done either of these certifications on my own, and the AI practitioner appears to be of similar quality. I'll definitely continue coming back for all of my AWS certifications.
By Asia Phongsinsathit on 8/25/2026
Dear fellow learners and Stephane, This is the most immersive and comprehensive course I have ever taken. Even though English is not my native language, I was able to follow the course and understand the concepts very well. I highly recommend learning with Stephane. He is one of the best instructors I have ever learned from. I spent over two weeks studying this course and preparing for the exam, and I finally passed with a score of 777/1000! That’s a wonderful result, and I’m really happy with what I’ve learned from this course. Thank you, Stephane, for creating such an excellent course!
By Ghazal Vatankhahan on 7/20/2026
I liked the course in general but feel sometimes its confusing, especially section 11 was not useful and not clear. but otherwise its good. update: I passed the exam, but what I suggest to add in this course is Bedrock AgentCore, and a bit more detail about classification algorithm.
By Sargan on 7/20/2026
Hi Stephane, I just wanted to take a moment to express my heartfelt gratitude to you. I recently passed my AWS certification and honestly, I couldn't have done it without your teaching. Your course made even the most complex concepts so easy to understand. The way you explain things with clarity and simplicity truly made a huge difference in my preparation. Thank you for being such an amazing instructor. You have made a real impact on my career journey and I truly appreciate everything you do for your students. Looking forward to learning more from you!
By Mukund Row on 7/17/2026
Took this course, prepared for about 2 weeks and passed the exam with a score of 797. It helped that I already knew most of the material, and had passed the AWS SAA certification recently so I knew all the other AWS services which helped shorten the prep time. I also took Stephane's practice exams which also helped. I took AWS's 2 for 1 promo and got the CCP exam for free which added a cert that had expired. I am doing Stephane and Frank's AWS ML Engineer associate cert courses next
By Nihara Jayasinghe on 7/5/2026
I followed this lecture materials and helped me to pass the AWS AI Practitioner exam.. Overall course is well organised and well explained. The course content teaching and explaining through the practical task in AWS console as well. Overall learning experience helped me to get educate and pass the exam withe better knowledge. Thank you and Stephane Maarek and keep it up good work.
By Flory Rajan Paul on 6/26/2026
The course started with Bedrock concept, which was too much for me as a beginner. I had to switch to PluralSight course which is very well explained, starting from basic concepts of AI/ML etc. The topics in PluralSight are also titled based on the AWS guide, so it's very easy to refer and study. This course only has definitions and no great explanation. Please consider seeing the PluralSight course on AI practitioner and you'll know what I mean. Try to start with AI/ML concepts first than Bedrock. But I do like the hands-on demo's in this course. Just content and explanation on topics needs to be improved.
By Anonymized User on 5/20/2026
I thoroughly enjoyed this course by Stephane, and I did this course twice to improve my understanding and to better my chances of scoring before appearing for the exam. I recommend everyone to take Stephane's courses as they are very comprehensive in covering the basics to higher level and I see his passion in his teaching. Thank you, Stephane for this great experience. I will post the Exam certificate soon on LinkedIn :)
By Parnabi Chakraborty on 4/29/2026
I recently passed the AWS AI Practitioner (AIF-C01) exam, and this course was the backbone of my preparation. I appreciated the logical, structured approach Stéphane takes. He doesn't just teach you how to pass; he explains the 'why' behind the services. The sections on Generative AI and Responsible AI governance were particularly well-handled. Highly recommended and great course along with the Practice Exams for completing the certification successfully.

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