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Vol. I No. 26 Saturday, October 17, 2026 Closing 12:53 PM UTC · next edition 10:00 AM UTC

Free courses, exam vouchers, new certifications and open calls, each from the maker's or the school's own page. Cost and certificate are shown only where the page states them. Offers end and terms vary: check the page before you sign up. Free cloud and API credits have their own section.

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ProgramNational Design Studio and Cognition Launch the American Forge ResidencyNational Design Studio and Cognition are looking for engineers to help modernize America’s federal software infrastructure.Cognition · Oct 16
ProgramRed Hat Summit 2027 call for proposals is now openRed Hat is headed back to Boston for our annual keystone event – Red Hat Summit! We’re building an agenda of technical and non-technical content for our expe…Red Hat · Oct 15
CourseCat Jam is now available in stealth for free on AI GatewayCat Jam is now available on AI Gateway as a stealth model, free to use during the stealth period. Cat Jam is a reasoning model for coding and agentic tasks,…Vercel · Oct 15
Free course10 free Anthropic AI courses launch today on Coursera, with more coming each month to help learners stay currentToday, Anthropic, an AI safety and research company that built Claude, is launching 10 courses on Coursera that are available for free to learners around the…FreeCoursera · Oct 5
CertificationNew Pathway to PyTorch Certified Associate (PTCA) CertificationWe’re excited to bring you the new PyTorch Certified Associate (PTCA) Certification Pathway, combining focused learning modules and the PyTorch Certified Ass…Certificate: yesPyTorch · Oct 2
ProgramNVIDIA Opens Applications for 2027–2028 Graduate Fellowships With Awards Up to $60,000Bringing together the world’s brightest minds and the latest accelerated computing technology leads to powerful breakthroughs that help tackle some of the bi…NVIDIA Corporate · Sep 30
CertificationJust Launched: PyTorch Certified Associate (PTCA) Certification PathwayBuild PyTorch Skills. Validate Them with PTCA. Linux Foundation Education has launched the new PyTorch Certified Associate (PTCA) Certification Pathway, brin…Paid · Certificate: yesLinux Foundation Education · Sep 30
CertificationProve your agentic AI skills: Two new microcredentials now availableAn AI agent is only as trustworthy as the identity controls and data layer behind it. If you’re the one building those, it’s time to validate — and showcase…Free · Certificate: yesAWS Training and Certification · Sep 29
Free courseIntroducing Threat Signals: agentic skills for open-source threat intelligence, free for every Cloudflare accountWe are expanding access to Cloudforce One's Threat Events Platform to every Cloudflare account and introducing Threat Signals. Threat Signals automatically p…FreeCloudflare · Sep 29
Free courseExpanding free AI training for educatorsAt the United Nations General Assembly in New York City, Google.org is committing $4 million to Digital Promise to help equip teachers and faculty with free,…Free · Certificate: yesGoogle for Education · Sep 21
CertificationJust Launched: Model Context Protocol Associate (MCPA) CertificationBuild and Validate Your Model Context Protocol Knowledge The Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF) and Linux Foundation Education have launched the Model Context Prot…Certificate: yesLinux Foundation Education · Sep 14
CertificationAnnouncing 16 new partners and 25 new Professional Certificates for the age of AIToday at our annual FWD customer event, we announced a major expansion of our partner and instructor ecosystem, helping learners worldwide gain and advance t…Certificate: yesCoursera · Sep 9
Free courseWe’re partnering with the State of Delaware to provide free AI and career training.Google partners with Delaware to provide free Career Certificates and AI training to residents statewide.Free · Certificate: yesGrow with Google · Aug 25

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Free credits

Free cloud, AI and API credits for developers and founders, each from the maker's own page, read 2026-10-10. The amount, and who it's for, only where the page states them. Terms vary and offers end: check the page before you sign up.

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Big-tech certifications

Official certifications from the vendors themselves, each exam's price as the vendor's page writes it, read 2026-10-08. Free prep and money off only where the page says so. Prices change and taxes vary: check the page before you book.

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Money off the exams

AWS Certified? A "50% discount voucher for a future exam" comes with your AWS Certification Account. Source
Microsoft Students: "academic pricing on Microsoft Certification exams in most countries/regions (except India and China)", once you verify your academic status. GitHub's exams are Microsoft's. Source
Snowflake "Exams delivered in India receive a 20% regional discount." Source
NVIDIA Educational and group discounts: "Contact us here for information on educational and group discounts." Source