L&D Budget

Get your company to pay for it

Most companies have education budgets that go unused. Here's everything you need to get the $2,497 approved in one conversation.

1. Get your receipt

After enrollment, you'll receive a professional invoice via email. Need custom details (company name, address, PO number)? Email dan@joinai.com and we'll update it within 24 hours.

2. Send the email below

Use our pre-written template to pitch the program to your manager. It's framed around business impact — the angle that gets approvals.

3. Submit your certificate

After completing the program, you'll receive a certificate of completion with your name, skills earned, and a unique verification link. Many L&D teams require this as proof.

Email template

Frame it around business impact — how this helps the company, not just your career. That's what gets a “yes.”

Hey [Manager], There's a program called the Startup AI Engineer MasterClass that I'd like to enroll in. It's an 8 weeks, live cohort program led by an AI Tech Lead, designed to give engineers hands-on experience building and deploying production AI agent systems. A few key highlights: 1. Full-Stack AI Engineering: Covers context engineering (RAG), multi-agent orchestration (LangGraph), evals, security, and cloud deployment — the complete production stack. 2. Real Product, Not Theory: We build a Financial Intelligence Agent with real data sources (Shopify, Stripe, Analytics), deployed to the cloud with CI/CD and 50+ eval cases. 3. Team Startup Project: The final 3 weeks are a team project where we pitch, build, and present a production system on Agent Demo Day — simulating an actual startup sprint. 4. Current-Year Best Practices: Curriculum is rebuilt each quarter using tools companies are actually hiring for (Claude, LangGraph, MCP, FastAPI, Docker, vLLM). I expect to immediately apply these skills to [specific project/initiative]. I'd also share key learnings with the team through a knowledge transfer session. The program costs $2,497. Full details: https://www.joinai.com/masterclass/ai-engineer Would you be open to approving this? Thanks, [Your Name] P.S. They offer group discounts (10-20% off) if we enroll multiple engineers — could accelerate our team's AI capabilities.

Tips for getting approved

  • Mention a specific project or initiative where you'd apply these skills immediately.
  • Offer to do a knowledge transfer session with your team after completing the program.
  • Highlight the group discount — enrolling 2-3 engineers together saves 10-20% and multiplies the impact.
  • If your company doesn't have a formal L&D budget, try the "conference budget" — this is more practical than most conferences.
  • Need a custom invoice with your company's details? Email us and we'll send one within 24 hours.

Questions? Email dan@joinai.com — we're happy to help you make the case.