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<!DOCTYPE FL_Course SYSTEM "https://www.flane.de/dtd/fl_course095.dtd"><?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://portal.flane.ch/css/xml-course.xsl"?><course productid="36717" language="en" source="https://portal.flane.ch/swisscom/en/xml-course/amazon-awsdd-aaif" lastchanged="2026-03-20T17:50:00+01:00" parent="https://portal.flane.ch/swisscom/en/xml-courses"><title>AWS Discovery Day: Agentic AI Foundations</title><productcode>AWSDD-AAIF</productcode><vendorcode>AW</vendorcode><vendorname>Amazon Web Services</vendorname><fullproductcode>AW-AWSDD-AAIF</fullproductcode><version>1.0</version><objective>&lt;p&gt;In this course, you will learn to:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Summarize the evolution of Agentic AI and define what makes something &amp;quot;agentic&amp;quot;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Identify core components of agentic systems&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Distinguish between workflow, autonomous, and hybrid agents&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Identify basic implementation patterns for Agentic AI&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</objective><essentials>&lt;p&gt;We recommend that attendees of this course have:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Generative AI Essentials or equivalent work experience&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Basic AWS knowledge and software development experience&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</essentials><audience>&lt;p&gt;This course is intended for:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Software developers new to Agentic AI seeking foundational knowledge&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Technical professionals exploring AI capabilities who are interested in core components and applications of agentic AI&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Development teams evaluating Agentic AI solutions and needing to differentiate between agent types&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</audience><contents>&lt;h5&gt;M1: Exploring Agentic AI&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;p&gt;This course introduction provides anstandard level of understanding for students in the course.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;What is an AI agent?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Understanding agentic AI&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Types of AI agents&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Agentic AI applications&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h5&gt;M2: Large Language Models (LLMs)&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;p&gt;Discuss the benefits and challenges of using agents in your workflows with LLMs.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;What are LLMS?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Understanding LLMs&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;How are LLMs trained?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;LLM capabilities&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Challenges associated with LLMs&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Limitations of LLMs&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Fallacy of composition&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h5&gt;M3: Innovations powering agents&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;p&gt;Explore factors shaping agent development and its breadth of capabilities.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Innovations shaping AI agents&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;How AI-software integration works&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;How chain of thought reasoning works&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Impact of multimodal inference&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Multi-agent collaboration&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Agentic frameworks to build agents&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h5&gt;M4: Evolution timeline&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;p&gt;Learn how long each phase is to take your agentic AI pipelines to production.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Workflows to go from LLMs to agents&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Evolution of gen AI models&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Differences and similarities between assistants, agents, and AI systems&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h5&gt;M5: Knowledge check + summary&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;p&gt;Review what was learned in the course and advise on the next steps.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Quiz questions&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Course summary&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Next steps and additional resources&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</contents><objective_plain>In this course, you will learn to:


- Summarize the evolution of Agentic AI and define what makes something &quot;agentic&quot;
- Identify core components of agentic systems
- Distinguish between workflow, autonomous, and hybrid agents
- Identify basic implementation patterns for Agentic AI</objective_plain><essentials_plain>We recommend that attendees of this course have:


- Generative AI Essentials or equivalent work experience
- Basic AWS knowledge and software development experience</essentials_plain><audience_plain>This course is intended for:


- Software developers new to Agentic AI seeking foundational knowledge
- Technical professionals exploring AI capabilities who are interested in core components and applications of agentic AI
- Development teams evaluating Agentic AI solutions and needing to differentiate between agent types</audience_plain><contents_plain>M1: Exploring Agentic AI

This course introduction provides anstandard level of understanding for students in the course.


- What is an AI agent?
- Understanding agentic AI
- Types of AI agents
- Agentic AI applications
M2: Large Language Models (LLMs)

Discuss the benefits and challenges of using agents in your workflows with LLMs.


- What are LLMS?
- Understanding LLMs
- How are LLMs trained?
- LLM capabilities
- Challenges associated with LLMs
- Limitations of LLMs
- Fallacy of composition
M3: Innovations powering agents

Explore factors shaping agent development and its breadth of capabilities.


- Innovations shaping AI agents
- How AI-software integration works
- How chain of thought reasoning works
- Impact of multimodal inference
- Multi-agent collaboration
- Agentic frameworks to build agents
M4: Evolution timeline

Learn how long each phase is to take your agentic AI pipelines to production.


- Workflows to go from LLMs to agents
- Evolution of gen AI models
- Differences and similarities between assistants, agents, and AI systems
M5: Knowledge check + summary

Review what was learned in the course and advise on the next steps.


- Quiz questions
- Course summary
- Next steps and additional resources</contents_plain><duration unit="d" days="0">1 hour</duration><pricelist/><miles/></course>