Ready to build smarter applications that leverage the power of generative AI (GenAI) and real-world data? This hands-on specialization guides you through the key tools and techniques for Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) and gives you practical experience with vector databases, embedding models, and advanced retrieval frameworks like LangChain and LlamaIndex. You’ll gain a strong foundation in GenAI fundamentals and prompt engineering, then get hands-on building applications that combine large language models with real-world data using similarity search. Plus, you'll work with advanced vector databases like Chroma DB and FAISS to power retrieval, create recommendation systems, and construct RAG workflows from the ground up. By the end, you’ll know how to design, build, and evaluate RAG-enabled GenAIapps with integrated interfaces using tools like Gradio. If you’re looking to boost your AI engineering skills and practically apply GenAI in production environments, this 12-week program gives you the job-ready skills to hit the ground running. Enroll today and level up your resume in less than 3 months!
GS
The content covered is very comprehensive and helpful! Would be good if there was less help with the coding tasks, as that would push the learner to memorize things more!
RR
Despite being well structured course material and passing relevant experinece, the code showcased, the libraries used are outdated.
AA
Very detailed and useful course in tersm of understanding fundamentals of Vector DBs. The last Lab project is very useful.
MK
Its a wonderful course I got so far. I completed this and got good grasp in advanced vector DBs and finally ended with good profile of Gen AI Engineer lead role. Must watch.
VS
Pretty good course, although would have preferred if the online editor and model imports worked properly.
DB
Good but the lab was out of date, the dependencies and LLM calling didnt work
NN
I'm impressed with the use case demonstrated and learnt a lot on how RAG works internally!
NN
Excellent material and assignments to grasp key concepts clearly!
DD
Very detailed and comprehensive. Despite the amount of topics, explanation by the instructors were very easy to understand and covered all the key concepts.
VN
The course is awesome!. I got clear understanding of RAG and LlamaIndex
JR
Good introduction into Vector DB, how it is working inside. Good examples.
KP
Overall great course on Gen AI but there are some LangChain code snippets to be modified especially in the guide project because of version changes.
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Mostly all the lessons are AI generated and the explanation looks simply bad.
All the lab exercises are outdated. The llms provided by coursera are not compatible with the environment provided in coursera. Even the solution provided by coursera has errors sometimes. Due to this, I had to reprogram multiple parts of the practices, taking longer than the expected time (1h). As a result, I haven't been able to complete the practices as my schedule passed. I'm working while I learn this course and fixing the inconsistencies of the examples provided by the course just consumes too much time for me and I'm not being able to complete everything on time.
Good overall but; - Some outdated knowledge (covers LangChain 0.2 while 1.0 is already out) - Labs are very wordy. - Labs estimated time to finish don't reflect actual time needed (one lab took me 3h instead of 1h).
Videos can be more intuitive for better engaging focus
Course is out to date. The theory is still valid, but most of the practical and labs is out to date with libraries and implementation with old version. Would be very helpful if before take the course we know the last programa, course and lesson updates to make a better choice. For example: Some course we can find "Recently updated! February 2026", but most of them we do not know.
WORST TEACHINGS HERE, NOT PROPERLY TAUGHT. EXPECTED MUCH BETTER .... I WANTED TO DOWNLOAD ALL THE PDF AND PPT SLIDES SHOWN IN THE VIDEOS. FOR SOME REASON I DONT FIND ANY ??? REALLY WORST TEACHERS HERE , THEY DONT PROVIDE PDF FILES FOR THE PRESENTATION. I WILL NOT RECOMMEND THIS COURSE TO ANYONE
This course provides a clear and practical introduction to building generative AI applications. The examples are well-structured, and the quizzes reinforce the key concepts around models, prompting, LangChain, RAG, and fine-tuning. I especially appreciated how real-world scenarios were used to explain complex ideas in a simple way. A great starting point for anyone looking to get hands-on with generative AI.
IMO, the ungraded app items with the application explanations and examples are excellent learning and practicing tools, which provide the most straightforward way to get to the point and develop proper intuition and knowledge. Personally I spent quite a longer time with them, then the course schedule suggests - and this obviously required longer use of the corresponding shared resources.
Working through the provided lab is the key to getting the most out of this course.
Good introduction - and a smart ad for IBM.
I would say the course and especially the readings and questions are mainly AI generated. The topics are clearly layed out, but the questions are just randomly associated with those topics and do not contribute to any understanding.
The title should be "An intro tutorial in LangChain and Flask with basics on Prompt Engineering". Please get rid of the AI voice. It's really hard to understand and follow. The voice is very "forced" and clips the syllables.
The subject matter is relevant and worth learning, but the execution is poor. Labs have multiple bugs that were never caught before publishing — including broken starter code where custom parameters are silently ignored, making entire exercises non-functional. The lesson I'm on is listed as 45 minutes; I've spent several hours on it due to bugs alone. What makes this worse is that this is IBM. IBM built its name on precision, quality, and getting things right. This course is none of those things — it's lazy, untested, and beneath the IBM brand. They're offering a certificate at the end of this specialization. But ask yourself: would IBM actually hire someone whose qualification was this certificate? Based on the standard they've applied to building it, the answer is no. When I reported a previous issue, Coursera pointed at IBM and IBM pointed at Coursera. Neither prorated my subscription for the time I lost. If you're paying by the month, these bugs cost you real money. Proceed with that in mind.
Most of the contents are taught by an AI voice, which is very monotonous, same-paced and lacks any immersive experience. This is just a very fast-paced reading by some AI, not teaching something meaningfully. Waste of time!
Most of the content is poor quality, repetitive, surface-level, and entirely AI generated (both the script and audio). Also the lab doesn't work and nobody is responding to people complaining about it on the forums
Worst course I have attended on Coursera. Lot of repetitions, videos of people writing on whiteboards for the most inefficient learning, far too much IBM centred instead general concepts.
Lots of repeat material. Robotic fast paced audio. No pause anywhere. No slides. Incompatible outside of IBM AI framework.
Useless. The potentially interesting parts (vector databases) are simply missing.
As a Strategic Sales Consultant, I found Develop Generative AI Applications: Get Started highly valuable. The course provides clear insights into generative AI and its practical applications in business, helping me understand how to leverage AI for client solutions, optimize workflows, and enhance sales strategies. It strengthened both my technical knowledge and ability to apply AI-driven strategies for tangible business impact. Highly recommended for sales professionals exploring AI.