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AI courses and bootcamps in Sri Lanka
Square 1 AI is an online AI school registered in Sri Lanka. Its 26 live bootcamps run for twelve weeks on Zoom with one instructor and six deployed projects, from about LKR 72,700; self-paced courses start at about LKR 4,330. Live sessions run on weekday evenings from 5:30 PM Sri Lanka and India time, with full-day sessions at weekends.
- Live bootcamps from
- LKR 72,700
- Weekday sessions start
- 5:30 PM Sri Lanka time
- Twelve weeks, live
- Six deployed projects
LKR figures are guides at the 4 October 2026 exchange rate; prices are set in Australian dollars and are the same in every country.
What AI and tech roles pay in Colombo
Monthly base pay, from Glassdoor (September 2026). The range is the middle half of reported salaries; each role links to the bootcamps that train for it.
| Role | Median a month | Middle half | Train for it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Machine learning engineer | LKR 233,333 | LKR 110,417 to LKR 279,417 | ML Engineer, Fine-Tuning and Open-Weights |
| Product manager | LKR 233,333 | LKR 145,333 to LKR 366,667 | AI Product Manager |
| Cloud engineer | LKR 218,333 | LKR 130,833 to LKR 335,000 | LLMOps |
| Data scientist | LKR 216,667 | LKR 136,833 to LKR 279,333 | Data Science |
| Data engineer | LKR 215,417 | LKR 139,896 to LKR 355,833 | Data Engineering with AI |
| Software engineer | LKR 123,750 | LKR 78,917 to LKR 225,000 | Software Engineering with AI, Claude Code for Engineering, Codex for Software Engineering |
| Data analyst | LKR 112,500 | LKR 74,667 to LKR 184,667 | Analytics Engineer, Data Science |
| AI engineer | LKR 109,982 | LKR 109,544 to LKR 260,421 | Gen AI, Agentic AI, Forward Deployed Engineer |
| Cyber security analyst | LKR 106,667 | LKR 54,750 to LKR 158,340 | Cybersecurity, AI Security and Red-Teaming |
| Associate software engineer | LKR 75,542 | LKR 51,271 to LKR 118,750 | Software Engineering with AI, AI Automation Engineer |
Salaries are what employers in Colombo report paying, not what Square 1 students earn: the first cohorts have not graduated.
Live bootcamps that fit a working week in Sri Lanka
Twelve weeks each, weekday evenings and weekend days, ten spots per cohort. Reserving a spot is free; nothing is charged until you confirm the start date.
- Data Analyst with AI BootcampSQL, dashboards and AI-assisted analysis that answer a manager's question with evidence.about LKR 72,700Reserve a spot
- GTM Engineer BootcampBuild the outbound machine: data, enrichment, automation, CRM, attribution.about LKR 72,700Reserve a spot
- AI Sales Engineer BootcampRun technical discovery, build the proof of concept, close the technical win.about LKR 72,700Reserve a spot
- AI Product Manager BootcampSpec, ship and measure six AI features with real engineers.about LKR 72,700Reserve a spot
- AI Founder BootcampGo from idea to a launched AI product with paying users in twelve weeks.about LKR 72,700Reserve a spot
- Claude Code for Engineering BootcampRun an engineering workflow where Claude Code writes, tests and ships under your review.about LKR 95,500Reserve a spot
- Codex for Software Engineering BootcampBuild and maintain real codebases with Codex as the pair, from spec to release.about LKR 95,500Reserve a spot
- Software Engineering with AI BootcampShip a full-stack product with coding agents, then prove the defect is fixed.about LKR 95,500Reserve a spot
- AI Automation Engineer BootcampReplace six manual business processes with agents and automation that keep running.about LKR 95,500Reserve a spot
- Cloud Engineer with AI BootcampBuild, secure and run AI workloads on AWS and Azure with Terraform, containers and Kubernetes.about LKR 95,500Reserve a spot
- Data Science BootcampFrom messy data to a decision a business acts on, six times.about LKR 95,500Reserve a spot
- Analytics Engineer BootcampSQL, modelling and AI-assisted analysis that a finance team trusts.about LKR 95,500Reserve a spot
- Cybersecurity BootcampFind the vulnerability, prove it against a withheld key, fix it.about LKR 95,500Reserve a spot
- Forward Deployed Engineer BootcampDeploy AI systems inside a customer's walls and hand them over running.about LKR 121,000Reserve a spot
- Gen AI BootcampBuild and ship LLM products: prompting, retrieval, agents, evals, production.about LKR 121,000Reserve a spot
- Agentic AI BootcampMulti-agent systems that plan, coordinate and run in production.about LKR 121,000Reserve a spot
- LLM Evals and Reliability BootcampMake an AI system you can trust: evals, guardrails, monitoring, incident review.about LKR 121,000Reserve a spot
- RAG and Search Engineering BootcampRetrieval that actually finds the right thing, measured, at scale.about LKR 121,000Reserve a spot
- LLMOps BootcampServe, observe and pay for LLMs in production without surprises.about LKR 121,000Reserve a spot
- Voice AI Agents BootcampPhone and in-app voice agents that hold a conversation and complete a task.about LKR 121,000Reserve a spot
- Fine-Tuning and Open-Weights BootcampPost-train, evaluate and deploy your own model for a real task.about LKR 121,000Reserve a spot
- ML Engineer BootcampTrain, evaluate and serve models that pass contract tests, not notebooks that run once.about LKR 121,000Reserve a spot
- Computer Vision BootcampFrom pixels to a deployed vision pipeline you can explain line by line.about LKR 121,000Reserve a spot
- Data Engineering with AI BootcampPipelines, warehouses and quality checks, with agents doing the grunt work.about LKR 121,000Reserve a spot
- AI Security and Red-Teaming BootcampAttack and defend LLM applications: prompt injection, data exfiltration, model abuse.about LKR 121,000Reserve a spot
- Physical AI and Robotics BootcampPerception, control and simulation for machines that move.about LKR 121,000Reserve a spot
Four ways to learn AI in Sri Lanka
Each fits a different person. The right one depends on whether you need a qualification, a classroom, theory or a portfolio.
Route 1
A university degree or postgraduate programme
Fits when you want a formal qualification, or you are aiming at research.
Watch for one to four years, and the coursework is set years ahead of the tools employers use now.
Route 2
A professional institute course
Fits when you learn best in a classroom in Colombo or your city, and a diploma matters to your employer.
Watch for ask whether you deploy real projects or mostly sit exams, and who reads your code.
Route 3
A global online course
Fits when you want theory, cheaply, at your own pace.
Watch for completion rates are low without deadlines, and nobody checks your work against what a hiring manager asks for.
Route 4
A live online bootcamp
Fits when you are working and want a job-shaped portfolio in three months, taught live after office hours.
Watch for square 1's bootcamps are new: the first cohorts have not graduated, so there is no placement rate yet.
Questions people in Sri Lanka ask
- Are there AI bootcamps in Sri Lanka?
- Yes. Square 1 AI, registered in Sri Lanka as Square 1 AI (Pvt) Ltd, runs 26 live AI bootcamps online. Each is twelve weeks on Zoom with one instructor, six deployed projects and a one-to-one every week. Live sessions run on weekday evenings from 5:30 PM Sri Lanka and India time, with full-day sessions at weekends.
- How much does an AI course cost in Sri Lanka?
- A Square 1 live bootcamp starts at about LKR 72,700 and a self-paced course at about LKR 4,330, at the 4 October 2026 exchange rate; prices are set in Australian dollars and are the same in every country.
- What does a machine learning engineer earn in Sri Lanka?
- The median base pay for a machine learning engineer in Colombo is LKR 233,333 a month, with the middle half between LKR 110,417 and LKR 279,417 (Glassdoor, September 2026). A software engineer's median is LKR 123,750.
- Can I learn AI online in Sri Lanka while working full time?
- Yes. The live sessions start at 5:30 PM Sri Lanka time on weekdays, after most office hours, with full-day sessions at weekends, and the work between sessions is graded by Nova, Square 1's AI tutor, whenever you submit it. Plan for about fifteen hours a week across the twelve weeks.
- Do I need a degree to join an AI bootcamp?
- No. Each bootcamp page states what you need before you start, and most of the business tracks ask for no coding. A free skill check tells you which track you are ready for.
- Does the bootcamp guarantee a job in Sri Lanka?
- No. No placement rate is published because the first cohorts have not graduated. You leave with six deployed projects, a recorded defence of your work an employer can watch, and a hiring plan worked through with your instructor.
- How do I pay from Sri Lanka?
- Reserving a spot is free and takes your name, email and country. Nothing is charged until the start date is confirmed and you say yes. Payment is through a Sri Lankan bank gateway, in rupees or US dollars.
Ten spots a cohort. Hold one from Sri Lanka.
Pick a bootcamp, reserve with your name and email, and hear the start date first. Square 1 AI (Pvt) Ltd is registered in Sri Lanka.