Early-career engineers
Fresh graduates or self-taught developers who want structured, hands-on training to become globally competitive from day one.
Applications open
Learn to build with AI, not just talk about it.
Circle1 is where professionals learn to build in tech: product judgment, AI fluency, and skills that turn ideas into shipped work. In-person cohorts in Kathmandu, plus digital courses you can take from anywhere.
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Programmes
In-person
Kathmandu cohorts
Online
Self-paced live
AI
At the core
What we offer
Programmes designed for the new era.
In-person cohorts in Kathmandu and digital courses you can take from anywhere.
Online
AI for Managers
For leaders who need to understand what AI can (and cannot) do. Make better decisions, ask better questions, and lead teams building with AI.
Self-paced LiveOnline
Register nowIn-person
Full Stack Gen AI Engineering
Three months, in-room, Kathmandu. A hands-on cohort where you build real products with generative AI from day one. Mentors, projects, network included.
3 monthsKathmanduCohort based
Apply nowOnline
Generative AI for New Age Engineers
Understand how to build with LLMs, ship AI-native products, and integrate generative models into real product workflows. Self-paced Live, from anywhere.
Self-paced LiveOnline
Coming soonWho we serve.
Product leaders, operators, builders, and career switchers who refuse to settle for average. If you want real skills that open real doors in tech, you belong here.
Working professionals
Mid-career engineers and managers looking to skill up in AI, ship better products, and unlock global remote opportunities.
Career switchers
People from non-tech backgrounds who want a clear, fast path into software engineering or AI, with real projects and real mentors.
A Different Philosophy
We aren't yet another training institute. We are playing a different game entirely.
The Common Path
Watch tutorialsfeels confident and try to buildit feels impossible.
Attended classesGot the certificatenothing changes.
Know the APIsknow the librariescan't build a project.
See an engineer onlinecompare yourselffeel behind.
The Circle1 Path
A room of peers as hungry as you are
Mentors who've hired know what job-ready work looks like.
Training for AI-era product work, not a dated syllabus.
A network which gives you unfair advantage over crowd
Why skills change everything
The gap between local pay and global opportunity is real. The right skills are the bridge.
Income Transformation
Local market average
NPR 25-60K
Entry to mid-level local roles
Global remote potential
NPR 2.5 - 5 Lakhs+
Verified mid-senior remote benchmarks
~$1 Billion+
Export Opportunity
Nepal's IT export potential is huge, and the world is ready for it. We help you lead this wave as elite, world-class engineers.
After Circle1, you will have a portfolio that speaks
Learn skills that sell, work on projects that test you, and grow alongside ambitious peers under the guidance of people who've done it.
- Tech Skill Mastery
- High grade Mentors
- Rich Network
- Global Opportunities
Life at Circle1
Not just a course. A daily practice.
A daily rhythm that takes you from zero to meaningful progress.
A typical in-room session · about two hours, same energy every day
Quick sync: what shipped, what is stuck, what you are committing to today, same rhythm as a real team.
Focused instruction and solo depth: concepts land, then you apply them immediately while it is fresh.
Step away, reset, grab coffee. Short by design so momentum stays high.
Pair programming, code review, and shipping together: peer work, not solo grind. Close the loop on something real.
The network
that never expires.
Every cohort adds to the Circle1 alumni network. The people you meet here become your referrals, co-founders, and closest allies in tech, for life.
Peers
Mentors
Alumni
Guests
Tech Founders
Hiring Teams
You
Where alumni head next
Remote Skilled Individual
Working globally from Nepal, on your own terms
Freelancer
You choose the work you want to do, from where and when you want to do it.
Tech Founder
Building the next frontier technology in Nepal
AI Engineer
Building the next generation AI products from Nepal
Indie Developer
Your product, your stack, shipping from Kathmandu with a global audience in mind.
Software Consultant
Trusted by global companies to craft software that scales and performs
Paid programme.
Terms when we talk.
Circle1 Learn is paid, with open enrollment when we run a batch, high touch. In-person cohorts and digital courses, each designed around how you learn best. We spell out what is included, how the round is run, and how we assess fit in a real thread, not on a static line that goes stale.
Ask us anything
What we cover when you inquire
- What this round includes: curriculum, space, cadence, alumni access
- How the round is structured and what room exists if timing is tight
- How we assess fit before you commit
If you wait
- Another year of tutorials without a portfolio that proves you
- Applications that never get a reply
- Watching the room level up without you
- The gap between where you are and global-ready work, widening every month
In-person & digital · open enrollment
Stop scrolling.
Start building.
You know something needs to change, and that change is Circle1.
We stay until you get there. See you in the room.