AI Training
Anthropic Puts $100M Into Training 10,000 Enterprise AI Engineers
Anthropic launched Claude Frontier Academy, a $100M program to train 10,000 engineers to deploy Claude in enterprises by the end of 2027.
NEWS & UPDATES
Announcements, events, partnerships, and product updates from the Kafu People. Stay connected for the latest on what we're building and where we'll be next.
AI Training
micro1 Posts High-Rate Specialist AI Training Roles
New micro1 listings show reported rates of $100 to $200 per hour for bilingual psychologists and up to $170 per hour for QuickBooks specialists.
AI Training
Amazon Mechanical Turk Closes After 21 Years
Amazon Mechanical Turk permanently closed on September 30, 2026. Here is the timeline, what requesters must do by October 30, and what it signals.
AI Training
Money Keeps Flowing Into AI Training Data Companies
Snorkel AI raised $350M at a $3.5B valuation, and micro1, Handshake, and Mercor report fast growth from demand for human AI training work.
AI Training
AI Training at Work Is Growing, but Time to Learn Is Not
New Workera and iCIMS surveys show more employers offer AI training and job seekers value it, but most employees say they have no time to learn.
AI Training
How AI Training Platforms Are Changing Onboarding
AI interviewers, paid expert studies, and student evaluators: a roundup of how AI training platforms recruit and screen contributors in September 2026.
AI Training
Grab, OpenAI, and Verizon Launch Large AI Upskilling Programs
Grab and OpenAI will train 30,000 gig workers and merchants in Southeast Asia, and Verizon commits $70M to free AI skills training in the US.
Company
Kafu People Launches Dedicated AI Agent Practice
We're formalising years of agent-building experience into a dedicated practice helping clients ship production-grade AI agents.
Product
Echo3s Reaches Public Launch Milestone
The AI-powered audiobook platform we built with our partners has gone live to the public after a successful beta.
Events
Kafu People at Amsterdam Tech Week 2026
Our team will be on the ground at Amsterdam Tech Week, joining sessions on applied AI and modern cloud delivery.
Product
Introducing Our Cloud-Native Dashboard Starter
We've packaged our most-used dashboard patterns into a reusable starter so client projects begin further down the road.
Partnership
Kafu People Partners with Nerohalla
We've teamed up with Nerohalla to bring their product vision to life as a development partner.
Company
Team Spotlight: How We Work as a Remote-First Team
A look behind the scenes at the distributed, remote-first culture that keeps our team shipping.
Company
Lessons from a Year of Shipping Startup MVPs
What a year of six-week MVP builds taught us about scope, speed, and the discipline of saying no.
Events
We Hosted an Applied AI Workshop for Founders
A hands-on session helping non-technical founders separate genuine AI opportunities from the hype.
Company
A Fresh Look: Our Website Gets a Refresh
We've rebuilt our site with a cleaner design, faster performance, and room to share more of our work.
Company
Client Results: A Smooth Laravel to MongoDB Migration
How we helped a client migrate a production database with zero downtime and a measurable performance gain.