AI Factory 301 Path — Advanced AI Factory Usage and Extensibility v1.2
Who this is for
- Advanced developers building AI-first applications and agents
 - MLOps teams managing large-scale model serving
 - Platform engineers building extensions and integrations with AI Factory
 - Hybrid Manager users building enterprise-grade Sovereign AI solutions
 
General Goals
By completing this path, you will:
- Build complex agentic Assistants with Tool calling and advanced RAG pipelines
 - Extend Model Serving with custom runtimes, Transformers, and Explainers
 - Automate and orchestrate AI Factory pipelines with APIs
 - Design advanced observability and governance for production AI
 - Integrate AI Factory with enterprise systems and existing MLOps pipelines
 
Modules by Focus Area
1. Agentic Assistants and Advanced Tools
Goals:
- Build Assistants that reason and act with multi-step Tool usage
 - Implement advanced Tools for external API integration
 - Chain Tools and manage context flow
 
Estimated Time: ~45–60 min
Modules:
- Assistants Explained
 - Tools Explained
 - Create a Tool
 - Structures Explained — for multi-step pipelines and agent behaviors
 
2. Extending Model Serving
Goals:
- Create custom ServingRuntime definitions for specialized models
 - Add Transformers and Explainers to Model Serving pipelines
 - Understand advanced deployment patterns for KServe-based serving
 
Estimated Time: ~45–60 min
Modules:
- Model Serving Concepts
 - Configure ServingRuntime
 - Advanced ServingRuntime Configuration (placeholder — expand with custom Transformers/Explainers patterns)
 
3. Observability and Governance at Scale
Goals:
- Implement enterprise-grade observability for AI pipelines and Model Serving
 - Monitor Tool usage and pipeline performance
 - Build custom dashboards for hybrid AI workloads
 
Estimated Time: ~30–45 min
Modules:
4. Automation and API Integration
Goals:
- Use Hybrid Manager and AI Factory APIs to automate workflows
 - Integrate AI Factory pipelines into CI/CD and MLOps systems
 - Manage large-scale AI Factory deployments via API-driven control
 
Estimated Time: ~20–30 min
Modules:
Next steps
After completing this 301 Path:
- You will be equipped to design Sovereign AI applications at enterprise scale.
 - You will understand advanced integration patterns with AI Factory, Hybrid Manager, and existing MLOps pipelines.
 - You will be ready to contribute advanced workflows and reusable components (Tools, Structures, Transformers) to your AI Factory ecosystem.
 
Related learning resources
- AI Factory Concepts
 - Sovereign AI Explained
 - Hybrid Manager: Using Gen AI Builder
 - Structures Explained
 - Model Serving Concepts
 
By mastering this 301 Path, you will be ready to drive advanced AI innovation across your organization — fully under your control — using EDB PG AI and Hybrid Manager.