Google releases a free course on building AI agents
Google and Kaggle have made their AI agent training course free for everyone, helping learners build, deploy and understand AI agents.
Building AI agents is becoming one of the most sought-after skills in artificial intelligence, and Google wants to make learning it more accessible.
In partnership with Kaggle, Google has released the learning materials from its popular 5-Day AI Agents: Intensive Vibe Coding Course as a free, self-paced guide on Kaggle Learn.
The course is designed to help developers, students, and AI enthusiasts understand how to build, secure and deploy AI agents using modern cloud tools and natural language prompts.
A course focused on AI agents
Unlike traditional AI chatbots that simply respond to prompts, AI agents are designed to complete tasks with minimal human intervention. They can plan a sequence of actions, use external tools, analyse results and adapt their behaviour while working towards a goal.
Google's course walks learners through the entire process of building these systems, from initial design and development to deployment and security considerations.
A major theme is "vibe coding", an emerging approach where developers describe what they want in plain language while AI tools help generate or refine the code. This makes it easier for beginners and experienced programmers alike to turn ideas into working applications more quickly.
The self-paced programme includes expert-led lessons, technical whitepapers and hands-on notebooks, giving learners practical experience rather than just theoretical knowledge.
Strong demand for practical AI learning
The AI agents course builds on Google's growing catalogue of free intensive training programmes launched with Kaggle in 2024. According to Google, the broader series has attracted more than 2 million developers and learners worldwide.
The latest AI agents programme alone registered over 353,000 participants, reflecting the increasing interest in agentic AI and real-world AI development.
During the live course, Kaggle's Discord community became an active space where participants collaborated, debugged projects, shared code and discussed technical challenges, creating a collaborative learning environment.
How to enrol?
The course is available free of charge through Kaggle Learn. Learners need a Kaggle account to access the self-paced modules, which include expert-led sessions, technical whitepapers and interactive notebooks.
Since the programme is self-paced, participants can complete the lessons according to their own schedule without waiting for a live cohort. Those who complete the course can also continue experimenting by building AI agent projects on Kaggle.
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Thousands of learners built real projects
The programme encouraged participants to apply their knowledge through capstone projects. Google said more than 12,000 learners actively participated in the capstone phase, resulting in over 6,000 project submissions.
These projects covered a wide range of real-world applications, including AI tools for transcribing historical manuscripts and systems designed to support space weather research. The hands-on approach allowed learners to gain practical experience while building projects they could showcase in their portfolios.
Why the free course matters
By making the course permanently available through Kaggle Learn, Google is giving anyone with an interest in AI the opportunity to study at their own pace without paying for formal training.
As businesses increasingly adopt AI agents for customer support, software development, research and workflow automation, demand for these skills is expected to grow. Google's free course provides an accessible starting point for anyone looking to understand how AI agents work and gain practical experience building them.
With AI moving rapidly beyond chatbots towards autonomous systems, initiatives like this could help prepare the next generation of developers for the future of AI-powered applications.