Stay-at-home mom → Test Automation Engineer
Tifa
“My daughter started asking where the money comes from. Now she sees her mom working in tech.”
Read her story
4-week live cohort
AI didn't take your QA job. It's turning into Agentic QA for Professionals.
Currently accepting alumni only
Starts July 23, 2026Thursdays & Fridays11:00 AM – 3:00 PM ET
Where our graduates work
14,000+ graduates trainedAcross 36 countriesTaught live by the founder
The app you test
You practice on a real bank, not slides.
ZincBank runs in production. We planted the edge-case bugs for you to catch.
Proud member of the
Claude Partner Network
Claude Code is one of the agents you operate in the cohort. We build and teach with it as an official partner.
The honest part
AI writes the tests now. Someone still has to run the agents, and decide what “correct” means.
That someone points the agents at the app, owns the definition of “working,” and catches the money bugs before customers do. It's the one part of QA that grows because of AI. It's also the part you don't have yet.
What AI already does
80%
The typing. Agents draft the tests, wire the selectors, and file the first pass.
Agentic QA, today
20%
The judgement. Someone still points the agents, and decides what correct means.
Why this, why now
Three things change the moment AI enters your test suite.
Run the full agentic testing lifecycle, on a simulated banking project
Against Zinc Bank, a real (fully simulated) banking app, you drive the whole loop: read the requirement, author the test, execute it, watch it self-heal, and file the bug. Not slides. The actual loop, on the actual app, with edge-case bugs we planted for you to catch.
analyze→author→execute→self-heal→report
the loop
Operate a real framework, not a toy demo
A production-grade Playwright + BDD framework driven by planner, generator, and healer agents over MCP. It is the same architecture Playwright now ships as first-party Test Agents. This is the line that goes on your résumé, and you can defend every part of it.
the framework
Win the interview every QA now sits
Where AI helps and where it silently fails, why a human still decides what 'correct' means, and how to talk about token, context, and data governance without hand-waving. That 20% is now the whole interview.
the edge
The curriculum
Eight live sessions. One real framework.
Four weeks, twice a week, live. You leave with a framework you can defend line by line.
01
The agentic testing lifecycle
Wire a CLI coding agent + MCP to Zinc Bank. Take a real requirements doc → test plan → the analyze · author · execute loop, end to end.
02
Build the framework
Stand up the Playwright + BDD framework driven by planner / generator / healer agents, page objects, fixtures, data, the parts you'll be asked about.
03
Self-healing & the hard 20%
Self-healing runs, flaky-test triage, and token and context discipline on low-cost models like Qwen and DeepSeek. Then you graduate to Claude Code for the production-grade work.
04
Bugs, reporting & the interview
Hunt the planted edge-case bugs, file them like a senior, and rehearse the AI strengths/weaknesses + human-oracle answers hiring managers now expect.
Who's teaching this
Adam runs it live. I make sure it's real.
Adam leads every session of this cohort, hands-on. I'm Kuzzat Altay, I founded CYDEO, trained more than 14,000 engineers across 36 countries, and I built the agentic framework you'll operate.
What we teach here, we run in production.
Where I've built and studiedAccentureCGIInovalonHarvard Business SchoolPlanckVPN
Kuzzat Altay · founder
What we ship
We don't just teach this. We build it.
ZincBank, the app you test in the cohort, is one of several products my team designed, shipped, and runs in production.
Fintech · QA training
ZincBank
The production-grade banking app you drive the agents against all four weeks.
● Live · zincbank.cydeo.io
Privacy · Security
PlanckVPN
An independent, zero-log VPN built on WireGuard.
● Live · planckvpn.com
CRM · SaaS
Nuebase
The CRM that runs our whole cohort business.
● Live · nuebase.com
AI · Developer tools
CYDEO AI Lab
An AI coding assistant built for QA engineers, not just prompts.
● Live · ai.cydeo.com
Family safety
NURPN
A family-safe VPN and content blocker.
● Live · nurpn.com
Cybersecurity · SOC
Security Operations Center
A real SOC where you watch analysts work, taught hands-on.
● Live · cydeo.com/soc
Be honest with yourself
This isn't for everyone.
Come if
- You're a manual or automation tester ready to add the AI layer.
- You keep hearing “agentic,” “MCP,” “self-healing” in interviews and want to actually operate them.
- You're comfortable with Java/Selenium or Playwright, you already have the 80%.
- You learn by building on a real app, not by watching slides.
Skip it if
- ✕You want a six-figure job handed to you for little effort.
- ✕You expect the full six-month career path compressed into four weeks.
- ✕You won't put in reps between the live sessions.
What it costs
One flat rate.
Everything included: the live cohort, the résumé-ready framework, and $50 in real AI credits (Claude Code, Qwen, and DeepSeek) to run it.
Working QA professional
$1,299
- $1,249 tuition + $50 AI credit
- Eight live sessions over four weeks
- The full agentic upskill for QA engineers, managers, and tech leads.
30-day money-back guarantee
Your seat
Join the priority waiting list.
Open to CYDEO alumni while we run the first cohort.
Graduate Stories
They started where you are.
Stay-at-home parents. Restaurant workers. Military veterans. Immigrants. They all had zero tech experience. Here’s what happened next.
Military veteran → Software Quality Assurance
Bradly
“The discipline from the military helped, but CYDEO gave me the skills. Completely changed my life.”
Read his story
Babysitter & odd jobs → QA Engineer
Husna
“When I saw my first paycheck, I couldn’t believe it. Nobody in my family thought seven months could change everything. It did.”
Read her story
Personal trainer → Automation Engineer
Tariq
“As a trainer, I could only count reps. Now I build test frameworks. It showed me how much potential I really have within myself.”
Read his story
Delivery driver → QA Engineer
Lilia
“From delivering packages to writing test automation. I didn’t think this was possible for someone like me.”
Read her story
2 AM shifts, no work-life balance → Cybersecurity Analyst
Yvette
“Everyone had their doubts. A friend called it a scam. I proved them wrong through hard work. Now I protect data from home with a cup of coffee.”
Read her story
Restaurant manager → SDET
Omar
“I was tired of standing. Eight months of study taught me what four years of college couldn’t. Three raises in my first year without even asking.”
Read his story
Nail tech & cab driver → Automation Engineer
Miriam
“I used to drive passengers to the buildings where I work now. I wasn’t smart, but I had desire. Now I’m making six figures and never missing my daughter’s life.”
Read her story
Questions
Before you join.
When does it run?
Four weeks of live sessions starting Thursday, July 23, 2026, no recordings. Sessions run Thursdays and Fridays, 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM ET: Jul 23-24, Jul 30-31, Aug 6-7, and Aug 13-14. Adam leads every session, with founder Kuzzat Altay teaching too.
Is enrollment open right now?
Yes. You can enroll and pay today, and your seat is confirmed straight away. The cohort starts Thursday, July 23, 2026 and seats are capped at 60. If you would rather not commit yet, the form lower down puts you on the list for the next cohort.
What do I need to know already?
It's an upskill for working SDETs. If you're comfortable with Java/Selenium or Playwright and basic test automation, you have the 80%. We build the agentic 20% on top.
What's the $50 token credit?
Every seat includes $50 in AI token credits for Claude Code, Qwen, and DeepSeek, the models you run in class. You practice on those credits instead of paying out of pocket.
Why isn't the upskill just free?
Because paid students finish. In our experience, people who pay anything complete at far higher rates than a free cohort, roughly 80% higher for us. With the $50 token credit built in, your real tuition is almost nominal. The small commitment is what carries you to the end.
Which AI models do we use?
You drill on low-cost models like Qwen and DeepSeek to learn token and context discipline cheaply. Then you graduate to Claude Code, so you've operated a production-grade agent before you interview.
Do I leave with a real, résumé-ready framework?
Yes. You build and operate a Playwright + BDD agentic framework (planner / generator / healer over MCP) against a real app, and the vocabulary to defend it under interview pressure.