Launching Sheep Academy

Hello, world! This is the first post on the Sheep Academy blog, hands-on AI training for every profession. Over four sessions of two hours each, we learn how AI works, what it can do and how to use it at work and in everyday life. Sessions are held live in Zagreb, and recordings are available afterwards.

In this post we write about who's behind the program, what SheepAI is and why we started Sheep Academy.

What is SheepAI

SheepAI is a community and the team that runs the largest AI hackathon in Croatia. Over four editions in Zagreb, Zadar and Split, we brought together hundreds of participants: developers, designers and entrepreneurs. Prizes were worth more than €80,000 in total, and we worked with companies such as Infobip, Microblink, Fonoa and Split Technology Park.

Together with Hrvatski Telekom and the agency 404, we also launched Shaker, the first vibe coding competition and show in Croatia. Shaker brings building digital solutions with AI closer to a wider audience.

The hackathons showed us that people have plenty of good ideas. Often, all they're missing is the know-how to turn them into something real with AI. You can read more about SheepAI at sheepai.app and in this Netokracija article (in Croatian).

The team behind the program

Sheep Academy's lecturers come from digital product development, mostly for the global automotive industry.

Domagoj Vuković, software engineer. A developer with more than 7 years of experience building advanced applications, mostly at Rimac Automobili, on the team behind the Rimac Nevera telemetry system. Today he's most interested in bringing AI systems into business processes.

Viktor Gabaj, software engineer and designer. He has worked at Rimac Automobili, Porsche eBike Performance and an American AI startup, and at Bugatti Rimac on process automation in the System Engineering team. At Sheep Academy he teaches how AI models work and visual AI: generating visuals, designing digital products and video.

Tonći Žilić, product manager. He has 10 years of experience leading product teams, including at Rimac Automobili and the Croatian robotaxi startup Verne. Today he is the robotaxi director at Onde. He brings participants knowledge of product and project management, launching a startup and raising a first investment.

Why Sheep Academy

Anyone can use AI today, from writing and analysis to presentations and reports. On top of that, since February 2025 the EU AI Act requires companies to ensure AI literacy among staff who work with AI systems.

Sheep Academy brings all our experience together in one hands-on program:

• Learning by doing. About 70% of the time we practise on participants' real tasks.
• Small groups. At most 30 participants and two mentors in the room.
• No coding. No prior knowledge required.
• Always up to date. We refresh the program for every cohort.

Over four weeks we cover how AI works, prompting and building websites, design without a designer, and business automation. By the end of the program you have your own AI agents and automations for your work.

Those who learn to work with AI today build an advantage. Those who wait fall behind and miss opportunities.

On this blog we'll keep writing short and practical posts: prompting tips, real-world examples and news from the world of AI tools. See you in the next post!