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Prototype
Prove the use case and the economics before the demo becomes architecture by accident.
Production AI Expert · Speaker · Advisor
The AI demo is easy. Production is hard.
I help enterprises and engineering leaders turn promising AI prototypes into secure, governed and scalable production systems — and I teach the teams who have to operate them.
15+
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40K+
Students
KubeCon
Speaker
Red Hat
Summit
Docker
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Luca Berton
The Production AI Expert
Former Red Hat engineer · Author · Docker Captain · KubeCon & Red Hat Summit speaker
The Production AI thesis
AI value starts where the demo ends.
A model can answer a prompt in minutes. An enterprise still has to make that system reliable, secure, observable, affordable and governable for years.
That gap is Production AI: the engineering and operating discipline that turns AI capability into a system customers, platform teams, security teams and auditors can trust.
The Production AI Framework
From prototype to proof.
A practical operating model for leaders and engineering teams moving AI into the real world.
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Platform
Standardize model access, compute, data paths, security and developer workflows on a platform teams can operate.
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Production
Engineer for reliability, observability, performance, failure recovery and cost — not just a successful inference call.
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Proof
Make governance visible with controls, policies, logs, runbooks and evidence an audit or risk team can verify.
Work with Luca
One idea. Three ways to create impact.
Production AI connects the boardroom, the platform team and the people building the systems.
Keynotes
The AI Demo Is Easy. Production Is Hard.
A practical, high-energy keynote for technology leaders on what breaks between AI ambition and production reality — and how to close the gap.
Explore speaking →Enterprise Advisory
Move AI from roadmap to operating platform.
Architecture, GPU platforms, MLOps, observability, security, cost control and governance for teams that need AI to survive production and audit.
Work with Luca →Academy
Build the engineers who can operate AI.
Hands-on education for experienced DevOps, cloud, SRE and platform engineers extending their skills into production AI infrastructure.
Explore the bootcamp →Built in the real world
Hands-on engineering credibility, translated for leaders.
Luca has spent 15+ years across enterprise infrastructure, automation, Kubernetes, cloud and AI platforms. He is a former Red Hat engineer, Docker Captain, author of eight technical books and an instructor to more than 40,000 students.
His work and talks focus on the operational layer most AI conversations skip: what it actually takes to run AI safely, repeatedly and economically in production.
KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2026 Red Hat Summit 2026 Docker Captain Coursera & Pluralsight Instructor
Production AI newsletter
What actually changes when AI reaches production.
Practical notes on AI platforms, agents, GPUs, MLOps, governance and the operating decisions behind reliable enterprise AI.
Proof from the stage
Production AI, in front of real technical audiences.
Luca brings the engineering reality behind enterprise AI to conferences, leadership events and technical communities — translating production systems into stories leaders and builders can act on.
30+
Conferences
15+
Presentations
10+
Countries
KubeCon + Red Hat Summit
Flagship stages
What People Say About Luca
See what professionals and students are saying about my courses and books.
★★★★★
I really enjoyed this course and engaging in optional tasks...
Sharron D.
Coursera - July 31, 2024
★★★★★
Insightful course.
Velly H.
Coursera - December 14, 2024
★★★★★
Love the short clips and frequent pop questions...
Nephthalie
Coursera - August 14, 2024
★★★★★
Really great introduction to be honest.
Lance R.
Udemy - 4 weeks ago
★★★★★
If you work with Kubernetes - This is a MUST.
Erez Kirson
Amazon - June 8, 2023
★★★★★
Pleased to have earned a certificate for "API Validation with Postman" by Luca Berton offered through Coursera...
Nadeem Choonee 3rd+ B(Eng) | MBA | MIET | PMP | PBA | Radio/C...
Coursera - August 7, 2026
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