# ARC 105: Production AI Architect Masterclass (HCPAIA) — Hanzo AI

> Enterprise AI architecture at scale. Build self-hosted zero-trust clusters, configure post-quantum RNS tunnels, deploy global BFT agent meshes, and govern enterprise billing. Earn your HCPAIA credential with 25% compute credit rebate and isolated Hanzo Visor sandboxes.

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Course ARC 105 · Units: 6.0 · Credential: HCPAIA

# Production AI Architect Masterclass

Enterprise AI architecture at scale. Build self-hosted zero-trust clusters, configure post-quantum RNS tunnels, deploy global BFT agent meshes, and govern enterprise billing.

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Academic specificationsARC 105 · 6.0 UNITS

Duration6 Weeks · Capstone Immersion

LEVELStaff / Principal

CredentialHCPAIA

Credential formatW3C Verifiable Credential

Lead Faculty & Academic Direction

Vikram SethiVP of Infrastructure & Security Architecture, Hanzo

PrerequisitesSenior/Staff software engineering experience, distributed systems, and Kubernetes

Tuition & compute rebateOpen enrollment

Total tuition$499USD

+$125 CREDITS (25% REBATE)

Guaranteed compute allocation deposited immediately on enrollment. Subsidizes Zen 6 inference and Hanzo Visor sandbox runtimes.

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Automatic 25% Compute Credit Rebate

25% of tuition (rounded up) is immediately deposited into your Hanzo Cloud compute balance on day one. Fully subsidizes your Hanzo Visor sandbox container leases and model inference throughout the course.

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Competency Framework

## What you master in ARC 105

Engineered for software practitioners building resilient autonomous production systems.

Zero-trust cluster provisioning with hanzo up

Post-quantum cryptography (ML-KEM, ML-DSA)

Global agent mesh & BFT consensus with hanzod

Multi-tenant IAM, KMS, and enterprise compliance

Comprehensive Syllabus

## Curriculum & Laboratory Breakdown

Every module combines systems architecture lectures with hands-on containerized lab defense.

ARC 105.1Zero-Trust Cluster Provisioning & Hardware Topology

Week 1

Provision sovereign compute clusters using hanzo up with isolated control planes.Key Topics & Lectures:

Bare-metal and cloud GPU cluster topology design (NVIDIA H100, L40S, Apple Silicon)

Automated bootstrapping with hanzo up and immutable OS images

Multi-tenant network isolation with Cilium and eBPF data planes

Assigned Readings:

Hanzo Infrastructure Engineering: Sovereign Cluster Architecture at Scale

Lab 1: Provision a 3-node Kubernetes cluster with eBPF network isolation and GPU scheduling.

ARC 105.2Post-Quantum Cryptography & RNS Network Tunnels

Week 2

Secure inter-agent communication against quantum threats using ML-KEM and ML-DSA standards.Key Topics & Lectures:

NIST Post-Quantum Cryptographic Standards (FIPS 203 ML-KEM, FIPS 204 ML-DSA)

RNS (Resilient Network Sockets): low-latency authenticated P2P tunneling

Key rotation lifecycles and hardware security module (HSM) integration

Assigned Readings:

NIST Special Publication: Transitioning to Post-Quantum Cryptography

Lab 2: Establish an ML-KEM encrypted tunnel between two independent worker pods.

ARC 105.3Byzantine Fault Tolerant (BFT) Agent Consensus

Week 3

Coordinate autonomous agent decision-making across untrusted networks using hanzod consensus.Key Topics & Lectures:

Byzantine agreement protocols in autonomous decision pipelines

Deploying hanzod consensus nodes for state machine replication

Slashing and penalty conditions for malicious or hallucinating nodes

Assigned Readings:

Castro & Liskov: Practical Byzantine Fault Tolerance

Lab 3: Deploy a 4-node hanzod validator cluster and simulate network partition recovery.

ARC 105.4Enterprise Multi-Tenant IAM, KMS & Sovereign Compliance

Week 4

Design enterprise-grade identity, key management, and data sovereignty boundaries.Key Topics & Lectures:

Fine-grained attribute-based access control (ABAC) in multi-tenant environments

Bring-Your-Own-Key (BYOK) envelope encryption with KMS

Zero-trust security frameworks, cryptographic audit logs, and compliance enforcement

Assigned Readings:

Hanzo Enterprise Security Standard: Multi-Tenant Zero-Trust Model

Lab 4: Configure an organization hierarchy with isolated KMS keyrings and policy constraints.

ARC 105.5Global Observability, Distributed Tracing & Cost Auditing

Week 5

Instrument distributed agent meshes with OpenTelemetry, ClickHouse datastores, and Prometheus.Key Topics & Lectures:

Distributed trace propagation across multi-agent RPC hops

Datastore ClickHouse schema design for high-cardinality token billing metrics

Real-time anomaly detection for token runaway and runaway loops

Assigned Readings:

OpenTelemetry Specification: Semantic Conventions for Generative AI Systems

Lab 5: Build a real-time observability dashboard tracking token usage across a 50-node agent swarm.

ARC 105.6Multi-Region Mesh Deployment & Capstone Defense

Week 6

Deploy, stress-test, and defend a multi-cluster autonomous agent mesh across three geographic regions.Key Topics & Lectures:

Geo-distributed failover, latency routing, and data replication strategies

Disaster recovery drills and chaotic fault injection

Capstone oral defense and HCPAIA credential issuance

Assigned Readings:

Verma et al.: Large-Scale Cluster Management at Google with Borg

Capstone Project: Deploy and defend an active-active multi-region agent mesh maintaining 99.99% uptime under simulated regional blackouts.

Final Examination

## Capstone Defense & Credential Issuance

Design and deploy a fault-tolerant multi-cluster autonomous agent mesh across three regions. Upon automated grading verification, your HCPAIA W3C Verifiable Credential is cryptographically signed and issued to your Hanzo DID.

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