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Fast.ai

Practical deep learning for coders

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★4.7ratingPricing · FreeStable
The FalcoScan Intel PanelFast.ai · Learning
Data updated 2 November 2026
Opportunity
High
Band
Saturation
Open
Band
Wrapper risk
Elevated
Band
Momentum
Stable
Market trend
Rating
4.7
of 5 · FalcoScan rating

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The Brief

What Fast.ai does

fast.ai is a deep learning education and software project. Its courses include How to Solve it With Code and Practical Deep Learning for Coders. The project maintains fastai, a library for PyTorch, and nbdev, a Python environment for building packages from Jupyter Notebooks. A book, Practical Deep Learning for Coders with fastai and PyTorch, is sold through Amazon. The site also describes Solveit, a platform meant to simplify exploration and step-by-step development. Scholarships are offered to community contributors, open source developers, and diversity scholars. The page does not state pricing.

How Fast.ai compares with its closest alternatives

3 of the 5 closest alternatives have a free plan, as Fast.ai does. Only Khanmigo AI Tutor lists a starting price, $4 a month. None of the 5 offers an API; FalcoScan's records show none for Fast.ai. Fast.ai offers a web app. Of the alternatives, all 5 offer a web app. Fast.ai was founded in 2016; the alternatives were founded between 2010 and 2023, 2 of them earlier. Fast.ai is based in San Francisco, United States; all the 3 alternatives with a known headquarters are in the United States too.

Market position · Learning

How Fast.ai compares in Learning

Fast.ai has high opportunity and sits in the top third of 272 live Learning tools on FalcoScan. Across Learning, the average opportunity score is 62.8 and the average saturation score 42.8. FalcoScan rates Fast.ai's own market position as open. 47 of the 272 operating Learning tools have hot momentum, and FalcoScan has recorded 5 shutdowns in the category.

Fast.ai compared with its closest alternatives
ProductOpportunitySaturationPricingPricing fromFree planAPIPlatformsMomentum
Fast.aiFounded 2016 · San Francisco, United StatesHighOpenFree—YesNoWebStable
CS50 AIFounded 2015HighOpenFree—YesNoWebStable
Hugging Face LearnFounded 2016 · New York, United StatesHighOpenFree—YesNoWebStable
DeepLearning.AIFounded 2017 · Palo Alto, United StatesHighOpenFreemium—YesNoWebHot
Udemy AI CoursesFounded 2010 · San Francisco, United StatesModerateContestedPaid—NoNoWeb, MobileRising
Khanmigo AI TutorFounded 2023HighContestedPaid$4/moNoNoWebRising

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What it ships with

Capabilities & who uses it

The capabilities Fast.ai exposes to builders and the verticals it currently serves.

AI Capabilities
Text GenerationQuestion Answering
Industry Verticals
EducationSoftware
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Questions

Fast.ai: common questions

Is Fast.ai free?

Yes. FalcoScan lists Fast.ai as free to use.

What are the best alternatives to Fast.ai?

The closest alternatives to Fast.ai that are still running, matched on the AI capabilities, uses and audience they share, are CS50 AI, Hugging Face Learn, DeepLearning.AI, Udemy AI Courses, and Khanmigo AI Tutor.

Is Fast.ai still running?

Yes. As of 2 November 2026, FalcoScan lists Fast.ai as operating at fast.ai.

Where is Fast.ai based?

Fast.ai is headquartered in San Francisco, United States.

Does Fast.ai have an API?

FalcoScan's records show no public API for Fast.ai.

Who is Fast.ai for?

Fast.ai is built for developers and students.

How do I sign in to Fast.ai?

Sign in on Fast.ai's own website, fast.ai. FalcoScan reviews Fast.ai but does not run its accounts, so logins, passwords and billing are handled by Fast.ai directly.

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