Get Applied AI Certified, on your own terms.
The Applied AI Certification, for individuals. Join an upcoming public cohort or go self-paced — same six domains, same capstone, same credential. No technical background required.
The Next Public Cohort
Our upcoming cohort is a focused, supportive environment for women — same Applied AI Certification, same six domains, same capstone.
6-Week Format
Designed for working professionals
Starts July 13
Online (sessions recorded)
Limited to 40 Seats
Intentional quality over volume
Investment: $997
One cohort, full access
Virtual Format
Join from anywhere
Capstone Project
Build something real
This cohort is designed as a safe space for women.
The July 2026 cohort with Kenyetta Hall is intentionally structured for women to learn together — a focused environment where you can ask any question, build confidence with AI, and grow alongside a peer community that shares your experience.
Your Instructor
Kenyetta Hall ↗Founder of The Katalyst HQ and Professor in Practice at UNC Chapel Hill's Shuford Program in Entrepreneurship — 15+ years in product strategy and digital transformation, with a focus on making AI practical for non-technical professionals.
40 seats · Cohort begins July 13
Pick the path that fits your life
Every path leads to the same Applied AI Certification — the same six domains, the same capstone, the same credential. Only the pacing changes.
Public Cohort
Enrolling nowSix weeks of live, virtual instruction with a small cohort of professionals from across fields. Weekly sessions, peer accountability, and a capstone you present at the end.
- Live weekly sessions
- Small peer cohort
- Capstone presentation
Self-Paced
Enroll anytimeThe same six modules and the same capstone requirement, structured around your availability instead of a fixed calendar. Earn the identical credential on your own schedule.
- Work at your own pace
- All six modules
- Same capstone standard
In-Person Workshops
In developmentWe're building a partnership with NPower to deliver in-person workshops and hands-on trainings — bringing the certification into the room. Join the list and we'll tell you the moment dates open.
- In partnership with NPower
- Hands-on, in-person format
A Safe Space for Women
Available nowDesigned for women to build AI confidence together in a supportive environment — including cohorts of the certification structured as a women's learning community.
- Supportive women's community
- Pathway into the certification
Critical thinking, wrapped into the certification.
Most AI training hands you this quarter's tools and a list of prompts. They'll be obsolete by next quarter. We teach the layer underneath that doesn't expire: how to think with AI while your own judgment stays in charge.
That judgment isn't vague. We've mapped it to six concrete domains of AI proficiency — the structure every certification cohort is built around.
Feel the gap these domains close.
Four short interactives — free, no sign-up. Each one puts you in the exact moment a missing domain trips people up. Try one and you'll understand what the certification is really teaching.
The Deference Reflex
What it feels like to trust the AI's answer over your own expertise — and how to catch yourself doing it.
Try it →EvaluationThe Fluency Trap
An answer that's confident, polished, and wrong. Can you tell? Most people can't, the first time.
Try it →InteractionThe Mirror Trap
An AI that agrees with everything you say. Helpful — until it quietly stops being useful.
Try it →OrchestrationBrain Fry
AI everywhere, workflow nowhere. The audit that shows where the tools are actually costing you time.
Try it →That's what you leave with — not a tool tutorial that expires, but judgment that holds as the tools keep changing.
A credential tied to real, demonstrated work
Not a certificate of attendance — a capstone you build and present from your own field, backed by demonstrated competency across six domains.
Use AI tools to solve real problems in your field, not just play with demos.
Speak confidently about AI capabilities, limitations, and risks with any audience.
Make and influence AI decisions from a position of informed, critical judgment.
Express Your Interest
No commitment required. Tell us a bit about yourself and we'll reach out when the next cohort or a new individual option opens.
What happens next
- 1We add you to the certification notification list.
- 2When the next cohort or a new individual option opens, you'll be the first to know.
- 3We may reach out to learn more about your goals and point you to the right path.
Training a team instead?
If you're looking to certify a group or your whole organization, our Corporate Training page is built for that.
See Corporate Training →Earn your Applied AI Certification.
Join the notification list and be the first to know when the next cohort opens.