AI Builder Certification

Earn the badge by shipping

A portfolio-based credential, not a test. Three tiers, each earned by shipping a real project reviewed by working practitioners. No graders, no proctors, no theory exams.

The AI Builder Certification has three tiers: Foundation, Practitioner, and Architect. Each tier requires shipping a real project that's reviewed by working practitioners.

Three Tiers

Three paths, one ladder

Start where you are. Each tier earns the next, and every tier ends with a public, portable credential.

Tier II

AI Builder Foundation

Who it's for

ICs and operators new to AI who want to make it real in their day-to-day, not just talk about it.

What you ship

A working agent or workflow automation embedded in your existing tools — the first thing AI actually does for you on the job.

Duration

4 to 6 weeks · part-time · cohort or self-paced

What you walk away with
  • Prompt design and agent fundamentals
  • Tool-use, retrieval, and basic memory patterns
  • A shipped artifact reviewed by working practitioners
Tier IIII

AI Practitioner

Who it's for

Engineers, PMs, and ops leads ready to ship production-grade AI into their stack — with monitoring, evals, and stabilization.

What you ship

A production-grade multi-step AI system integrated into your team's real systems (CRM, ticketing, ERP, internal tools) with monitoring and evals.

Duration

8 to 10 weeks · part-time · cohort

Prerequisite

Foundation credential or equivalent experience

What you walk away with
  • Multi-step orchestration across systems
  • Evals, observability, and stabilization patterns
  • Security and data-handling for production AI
Tier IIIIII

AI Architect

Who it's for

Senior engineers, technical leaders, and AI champions driving org-wide rollouts — and accountable for cost, risk, and adoption.

What you ship

A platform-level system or org-wide rollout with documented governance, cost model, and rollout plan ready for board or exec review.

Duration

10 to 12 weeks · part-time · cohort with 1:1 mentorship

Prerequisite

Practitioner credential or equivalent senior experience

What you walk away with
  • Multi-agent orchestration and platform design
  • Cost optimization, model routing, and run-cost modeling
  • Org-design, governance, and adoption playbooks
How it works

Four steps to the badge

01

Apply or join a cohort

Tell us your role, your stack, and what you want to ship. Individual or org cohorts open monthly.

02

Build with practitioners

Live working sessions, 1:1 reviews, and async feedback from operators who ship AI in production every day.

03

Ship a real project

No exam, no proctored test. Your portfolio artifact is the credential — running in your tools, reviewed by practitioners.

04

Earn the badge

Public credential you can share. Move up the tiers as you ship more ambitious work.

Pick a path

Join the next individual cohort, or design a cohort for your team. Either way, the credential is portable and the artifact is yours.