Prove what you can do, not what you memorized.
This certification is competency-based, not quiz-based. Nobody cares whether you can define a token. Employers care whether you can walk into a business and make AI useful. So that is the exam.
"You joined this company Monday morning. You have 4 hours. Find the biggest problems and use AI to create measurable value."
You receive access to Harborline Logistics — a fictional regional freight forwarding company with 42 employees. Inside: emails, meeting notes, SOPs, customer complaints, sales data, spreadsheets, management requests, and operational problems. The mess is intentional. Deciding what matters is the exam.
Your simulated workspace
No step-by-step guidance. No hints. You submit findings, recommendations, deliverables, a workflow improvement, an automation proposal, and an executive summary.
Ten behaviors. All observable. All scored.
Reviewers score what you produced and how you produced it — including the prompts, workflows, and verification steps you submit alongside your deliverables.
- Identify the important problems hidden in messy information
- Prioritize opportunities by business impact
- Select the appropriate AI tools for each job
- Research and verify missing information
- Produce usable deliverables, not drafts
- Verify AI-generated information before relying on it
- Improve at least one existing workflow
- Automate at least one process
- Document the solution so others can run it
- Present recommendations to management
Scored 0–100, weighted toward business impact.
Human reviewers score every simulation. AI may assist with feedback in the future — it will never certify anyone on its own.
Did the work produce measurable value for the company?
Were the right tools used well, with effective prompts and workflows?
Were the real problems found, framed, and prioritized correctly?
Was AI output verified? Were bad outputs caught and rejected?
Did the candidate leave a process better than they found it?
Were findings and recommendations clear to a busy executive?
Four outcomes, one honest signal.
Not Yet Certified
Targeted feedback and a retake path — never a dead end.
AI-Native Associate
Reliable on guided AI work across everyday business tasks.
AI-Native Certified
Independently turns company context into measurable value.
AI-Native Advanced
Redesigns workflows and raises the bar for the whole team.