Free · Tier 0 · ~3 hours

AI Foundations,
for Founders.

Five lessons. Three hours. Zero jargon. By the end, you'll know what AI is, what it's good for, how to talk to it, and where to start in your business — because you'll have already shipped your first workflow.

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What you'll learn

Five 30-minute lessons. One hands-on capstone.

No technical prerequisites. Designed for founders who run businesses, not engineers.

Lesson 1~30 min

What AI Actually Is (and Isn't)

Mental models for non-technical founders. Strip the hype. By the end, you can explain LLMs at a dinner party without losing the room.

Lesson 2~30 min

The 5 Things AI Is Great At Right Now

(And 3 things it still sucks at.) The honest capability map for 2026 — what to delegate, what to supervise, what to never trust.

Lesson 3~30 min

Talking to AI: Prompting That Actually Works

A simple 4-part structure that turns vague answers into useful ones. Live examples from real founder workflows — content, research, customer service.

Lesson 4~30 min

AI in Your Business: The 6 Places to Start

Marketing, sales, ops, finance, HR, customer service. Pick the one with the highest leverage for your stage. We tell you which is which.

Lesson 5~30 min

Your First AI Workflow: A 30-Minute Capstone

Hands-on. Pick a real problem in your business, build the prompt and the workflow, ship it. You finish this lesson with something actually working.

Why this is free

Powered by The Perpetual Core

Every dollar of paid-tier revenue at IHA Founders compounds: 90% sustains the program and grows the institution, 10% flows through The Perpetual Engine to scholarship and partner-delivered cohorts in communities the rest of the AI ecosystem overlooks. That 10% is what keeps Tier 0 free for you — and free for the next founder behind you.

Equity, by design

60%+ of Tier 1 graduates receive subsidized or full-scholarship access via partner orgs and the Perpetual Engine cross-subsidy.

Built for everyone

PPP-adjusted pricing for Africa, the Caribbean, South Asia, and Latin America. Same curriculum. Same certificate. A price that fits your reality.

No catch

Tier 0 is permanently free. Not a trial. Not a teaser. The funnel works because the content is good, not because it traps you.

What's next

The IHA Founders ladder

Foundations is the front door. Where you go after is up to you.

Tier 1$149

Certified

Self-paced + community certification. Six weeks. Ship one applied AI project in your real business. PPP-adjusted to $25 in Africa Tier 1.

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Tier 2 · Recommended$1,495

Operator Cohort

Live cohort, weekly Zoom sessions, the AI tutor, applied capstone. Eight weeks. You finish with a capstone shipped in your real business.

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BeyondAdvanced

Keep going

Operators who finish the cohort can continue into advanced founder intensives and executive strategy — deeper applied work as your business grows.

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Questions

The honest answers

If something else is on your mind, contact@theiha.org.

Three hours from now, you have a working AI workflow.

Or three hours from now, you don't. The decision is the lesson.

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No credit card. No catch. Permanently free.