Free · no signup to start · built for South Dakota businesses
Learn to actually use AI at work.
A free 40-minute course in plain English. Finish it and earn a certificate — the kind your business claims $1,000 per employee for under South Dakota’s AI grant.
Start the free courseSix modules · about 40 minutes · works on your phone
Works with the tools you’ve heard of:
ChatGPT
Claude
Gemini
Copilot
What you get
40 minutes, not a semester
Six short modules with prompts you run on your real work.
The safety part included
Hallucinations, data privacy, and a one-page AI policy for your team.
A certificate that pays
Everyone who finishes earns a certificate your business claims under the state grant.
What you’ll be ready to do
- Draft customer emails
- Turn a rough process into an SOP
- Summarize long documents
- Protect sensitive business information
- Spot patterns in business numbers
- Build a one-page AI policy
What’s in the course
- 1What AI actually isWhat these tools actually do, what they're great at, and the one thing to never trust blindly.6 min
- 2Prompting that worksBrief it like a new hire: four parts that turn vague asks into useful drafts.6 min
- 3Everyday business winsThe five places AI pays off first — each with a prompt you can steal.7 min
- 4Hands-on walkthroughsThree real exercises with your own material: an email, an SOP, and your numbers.7 min
- 5Risks and guardrailsMade-up facts, data privacy, and a one-page AI policy for your team.5 min
- 6Make it stickThe two-week habit, your certificate, and the state money that comes with it.5 min
Free course. A certificate worth $1,000 per employee.
This course qualifies for the grant’s AI Awareness category: finish it and your business can claim $1,000 per employee, up to $10,000. Awards are decided by the state Aug 25; we’ll walk you through the 10-minute application.
See the funding detailsWho built this
EdgeTeam is a South Dakota AI consulting and training company. The course is free, with no account required; we only ask for your name when you claim the certificate.