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AI Automation and Agentic AI Basics

Learn how to strategically use AI and no-code tools to build automations from AI experts. No coding background required!

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  • 5-Week Certificate Course
  • Industry Expert Instructors
  • Online (On-Demand + Live Sessions)
  • Price:
    $1,950 $1,700 (SAVE 13%)
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Introduction to AI Automation

Get a sneak peek into our AI Automation course! Meet our expert instructors, explore the curriculum, and see how using AI and no-code tools can boost your productivity.

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What You'll Learn

This online course is the next step for people who are comfortable with the basics of generative AI prompting and ready to advance their AI skills to turn automation ideas into reality. Over 5 weeks, you will learn how to:

+Identify high-impact automation opportunities
+Map the process from point A to Z (with step-by-step guidance!)
+Leverage AI and no-code tools to build an automated workflow
+Craft a winning pitch about your AI automation
+Bonus workshop: AI agents and agentic AI

Put your new AI skills to work

Embracing AI and building advanced skills that you can use on the job will help you feel more confident–and help you stand out to your current team, clients, or potential employers. This course is designed to help you:

+Develop job-relevant AI skills
+Learn how to unpack business problems and map out solutions
+Leverage no-code tools to increase efficiency
+Stay relevant in an AI-driven world
+Lead AI adoption and implementation with your team

Expert AI Instructors

Leading AI practitioners. Emerging technology researchers. Business innovators. Our all-star line-up of course instructors are amazing educators–and they’re also savvy business professionals who thoughtfully designed this course with working professionals in mind. In every session, you’ll learn concepts and techniques to help you put AI to work.

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Danoosh Kapadia
AI-Powered Growth Strategist
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Michelle Lentz
Chief Technologist & AI Strategist
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Susan Morrow
Founder & CEO
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Anitha Mercy
Chief Technology Officer
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Nicholas Saller
Owner
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Our Learners

This course is ideal for professionals who need practical, AI-powered workflow solutions to boost efficiency and drive impact—without relying on a development or engineering team.

Advance Your AI Skills

This is an advanced course for learners who are regular users of ChatGPT, Claude, or other generative AI tools and are ready to advance their skills beyond prompting to build automated workflows.

Learn With Peers Across Roles

Learners come from diverse backgrounds, from individual contributors to team leaders across marketing, sales, and operations. As well as entrepreneurs and consultants looking to gain AI automation skills.

Your Time

You should expect to spend six to eight hours per week engaging with on-demand content, including hands-on activities and assignments in the online learning management system (LMS).

You can also attend live sessions each week. These two-hour online sessions are a great place to engage with expert AI practitioners who will help you fine-tune your workflows to apply them on the job.

What You'll Earn

Knowledge and Experience

A university-issued certificate of completion that verifies knowledge and hands-on experience in key AI skill areas, including:

  • Identifying automation opportunities
  • Creating process maps
  • Building an end-to-end AI-powered automation
  • Utilizing no-code tools
  • Distinguishing between AI agents and agentic AI
  • Driving adoption of AI workflows with teams and stakeholders
  • Explore AI agents and agentic AI fundamentals

Skills to Stay Relevant in the Workforce

  • Building job-relevant AI skills
  • Unpacking business problems and mapping out automation solutions
  • Identifying when to leverage no-code tools, AI agents, and agentic AI to increase efficiency
  • Leading AI adoption and implementation with your team
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AI Automation Certificate Course

5 weeks

Flexible online learning with optional mentor-led live sessions

Price:
$1,950 $1,700 (SAVE 13%)

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"One of the first things I did following the course was develop a workflow for our expense report program. It saved us $15,000 a year."

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Frequently Asked Questions

Expect to dedicate approximately 6-8 hours weekly to engaging with online, on-demand content crafted by expert AI practitioners. This includes immersive hands-on activities and assignments within our online learning management system (LMS).

You can also attend optional live sessions each week. These two-hour online sessions are a great place to engage with expert AI practitioners who will help you fine-tune your workflows and stay current on the latest AI news. Sessions are recorded and available to watch on-demand if you can’t join live.

As industries rapidly integrate AI technologies, the demand for professionals proficient in AI skills has surged. Job postings with generative AI increased by 15,625% from 2021 to 2024, according to the Lightcast “Speed of Skill Change” report, underscoring significant market demand. Additionally, Lightcast found that AI skills command a 28% salary premium in the Beyond the Buzz: Developing the AI Skills Employers Actually Need report.

This course is ideal for business professionals, business owners, and consultants seeking practical solutions to turn automation ideas into reality without relying on a development or engineering team.  

Learners taking this course should be regular users of ChatGPT, Claude, or other generative AI tools and be ready to advance their skills beyond prompting to build automated workflows.

AI prompting is a foundational skill that involves entering specific instructions or queries into AI systems like ChatGPT to generate desired outputs, such as text, images, or code. It involves crafting text prompts to achieve the user's goals.

AI Automation goes a step further. It focuses on automating tasks by integrating AI tools into structured workflows. This course teaches you how to connect AI with no-code automation tools like Make.com, Zapier, and n8n to streamline processes, reduce manual work, and enhance efficiency.

To learn more about the different AI courses, email us at support@ziplines.com, and someone from our team will get back to you.
 

Yes. Learners taking this course should be regular users of ChatGPT, Claude, or other generative AI tools and be ready to advance their skills beyond prompting to build automated workflows.

ChatGPT Plus will be required to complete the course. It will be provided to learners for the duration of the course.

The course and the Playbook projects will provide you with content to create a portfolio, but you are responsible for creating a portfolio on the platform of your choice.

In order to receive a certificate of completion, learners must complete 100% of online coursework, achieve 70% or better on each module assessment, and submit all course playbooks.

We are confident in the quality of our learning experience, having supported thousands of learners and received hundreds of 5-star reviews. Because we believe so strongly in the value and impact of our course, we offer a 7-day money-back guarantee from the start date. If the course isn't the right fit for you, you can withdraw within the first week of your course and receive a full refund, no questions asked.

You’ll access on-demand content and assignments through our learning platform and join the optional (but recommended) mentor-led live sessions once a week through our video conference platform. The live sessions are recorded. The online learning management system can be accessed on a computer from anywhere with an internet connection.

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