the academy
Certificates you can't cram for.
Every OAC level is assessed on one thing: a working system you built in your own business. No quizzes, no slideware. The deliverable is the evidence and the badge is the receipt.
the ladder
Four levels. Start wherever you are.
Each level maps to modules of the curriculum and ends with a deliverable that keeps working after the badge arrives.
Get AI working inside your actual workflow
Your operations repo and CLAUDE.md, live and in daily use
Give AI your business's full context
A version-controlled knowledge base AI can query
Build agents and tools your team relies on
Working automation plus your first custom software
Ship a system that makes money
A revenue-generating operation, run as code
why 12 months
AI moves too fast for lifetime badges.
A two-year-old AI certification proves nothing about current capability. OAC credentials expire after 12 months, and renewal is practical: you show the system still runs and has grown. That keeps the badge worth something.
Two ways to learn
Live cohorts: four weeks with your team on your real business, then three months of support. Or the self-paced community track at your own speed, with the same practical bar to pass.
Verifiable by anyone
Every credential carries a public verification link showing the holder, level, issue date and expiry. Anyone can check it without trusting our word for it.
start here
Cohorts are running now.
Book 30 minutes with Adam. Tell him where you are, solo or bringing a team, and you'll leave knowing which level to start at and when the next cohort begins.