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Global Association of AI

Building Global Standards & Trust in AI

A global AI community advancing practical standards, competency, certification, audit and organizational verification.

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Published StandardsGAAI-100 → GAAI-500
Organizational VerificationAssess · Audit · Verify
Competency CredentialsDemonstrated, not attended
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Global AI Adoption

Stay informed on how artificial intelligence is evolving, being adopted, researched, regulated and applied around the world.

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Choose your path

Where Are You in Your AI Journey?

Four entry points into the same standards framework — for students, graduates, professionals and organizations.

High School

Students

Grades 8–12

Learn AI fundamentals and demonstrate practical skills.

GAAI Certified AI Student™
  • AI Skills
  • Projects
  • Leadership
  • Internship Opportunities
  • College Planning
  • Entrepreneurship
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College

Undergraduates

College & university

Build practical AI skills for internships and careers.

GAAI Certified AI Associate™
  • Applied AI
  • Projects
  • Portfolio
  • Internships
  • Career Readiness
  • Entrepreneurship
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Professional

Practitioners

Working professionals

Validate your professional AI competency.

GAAI Certified AI Professional™
  • Training Path
  • Direct Exam Path
  • Competency assessment
  • Responsible AI
  • Credential maintenance
  • Professional recognition
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Company

Organizations

Any size or sector

Understand and improve organizational AI maturity.

GAAI AI Assessment & Verification
  • Assess
  • Improve
  • Audit
  • Verify
  • GAAI-400 Organization Standard
  • Public verification record
Assess Your Organization
The GAAI Trust Framework

From Community to Verified Trust

From community participation to trusted AI competency and organizational verification.

GAAI AI Standards Framework™

One Framework. Clear AI Standards.

Three competency standards for individuals, and two standards for organizations and audit.

GAAI-100

AI Foundations & Responsible Use

Core understanding of AI capability, limitations and responsible everyday use.

Competency · Foundation
GAAI-200

Applied AI Competency

Applying AI to real tasks and producing working, evidenced outcomes.

Competency · Applied
GAAI-300

Professional AI Competency

Professional-level capability, judgement and responsible practice at work.

Competency · Professional
GAAI-400

AI Organization Standard

Organizational requirements covering AI practice, governance and controls.

Organization
GAAI-500

AI Audit Standard

How AI practices, controls and evidence are independently examined.

Audit
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Certifications

Don’t Just Learn AI.
Prove What You Can Do.

GAAI certifications recognize individuals who meet defined competency requirements and successfully complete applicable assessments or examinations.

Student

GAAI Certified AI Student™

For high school students demonstrating practical AI fundamentals.

Associate

GAAI Certified AI Associate™

For college students building applied AI capability and a portfolio.

Professional

GAAI Certified AI Professional™

For working professionals validating professional AI competency.

Auditor

GAAI Certified AI Auditor™

For audit professionals examining organizational AI practice.

Credentials are distinct qualifications. Candidates enter at the level appropriate to them — progression through every level is not required.

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Certification routes

Two Paths. One Standard. One Credential.

However a candidate prepares, the assessment and the credential are identical.

Path 1

Training Path

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GAAI / Authorized Provider Training
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Prepare
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GAAI Assessment / Exam
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GAAI CERTIFIED™
Path 2

Direct Exam Path

Published Prerequisites
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Eligibility Application
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GAAI Eligibility Review
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Same GAAI Exam
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GAAI CERTIFIED™
Training is not mandatory for candidates who satisfy the applicable published eligibility requirements.
Organizations

How AI-Ready Is Your Organization?

Assess. Improve. Audit. Verify.

01ASSESSEstablish a baseline against GAAI-400.
02IDENTIFY GAPSSee where practice and controls fall short.
03IMPROVEClose gaps and build repeatable AI practice.
04AUDITIndependent examination under GAAI-500.
05VERIFYReceive a verification level and public record.
06MAINTAINKeep verification current as AI use evolves.
GAAI AI READY™

The organization has completed an AI readiness assessment and meets the entry requirements of the GAAI AI Organization Standard.

GAAI AI VERIFIED™

AI practice, governance and controls have been independently examined against GAAI-400 and GAAI-500.

GAAI AI EXCELLENCE™

Verified organizational AI practice sustained at the highest level defined by the standard.

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GAAI VERIFY™

Verify a GAAI Credential or Organization

Anyone — an employer, a client, a partner or a regulator — can confirm a GAAI credential or an organizational verification against the public record.

Professional

Verify a Certified Professional

AI Auditor

Verify a Certified AI Auditor

Organization

Verify an Organization

Student

Verify a Certified AI Student

Associate

Verify a Certified AI Associate

Every qualifying digital credential can connect to a public GAAI verification record — scannable, shareable and independently checkable.

Results are drawn from the official GAAI verification record. Enter the exact Credential ID as issued.

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Global AI Community

One Global Community Advancing AI

GAAI begins with people. Students, professionals, organizations and educators contributing to how practical AI capability is defined, taught and verified.

Students
Professionals
Companies
Entrepreneurs
Educators
Researchers
Mentors
Training Providers

What the community does

ChaptersEventsConferencesHackathonsWorkshopsNetworkingMentorshipKnowledge SharingVolunteer Leadership
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Authorized Training Providers

GAAI Authorized Training Providers

Supporting practical AI education through qualified training organizations.

Role of GAAI

GAAI sets the standards

GAAI publishes the competency standards, defines the assessments and awards the credentials.

Role of the ATP

Authorized providers deliver training

ATPs are qualified organizations that deliver preparation and hands-on training aligned to GAAI standards.

Important

Training is separate from certification

Completing training does not automatically result in certification. Credentials are awarded only through GAAI assessment.

01APPLY
02REVIEW
03QUALIFY
04AUTHORIZE
05DELIVER
06MONITOR
07RENEW
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Innovation programs

From Idea to Impact

A connected pathway for AI ideas — from a first pitch, through structured validation, to a venture with a working business model.

01Stage One

AI Hackathon & Pitch Summit

Where an idea gets built, tested in public and pressure-tested by peers and mentors.

PresentBuildValidate
02Stage Two

GAAI Idea-to-Investment Launchpad

GIIL

A structured program that turns a validated idea into a defensible business model and an investor-ready pitch.

ValidateBuildBusiness ModelMentorPitch
03Stage Three

GAAI Venture Studio

Support for launching, connecting and scaling AI ventures beyond the program.

LaunchConnectScale
Participation or completion does not guarantee investment or funding.
GAAI Now

What’s Happening at GAAI

Certifications, standards updates, events, workshops and community opportunities — published and retired on a schedule.

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GAAI Knowledge Hub

GAAI Knowledge Hub

Practical knowledge for a changing AI landscape.

GAAI StandardsAI GovernanceResponsible AIAI CareersAI EducationAI EntrepreneurshipAI AuditAI InsightsVideosGAAI News
GAAI Standards

What a practical AI standard actually specifies

How competency requirements are written so they can be assessed rather than assumed.

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AI Governance

Governance that survives contact with real AI use

Policy, accountability and controls that hold up when AI is used day to day.

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Responsible AI

Responsible use as a competency, not a slogan

What responsible AI practice looks like when it has to be demonstrated.

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AI Careers

Proving AI capability to an employer

Why demonstrated competency travels further than a list of completed courses.

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AI Audit

What an AI audit examines

Evidence, controls and organizational practice under the GAAI Audit Standard.

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Videos

Explainers from the GAAI community

Short sessions on standards, certification routes and organizational verification.

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Global Association of AI

Build Trust in the Future of AI

Standards that can be applied. Competency that can be proven. Organizations that can be verified. A community behind all three.

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