- ★ Cohorts launching soon · Every cohort includes a certification · Join the waitlist
- ◎ Workshops, cohorts, and certifications · Online and in person
- ✦ New: Free AI Training library · log completed courses for credit hours
- ✦ Cincy AI Week and Columbus AI Week: in the books
- ◈ Up next: Great Lakes AI Week · Toledo and Bowling Green · November 10-12
- ◈ 2027: Cincy AI Week June 8-10 · Columbus AI Week September 14-16 · Pre-registration open · All dates subject to change
- → Log 2, 4, and 8 hours · Unlock Explorer, Professional, and Leader certificates
- ⬡ Teams and orgs · Apply to the Ohio AI Accelerator
- ★ Coming in 2027: new certification pathways and more online learning
Ohio isAI Ready.
Practical AI training for Ohio's people, businesses, and communities. Earn an industry-recognized certification, join a sponsored cohort, or start with a workshop, online or in person. New learners are approved daily.
Find your path
Learners
Earn a certification, join a cohort, or start with a free workshop. New learners approved daily.
Trainers
Help deliver AI Ready Ohio training in your region or online. Apply to become a certified trainer.
Partners
Bring AI Ready Ohio to your community as a regional delivery and program partner.
Accelerator
For Ohio organizations ready to move from AI Ready to AI Enabled.
50+ Free AI Courses.
Zero Cost.
Start learning today with free courses from the companies building AI, plus Ohio programs and trusted universities. New resources are added daily. Completed a course? Log your hours and certifications toward AI Ready Ohio.
- NVIDIA
- OpenAI
- Anthropic
- Microsoft
- AWS
- IBM
- + Ohio resources
Pick a free course that fits your role and level. New to AI? Start with the U.S. Department of Labor's AI 101: text READY to 20202.
Browse Free TrainingYour path to
AI credentials
Earn training hours at in-person AI Week workshops, through the free AI Ready Ohio Virtual Training Day courses, or with an approved training partner. 2 hours unlocks AI Explorer, 4 hours unlocks AI Empowered Professional, and 8 hours unlocks AI Empowered Leader. No technical background required.
AI Explorer
2 total training hours. Unlocks your first certificate and profile badge.
AI Empowered Professional
4 total training hours. Unlocks the AI Empowered Professional certificate and profile badge.
AI Empowered Leader
8 total training hours. Unlocks the AI Empowered Leader certificate and profile badge.
In-Person AI Week Workshops
Attend hands-on AI Ready Ohio workshops at Cincy, Columbus, and Great Lakes AI Week.
See Events →Virtual Training Day Courses
Complete the free AI Ready Ohio Virtual Training Day courses online, at your own pace.
Start Free Courses →Approved Training Partners
Complete training through an AI Ready Ohio approved training partner.
Browse Approved Training →- Stack additional hours and certificates
- Unlock access to cohort-based learning programs
- Get matched to program partners and resources
Role-based, tool-based, and industry-based credentials are coming in 2027.
Microsoft Master · Claude Master · ChatGPT Master and more
Learn the way
that works for you.
AI Ready Ohio offers three ways to learn, online and in person. Every program type expands in 2027.
Workshops
Hands-on sessions, virtual and in person, that get you using AI tools right away. Offered online statewide and at regional hubs and AI Week events.
See Events →Cohorts
Learn alongside peers in a group led by an experienced practitioner, built around a shared focus like small business, manufacturing, or nonprofits.
See Cohorts →Certification Cohorts
Earn an industry-recognized AI certification while working through it with a peer or partner cohort.
Get Certified →Seven sponsored cohorts for small businesses, nonprofits, manufacturers, executives, economic developers, security leaders, and everyday Ohioans. Every cohort includes an industry-recognized certification.
2026
So Far.
From Cincinnati to Columbus to every corner of the state online, AI Ready Ohio brought training to thousands of Ohioans this year. Up next: Toledo.
All Events- November 10 – 12Great Lakes AI WeekToledo and Bowling Green / Northwest OhioUp Next · Register →
- September 10 – 11Columbus AI WeekColumbus / Central OhioIn the Books
- August 26AI Ready Ohio Virtual Training DayStatewide · OnlineIn the Books
- June 9 – 11Cincy AI WeekGreater Cincinnati / Southwest OhioIn the Books
Three Pillars.
All of Ohio.
In 2027, AI Ready Ohio expands across each of its three pillars.
Training and Education
More online learning resources, new certification pathways, and more in-person cohorts through regional hubs and AI Week.
Explore Certifications →02Ohio AI Accelerator
More cohorts helping Ohio organizations move from AI Ready to AI Enabled, with tracks for every type and size of organization.
Explore Accelerator →03Statewide AI Advisory and Leadership Convenings
Bringing Ohio's business, education, and civic leaders together to shape how the state adopts AI.
See Events →More online learning resources, new certification pathways, and more coming soon.
Get StartedFrom AI Ready to AI Enabled.
People, businesses, and communities across all of Ohio, building practical AI skills and putting AI to work through workshops, cohorts, and certifications.
From AI Ready
to AI Enabled.
All of Ohio.
AI Ready Ohio takes Ohioans, Ohio businesses, and Ohio communities from AI Ready to AI Enabled. The first state-level AI Ready State initiative in America, with 3,300+ Ohioans already on the path. A workforce and economic development program championed by JobsOhio and the Enterprise Technology Association, powered by a coalition of community partners across all of Ohio.
We meet people where they are. From manufacturing floor to boardroom. From classroom to capitol. Three audiences, one statewide initiative: the people building Ohio's AI workforce, the businesses adopting and deploying AI, and the communities anchoring it all.
Meet the CoalitionIs your Ohio
organization
AI Ready?
The Ohio AI Accelerator is an intensive AI education and implementation program for Ohio organizations of every type and size. Whether you're a startup, small business, midmarket, enterprise, nonprofit, government, research and education institution, or public-private partnership, there's a track designed for you.
Move from AI Ready to AI Enabled. Build, adopt, and lead with AI through training, peer collaboration, and direct implementation support.
Ohio's AI
ecosystem,
mapped for you.
The Navigator will surface jobs, training programs, partners, events, and the full AI ecosystem in one place, matched to your goals, your region, and your role. It's still in development.
PreviewRegional Hubs.
All of Ohio.
Greater Cincinnati
- University of Cincinnati
- Xavier University
- Miami University
Columbus
- The Ohio State University
Toledo
- University of Toledo
- Bowling Green State University
Cleveland
- Greater Cleveland Partnership
- Cle AI & Data
- JumpStart Ventures
- Hopetown USA
Dayton
- Coalition forming
Akron / Canton
- Coalition forming
Youngstown
- Coalition forming
Powered by JobsOhio + ETA + a coalition of community partners.