AI Training for Michigan Businesses
Start with AI Build Day: an 8-hour, instructor-led course where your team builds working AI tools for its own workflows and takes them home. Delivered on site or live online. No technical background required.
Michigan employers: AI Build Day is built for Going PRO Talent Fund reimbursement, up to $2,000 per person against actual training cost. Awards are competitive.
Our courses
Two full-day programs. Most teams should start with AI Build Day.
AI Build Day: Build Working AI Tools for Your Business
8-hour intensive: teams leave with working AI tools
An 8-hour intensive where teams of 4-5 choose a track, build a real AI-powered tool using no-code platforms, and take it home. Every participant leaves with a working tool their organization can use immediately, not a binder of slides.
What you'll cover
- Three build tracks: AI Assistant, Automation Engine, or Intelligence Dashboard
- AI foundations: data privacy tiers, prompt engineering, tool selection
- Team problem scoping with Build Brief templates
- Guided build sprint: instructor demos then teams customize
What you leave with
- Working AI-powered tool your team takes home and uses immediately
- Completed Build Brief defining problem, solution, and success criteria
- 1-page User Guide for your tool
- ROI calculation with time saved and dollar value
AI for Business: Practical Skills for the Modern Workplace
8-hour hands-on course, no technical background required
A full-day, hands-on course that teaches business professionals how to use AI tools to save time, reduce costs, and make better decisions, starting today. Every module includes hands-on exercises using real business scenarios. Participants leave with an AI implementation plan tailored to their own organization.
What you'll cover
- AI fundamentals: what it can and can't do, choosing the right tools
- Prompt engineering: write effective prompts that produce usable output
- Daily operations: email triage, meeting notes, document analysis with AI
- Marketing & sales: content creation, competitive research, campaign building
What you leave with
- Write effective business prompts that produce usable output
- Automate or accelerate 3+ common daily business tasks with AI
- Create professional marketing content that matches your brand voice
- Build a 90-day AI adoption roadmap for your organization
Why train with us
Training that translates directly to better work
Hands-On, Not Theoretical
Every session uses real business scenarios. Participants leave with working skills and tools, not just slides.
Led by a Practitioner
Your instructor has built and deployed the AI systems he teaches. No junior trainers reading from a script.
Customized to Your Industry
We adapt every program to your industry, tools, and team skill levels. Manufacturing, healthcare, professional services, and more.
Built for the Talent Fund
AI Build Day is built to Michigan Going PRO Talent Fund requirements. The fund reimburses up to $2,000 per person against actual training cost. Awards are competitive and made to the employer.
Per Person
Up to $2,000
Lead Course
AI Build Day
Duration
8 Hours
Awards
Competitive
Grant-funded training
Michigan's Going PRO Talent Fund reimburses employers for qualified training against actual cost. AI Build Day is built to its requirements. The employer applies, awards are competitive, and training cannot start before the award date.
Going PRO Talent Fund
MichiganUp to $2,000 per person
Michigan's employer-led training grant. Reimburses employers for training that upskills current employees, against actual training cost. The employer applies, and awards are competitive.
Two application cycles a year. Training cannot start before the award date.
DOL Industry-Driven Skills Training Fund
Up to $8M per state award
U.S. Department of Labor grants to state workforce agencies, which use them to fund employer-led training in priority industries, artificial intelligence among them. Employers take part through their state's program, not by applying to the Department of Labor.
Awarded to state workforce agencies, not to employers
WIOA Training Programs
Varies by program
The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act funds skills training for in-demand occupations. AI and data skills are increasingly encouraged under WIOA's national priorities.
Administered through local workforce boards
USDOL Registered Apprenticeship
Up to $3,500 per apprentice
Going PRO's higher $3,500 rate applies only to USDOL Registered Apprenticeships, a separate program. Palavir courses are not registered apprenticeships and do not qualify for that rate. Our courses fall under the $2,000 per person training cap, reimbursed against actual cost.
Not available for Palavir courses
Training FAQ
Common questions about our courses and grant funding
We offer two full-day courses. AI Build Day is the lead course: teams build working AI tools for their own workflows and take them home. AI for Business teaches your team to use AI tools across your operations. Both are 8 hours, hands-on, and require no technical background.
Michigan's Going PRO Talent Fund reimburses employers for qualified training, up to $2,000 per person against what the training actually cost. AI Build Day is built to the fund's requirements: live, instructor-led, project-based, 8 hours, with assessments and a certificate of completion. The employer applies, awards are competitive, and training cannot start before the award date, so it is worth pricing both paths: grant-funded or paid directly.
No. Both courses are designed for business professionals with basic computer skills. No programming, coding, or technical background required. We teach practical AI skills using everyday business scenarios.
Yes. We adapt exercises, case studies, and discussion prompts to your specific industry: manufacturing, healthcare, professional services, or other sectors. The core frameworks stay the same; the examples become immediately relevant to your team.
Yes. We offer on-site, virtual, and hybrid delivery. On-site is ideal for Build Day where real-time collaboration matters. Virtual works well for the AI for Business course with distributed teams. We'll recommend the best format for your situation.
AI Build Day is the applied course: teams BUILD working AI tools (assistants, automations, or dashboards) for their own workflows and take them home. AI for Business teaches your team to USE AI tools across operations, marketing, and strategy, and participants leave with an implementation plan. For a Talent Fund application, Build Day is the course we recommend.
Ready to upskill your team?
Start with AI Build Day and your team leaves with working AI tools built around its own workflows. We also help you prepare the Talent Fund application.
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