AI Foundations
OpenAI Academy
CourseAI foundations & literacyBeginnerFree
For: Professionals beginning or strengthening AI literacy
Why explore: Foundational generative AI concepts and responsible use.
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The AI Skills Stack
30 free courses and certifications for your career
30 of 30 resources
Elements of AI: Introduction to AI
University of Helsinki
CourseAI foundations & literacyBeginnerFree
For: Professionals beginning or strengthening AI literacy
Why explore: Conceptual AI literacy without programming.
An Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
The Open University
CourseAI foundations & literacyBeginnerFree
For: Professionals beginning or strengthening AI literacy
Why explore: AI development, society, and ethics overview.
AI Fluency
Microsoft Learn
CourseAI foundations & literacyBeginnerFree
For: Professionals beginning or strengthening AI literacy
Why explore: AI foundations, prompting, and responsible use path.
Introduction to Generative AI and Agents
Microsoft Learn
CourseAI foundations & literacyBeginnerFree
For: Professionals beginning or strengthening AI literacy
Why explore: LLMs, prompts, and agent basics.
Build Foundational Generative AI Skills
Microsoft Learn
CourseAI productivity & promptingBeginnerFree
For: Professionals beginning or strengthening AI literacy
Why explore: Core generative AI skills for daily work.
Create Effective Prompts
Microsoft Learn
CourseAI productivity & promptingBeginnerFree
For: Professionals beginning or strengthening AI literacy
Why explore: Prompt patterns for reliable outputs.
ChatGPT Prompt Engineering for Developers
DeepLearning.AI
CourseAI productivity & promptingBeginnerFree
For: Professionals beginning or strengthening AI literacy
Why explore: Developer-focused prompt engineering.
Generative AI for Trainers
Microsoft Learn
CourseAI productivity & promptingBeginnerFree
For: Professionals beginning or strengthening AI literacy
Why explore: GenAI for learning and enablement roles.
Prompt Engineering with GitHub Copilot
Microsoft Learn
CourseAI productivity & promptingBeginnerFree
For: Professionals beginning or strengthening AI literacy
Why explore: Copilot prompt patterns in dev workflows.
Python
Kaggle Learn
CourseData analysis & AI analyticsBeginnerFree
For: Professionals beginning or strengthening AI literacy
Why explore: Python basics for data work.
Pandas
Kaggle Learn
CourseData analysis & AI analyticsBeginnerFree
For: Professionals beginning or strengthening AI literacy
Why explore: Data manipulation with pandas.
Data Visualization
Kaggle Learn
CourseData analysis & AI analyticsBeginnerFree
For: Professionals beginning or strengthening AI literacy
Why explore: Visualization fundamentals.
Intro to Machine Learning
Kaggle Learn
CourseData analysis & AI analyticsBeginnerFree
For: Professionals beginning or strengthening AI literacy
Why explore: Supervised learning basics.
Intermediate Machine Learning
Kaggle Learn
CourseData analysis & AI analyticsBeginnerFree
For: Professionals beginning or strengthening AI literacy
Why explore: Missing values, categorical features, pipelines.
Machine Learning Crash Course
Google for Developers
CourseData analysis & AI analyticsBeginnerFree
For: Professionals beginning or strengthening AI literacy
Why explore: Google ML crash course with exercises.
Intro to Deep Learning
Kaggle Learn
CourseAI development & technical skillsBeginnerFree
For: Professionals beginning or strengthening AI literacy
Why explore: Neural network fundamentals.
Generative AI Apps on Microsoft Foundry
Microsoft Learn
CourseAI development & technical skillsBeginnerFree
For: Professionals beginning or strengthening AI literacy
Why explore: Build genAI apps on Azure AI Foundry.
Hugging Face LLM Course
Hugging Face
CourseAI development & technical skillsBeginnerFree
For: Professionals beginning or strengthening AI literacy
Why explore: Open LLM course with transformers.
GitHub Copilot Fundamentals
Microsoft Learn
CourseAI development & technical skillsBeginnerFree
For: Professionals beginning or strengthening AI literacy
Why explore: Copilot fundamentals for developers.
Hugging Face AI Agents Course
Hugging Face
CourseAI automation & agentsBeginnerFree
For: Professionals beginning or strengthening AI literacy
Why explore: Build and evaluate AI agents.
Hugging Face MCP Course
Hugging Face
CourseAI automation & agentsBeginnerFree
For: Professionals beginning or strengthening AI literacy
Why explore: Model Context Protocol for tool-connected agents.
Generative AI Apps That Use Tools
Microsoft Learn
CourseAI automation & agentsBeginnerFree
For: Professionals beginning or strengthening AI literacy
Why explore: Tool use patterns for genAI apps.
AI-First Solutions in Power Platform
Microsoft Learn
CourseAI automation & agentsBeginnerFree
For: Professionals beginning or strengthening AI literacy
Why explore: AI solutions in Power Platform.
Building Systems with the ChatGPT API
DeepLearning.AI
CourseAI automation & agentsBeginnerFree
For: Professionals beginning or strengthening AI literacy
Why explore: Multi-step systems with the ChatGPT API.
Transform Your Business with AI
Microsoft Learn
CourseAI strategy, governance & leadershipBeginnerFree
For: Professionals beginning or strengthening AI literacy
Why explore: Business transformation with AI.
Build Effective Generative AI Solutions
Microsoft Learn
CourseAI strategy, governance & leadershipBeginnerFree
For: Professionals beginning or strengthening AI literacy
Why explore: Solution design for genAI in orgs.
Intro to AI Ethics
Kaggle Learn
CourseAI strategy, governance & leadershipBeginnerFree
For: Professionals beginning or strengthening AI literacy
Why explore: Ethics concepts for AI practitioners.
Machine Learning Explainability
Kaggle Learn
CourseAI strategy, governance & leadershipBeginnerFree
For: Professionals beginning or strengthening AI literacy
Why explore: Interpretability for ML models.
Problem Framing for Machine Learning
Google for Developers
CourseAI strategy, governance & leadershipBeginnerFree
For: Professionals beginning or strengthening AI literacy
Why explore: Frame ML problems before building.
About this collection
This is the searchable companion to The Strategy Stack's AI Skills Stack on Substack.
Use it when you need career-relevant AI learning with clear credential expectations—not another undifferentiated course list.
Filter by capability area, cost, and difficulty. Each entry includes an original summary and a direct link to the provider.
Start with AI foundations and literacy, then add productivity, data, development, automation, and leadership skills aligned to your role.
For credential definitions, learning pathways, and full editorial context, read the field guide on Substack (linked on this page).
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