OpenAI Academy - free AI courses, badges and live events
OpenAI
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- Who it's for
- Anyone
Open to: veterans, active duty / transitioning service members, spouses, family or caregivers. - Cost
- Free
- Free with no benefit?
- Yes: no GI Bill, VR&E or VET TEC benefit needed.
- What you get
- Free self-paced OpenAI courses: AI Foundations (about 70 min), Applied AI Foundations and Agents and Workflows for everyday work; builder courses on Codex and the OpenAI API; AI leadership; AI for educators and college students. Each course has an assessment and a badge (pass with 80% or higher); finishing a full pathway earns a certificate of completion. Also free live and on-demand events and workshops (Codex bootcamps, ChatGPT 101 webinars, some in-person events)
- Type
- Certification or course
- Credential strength
- 2/5: Free course with a completion certificate at most; builds skills, low weight with employers.
- Duration
- About 1 hour or more per course (self-paced)
- Format
- Online (Online, self-paced courses plus scheduled live and on-demand events)
- Deadline
- None (self-paced)
- Next start
- Rolling
- Jobs it can lead to
- Any professional; AI-assisted office roles; Software Developer
- Notes
- OpenAI says its Academy badges and certificates of completion are not OpenAI Certifications and do not guarantee eligibility for a future certification. Courses are hosted on Gradual. Course list: academy.openai.com/pages/courses; details: help.openai.com/en/articles/20001270-openai-academy-courses.
- Official page
- academy.openai.com
- Last checked
- Oct 6, 2026