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AI Governance Certified Practitioner
Built by practitioners, attorneys, auditors, and AI leaders.
The training your auditors already accept, the peer network your career compounds on, and the credential hiring managers recognize on sight.
$249/year. Credential maintained annually.
Onsite or remote training and certification for groups and teams. Team Enrollment →
Enrollment
What enrollment includes
Everything you need to earn the credential, deliver governance for the AI economy, and stay connected to the practitioners building it with you.
AIGCP-1 Certification
LinkedIn-verifiable credential with annual recertification. Recognized as SOC 2 audit evidence. A practitioner-grade credential for governance, risk, and compliance professionals.
Seven-Module Curriculum
Foundations of AI. Responsible AI Principles. AI Governance and Risk Management. Laws, Standards, and the Readiness Gap. Governing AI Development and Deployment. The Infrastructure of Trust. Practical Exercises and Case Studies.
Trust Type Personalized Analysis
Your full AI governance personality profile. Five types, five spectrums, strengths, blind spots, and next moves. Included with enrollment.
Striv Practitioner Network
Private community for certified practitioners. Peer discussion and curriculum updates as regulations evolve. Opportunity connections grow as the network grows.
Total Value
$1,146
Your enrollment: $249
AIGCP-2
AI Governance Certified ProfessionalThe advanced credential for senior practitioners, program leaders, and enterprise governance architects. Exam-based. Details available on inquiry.
Inquire about AIGCP-2 →Who This Is For
People whose name goes on the decision
Practitioners
Compliance, risk, privacy, security, and legal professionals who want to formalize AI governance expertise.
Product and Engineering
People building AI features who need to understand governance as an enabler, not a gate.
Consultants and Advisors
Independent professionals who need a credential that signals AI governance competence to clients.
Executives and Managers
Leaders who need to speak the language of AI governance with their board, their auditors, and their customers.
Curriculum
Seven modules. Four to six hours. Self-paced
Each module builds on the last. Start to finish across a weekend or an evening at a time.
Foundations of AI and the Agentic Shift
What AI is and isn't. History, neural networks, agentic AI, the AI lifecycle, and the AI Bill of Materials.
AI Impacts and Responsible Principles
Economic and social impacts. Responsible AI principles: fairness, accountability, transparency. Harm categories and the case for velocity with verification.
AI Governance and Risk Management
The shift from static to adaptive governance. AI risk taxonomies. Agentic threats: excessive agency, behavioral drift, tool poisoning. Governance as an enabler, not a roadblock.
Laws, Standards, and the Readiness Gap
EU AI Act. GDPR. CCPA. HIPAA. NIST AI RMF. ISO 42001. The Standards-Readiness Gap and what to do about it. Translating legal requirements into operational controls.
Governing AI Development and Deployment
Governance by architecture. Defense-in-depth. Continuous behavioral scoring. Binary kill-switches. Supply chain risks: tool poisoning, model integrity, third-party AI.
The Infrastructure of Trust
The future of AI commerce. The 1996 Telecom Act parallel. Governance as a Service mechanics. Trust Passports. Verifiable Trust Receipts. Where the market is going.
Practical Exercises and Case Studies
Apply the framework. Five structured exercises covering governance maturity assessment, risk identification, policy and compliance design, scenario-based risk response, and lessons learned from real-world AI failures.
Mikayla Sova
Program Coordinator, Trust Academy
The Program
“We serve the practitioners who will be running AI governance in the next decade. Our job is to give them the knowledge, the network, the technology, and the opportunities to succeed. The downstream innovations in healthcare, classrooms, and economic inclusion depend on Trust. And on the professionals who protect it.”
Trust Academy is a growing program, not a course catalog. Candidate success, practitioner development, and the community that forms afterward are what we measure ourselves on.
Reach the program team →Built by Practitioners
A working network of practitioners
The curriculum is written by a rotating network of AI governance practitioners. Federal policy authors, licensed attorneys, identity and privacy leaders, Fortune 500 compliance heads, academic researchers, and operators inside regulated industries. Every module reflects what governance looks like in production.
Federal AI Policy
Former DHS, Capitol Hill, federal AI policy architects
Legal and Regulatory
Licensed attorneys, CISA and CISSP holders, regulatory counsel
Identity, Privacy, and Data
SAP, Akamai, Gigya, Janrain, identity and consent architects
Enterprise Security
Fortune 500 security and compliance leads, incident response
Academic and Research
MIT, NSF-backed, NYU faculty, Ohio State faculty
Regulated Industry Operators
Healthcare, financial services, defense, critical infrastructure
Audit and Assurance
SOC 2, ISO 42001, NIST AI RMF, third-party assessor backgrounds
Military and Public Service
U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, federal government operations
Why Now
AI is already in production. The people who can govern it are the ones who get the next call.
70%
of the S&P 500 is actively building AI capabilities. The demand for governance expertise is growing faster than the talent pool.
92%
of organizations lack formal AI governance ownership. The first credentialed practitioners into these roles will shape how governance gets done.
81%
surge in AI M&A by S&P 500 companies year over year. Governance is now part of the acquisition due diligence stack.
Sources: Striv Trust Gap Index. CB Insights and HumanX, March 2026.
Enterprise Programs
Training is a compliance control. We provide the evidence
AI governance training is already an audit requirement for most organizations in scope for SOC 2. We provide the expertise, content, and infrastructure for corporate-scale training, certification, and evidence management.
Corporate Training
Custom curriculum delivery for teams of any size. Onsite, virtual, or self-paced. Branded certification pathways integrated with your L&D infrastructure. Completion reporting for HR and audit.
Certification and Evidence
AIGCP qualifies as SOC 2 HR audit evidence. We manage enrollment, tracking, credential issuance, and evidence packaging so your compliance team has what auditors expect.
Partner and Channel Programs
Require or recommend AIGCP for your consulting bench, vendor teams, or channel partners. We handle enrollment, reporting, and the opportunity network that connects certified practitioners to the organizations hiring them.
Questions
What people ask before enrolling
How long does the certification take?
Four to six hours of focused learning. Self-paced. Most practitioners complete it across a week of evenings or a weekend.
Does this count for audit evidence?
Yes. The AIGCP certification qualifies as SOC 2 HR audit evidence for AI governance training. Organizations use it to demonstrate that their teams have received appropriate governance education.
What if I don't finish in time?
You won't run out of time. Enrollment includes lifetime access to the materials. You complete the certification when you are ready.
Is there a refund policy?
Enrollment is final. You receive lifetime access to the materials and the credential upon completion.
Will this be offered in cohorts?
Not today. You enroll and begin immediately. As demand grows, we may add cohort options with live sessions and peer groups. Current enrollment includes lifetime access, so you will have access to any cohort features we add in the future.
The training your auditors expect. The credential your peers will recognize
Enroll today. Begin today. Carry the credential into your next conversation.
$249/year. Credential maintained annually.