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V E T E R A N  O W N E D  &  O P E R A T E D

You do not have
an AI problem.

You have an adoption problem.

Your licenses are bought. Your team went to the webinar. And roughly a third of them are actually using anything. We fix the part everyone skips—and we measure it, so you can prove it

Maryland · Virginia · Pennsylvania · Remote nationwide

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T R U S T E D  B Y  O R G A N I S A T I O N S  A C R O S S  T H E  M I D - A T L A N T I C

START FREE

Two things you can have right now, for nothing

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FREE •  NO COST • EVER

The AI Course Library

Self-paced courses across all five fluency levels. Enter your details once and the whole library unlocks.

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FREE DOWNLOAD

The Microsoft 365 Copilot Guide

Practical prompts and real examples for Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Teams.

OUR FRAMEWORK

The AI Ascend

Five defined levels. Every employee has a score. Every department has an average. You always know exactly where you stand.

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L1

Explorer
 

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L2

Practitioner
 

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L3

Specialist
 

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L4

Workflow
Architect

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L5

Transformation Leader

THE AI FLUENCY PLATFORM

Training ends. Capability compounds.

Role-specific missions built on real work, a standardised fluency score, and a leadership console showing adoption by department in real time.

$45

per employee seat, per year

Free

business account at 25+ employees

5

fluency levels, Explorer to Transformation Leader

86¢

per person, per week

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THE MOMENT

The gap is not knowledge. It is habit.

75%

of global knowledge workers use AI at work.

Microsoft & LinkedIn, 2024 Work Trend Index

79%

of leaders say AI adoption is critical to remain competitive.

Microsoft & LinkedIn, 2024 Work Trend Index

63%

of employers identify skills gaps as a major barrier to business transformation.

World Economic Forum, Future of Jobs Report 2025

$2.6T–$4.4T

in annual economic value could be generated by generative AI across 63 use cases.

McKinsey Global Institute, 2023

PROBLEMS WE SOLVE

The real cost of standing still

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Tools bought, not used

Licences renew every year. Usage never gets checked.

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Nobody has time

Building internal training is a project nobody can start.

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No way to prove ROI

Leadership asks what the spend achieved. Nobody has a number.

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Governance worries

Unclear data rules mean careful people use nothing at all.

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Team resistance

A few power users carry it. Everyone else quietly opted out.

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Don’t know where to start

Which team, which tool, which task — all unanswered.

HOW WE WORK

Measure. Build. Prove. Expand.

0 1 . M E A S U R E

Readiness Assessment

$1,750

Two weeks. Department-by-department baseline and a prioritised roadmap.

0 2 . B U I L D · M O S T  P O P U L A R

Workforce Pilot

$6,650

90 days, one department. Role-specific training on your own workflows.

0 3. P R O V E

Measured outcomes

Included

Adoption before and after, in a report you can take to a board.

0 4 . E X PA N D

Accelerator & Enterprise

From $16,800

Next departments, champion certification, org-wide rollout.

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FOUNDER

Paul Hylenski

​Marine veteran · AI educator

T H E  F O U N D E R

People Hire an Expert Before
They Buy a Service.

Marine veteran. Two decades leading organisations through change. The Academy is the product — the transformation is the point.

“I don't teach AI. I help organizations decide what AI is worth doing — and then make it actually stick.”

Start with two weeks
and $1,750

You get a written baseline of where your teams actually are, a prioritised 90-day roadmap, and an honest recommendation — whether or not you work with us afterwards.

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