Start before you feel ready.
Four ways in. Learn AI hands-on, build a business plan with a cohort, deliver real work for a real client, or earn a free credential. Most people do more than one.
One path, three steps
Start free and online. Go deeper when you're ready. Each step stands on its own, so you can stop at any of them or come back later.
Learn & Build With AI
Artificial intelligence shouldn't feel out of reach. We make it practical and accessible, so founders, students, and professionals can use AI to work smarter and build faster. Free, online, and open to anyone.
- Free and fully online, no application and no cost
- Real tools applied to your real work and ideas, no CS background needed
- The starting point for everything in Co-Create With AI
Technology as a lever
AI is a means, not an end. We frame it around the human outcomes it enables: opportunity, quality of life, and the freedom to build what matters to you.
Learn by doing, together
Bring your project. Sit with peers and mentors. Use AI tools to move faster and learn in real time, the way builders actually grow.
Co-Create With AI Lab
Co-Create With AI is our umbrella for hands-on AI programs, the next stage after Learn & Build With AI. The Lab is the ongoing one: a standing working session at TIQC, in person, for premium members. Not a lecture. You bring a real project and leave having moved it forward.
- In person at TIQC, premium membership required
- Get unstuck with AI tools, mentors, and peer feedback
- Leave each session with something built, capacity is limited while we pilot the format
Finish one thing that matters
You arrive with a real business goal and leave with an AI team already working on it, plus a plan and someone in your corner while you run it.
Co-Create With AI Bootcamp
The Lab builds the habit. The Bootcamp is where you finish something. One weekend to build your AI team around a single business goal, then ninety days of coaching so it doesn't stall the week after.
- One weekend in person at TIQC, then ninety days of coaching
- Built for non-tech founders, no coding required
- A small cohort, so everyone gets hands-on help
From an idea to a business plan
WIBO Grow is a sixteen-week entrepreneurship workshop, run as a cohort. You arrive with an idea and leave with a plan you can actually use.
One evening a week for sixteen weeks, three hours a session, plus an orientation before it starts. Each week is led by a volunteer expert: entrepreneurs, lawyers, financial professionals, and industry leaders who have done the thing they're teaching.
WIBO has run this program for over sixty years, with 20,000 graduates. TIQC hosts the Queens cohort, supplies group leaders, and holds the graduation.
- $360 for the full program, with limited scholarships and payment options
- No business background required. Idea stage is a fine place to start
- You finish with a written business plan, not a folder of notes
The plan is useful. The people are why it sticks.
Most participants tell us the same thing: the business plan got them organized, and the cohort got them through. WIBO alumni stay connected to TIQC long after graduation, and many come back as mentors.
Real clients, real deliverables, three hours at a time
The 3-Hour Micro-Internship puts CUNY students on a live business problem. One real client, three focused hours, and a one-page report the client reads and acts on.
For business owners
Bring us a live problem and we'll match it to a student who's ready to work on it. You get fresh thinking on something real. They get their first professional deliverable and a client who read it.
The micro-internship is the second rung on a five-level pathway. One free AI certification is the only thing standing between a student and their first case. From there the ladder runs through specialty sprints, project teams, and real client engagements.
You advance on what you can do, not on time served. Every level asks one question: what will you be able to do after finishing it?
- One AI certification is the only entry requirement, and it's free
- Around 50 developed cases, matched to real client companies
- Paid whenever funding allows, and the certificate is earned either way
Over 700 students have come through TIQC internships. 3HMI participants rate the program 9.6 out of 10.
Credentials, at no cost to you
The programs above give you momentum and people. Certificates give you something an employer already recognizes. Most people need both.
TIQC sponsors 28 professional certificates and labs from Google and AWS. Data analytics, cybersecurity, UX design, project management, cloud architecture, machine learning, and more.
We don't teach these. Google and AWS do. What TIQC does is pay for your seat and get you enrolled, so cost and access stop being the reason you didn't start.
- Free, self-paced, and fully online
- No degree or prior experience required
- You don't have to be a Queens College student
Which one first?
If you're new to AI, start with Google AI Essentials. If you're new to cloud, start with AWS Cloud Foundations. Both assume zero background, and both are short enough to finish.
Your first step is free.
Join the community for programs, events, and workshops, then keep going as far as your ambition takes you.