The standards body for the AI profession.
GAISB™ is the vendor-neutral, practitioner-governed institution responsible for defining, governing, and evolving the professional standard for artificial intelligence. Candidates earn the Certified in AI Standards (CAIS™) credential inside Prompt Atlas, the official GAISB™ community, by shipping real, defended, production-grade AI systems.
Authored by GAISB™. Earned inside Prompt Atlas. Proven by what they build.
Every other AI certification is centralized. This one is not.
Traditional standards bodies are owned by single institutions, written behind closed doors, and revocable at will. GAISB is built like the technology it governs — distributed, peer-authored, and verifiable by anyone, anywhere, without permission.
Centralized Authority
- Owned by a single vendor, company, or governing body.
- Standards written behind closed doors.
- Records held in private databases, revocable at will.
- Verification controlled by one institution.
- Updates set by a small internal committee.
- Trust is assumed.
Decentralized Profession
- Authored by a global community across 12+ countries.
- Standards published in the open, peer-reviewed, citable.
- Credentials issued on-chain — immutable and permanent.
- Verification is public, instant, and trustless.
- Evolved through shared governance, not boardroom edicts.
- Trust is verifiable.
Three layers. One profession.
No competitor can reach all three.
Every CAIS credential passes through three independent layers — each one binding, each one verifiable, each one impossible for a course provider, a vendor, or a platform to replicate.
Authored by GAISB™.
The Common Body of Knowledge, the Code of Professional Conduct, and the CAIS examination blueprint are owned and governed by the vendor-neutral, practitioner-governed GAISB™ Standards Council — an independent body of practitioners, academics, and governance leaders, constituted under bylaws. Not a course company. Not a vendor. A standards body.
Earned inside Prompt Atlas.
The CAIS credential is issued through a single official route: the GAISB™ program delivered inside Prompt Atlas — the official community of GAISB™. Self-paced curriculum, seven real-world builds mapped to the seven CBK domains, one production capstone, live cohorts, and governed assessment. No alternate route exists.
Proven through real builds.
The CAIS credential is not awarded for attendance, theory, or test scores. It is awarded for demonstrated competence — verified through real, working AI systems mapped to the seven CBK domains and a production-grade capstone deployed for thirty days minimum. The credential certifies what you can build, not what you can recite.
What GAISB™ actually is — without the jargon.
We write the rulebook for what a qualified AI professional should know. That rulebook is called the Common Body of Knowledge (CBK). It is public, versioned, and open for comment.
Candidates study inside Prompt Atlas, complete real builds, pass a governed exam, and defend a production capstone. No shortcuts. No vendor routes.
We certify what each holder has actually shipped — reviewed asynchronously by a four-reviewer panel and entered into the on-chain Verification Registry as a citable record. Demonstrated competence, not completion.
A Standards Council of practitioners, academics, and ethicists governs the credential.
The only credential built like a profession — not a course.
Governed, not sold.
CAIS is governed by the vendor-neutral, practitioner-governed GAISB™ Standards Council — an independent body of AI practitioners, academics, and governance leaders (currently in Founding Charter Phase). The credential is not owned by a vendor, a platform, or a single company. It belongs to the profession.
Built, not taught.
Every CAIS candidate ships real AI systems. Every domain requires documented Build Tasks. Every Tier II and above requires a deployed Capstone operating in production for 30+ days. We certify what you have shipped — not what you can recite.
Accountable, not decorative.
CAIS holders are bound by a public Code of Professional Conduct, enforced through documented due process, with suspensions and revocations recorded on the Public Verification Registry. This is a credential that can be lost. That is what makes it worth holding.
“Where vendor certifications prove you can use a tool, the CAIS credential proves you can think, build, and lead in AI — by the standards the global profession itself wrote.”— The GAISB™ Standards Council
Our Students Are:
Our students aren’t “AI hobbyists”, they are high-performing individuals who know AI isn’t a trend — it’s a competitive advantage. They come to GAISB™ because they want clarity, confidence, and a recognized credential that sets them apart.
Both young and seasoned students share one mission: stay AI-literate for the future.
Designers, writers, musicians and innovators who see AI as a force multiplier.
Employees and professionals who need a program that respects their schedule.
are the first in their family to step into tech, leadership or entrepreneurship.
One standard. Three audiences. One source of trust.
Earn the credential the market references.
Build real systems. Ship a capstone in production. Join a global profession governed by practitioners, not vendors. Carry a credential employers, regulators, and governments recognize.
Start Your Certification →Hire and govern against a vendor-neutral standard.
Use CAIS for hiring, leveling, governance, procurement, and regulator-facing workforce competence. Verify any certificant in the public registry. Evidence your ISO 42001 Clause 7.2 competence requirement.
Enterprise Resources →The practitioner credential for your AI framework.
Reference CAIS in AI procurement, workforce strategy, and practitioner competence requirements — aligned with the frameworks you have already adopted. Every domain is citable, auditable, and publicly governed.
Regulator Engagement →Twelve pillars. One credential worth holding.
CAIS is built on twelve institutional pillars. Each exists because the profession — and the regulators, employers, and candidates who depend on it — deserves more than a claim.
Institutional Legitimacy
GAISB™ is the vendor-neutral standards body that defines, governs, and evolves the professional standard for AI.
Named Authority
The Standards Council is a public governance body constituted under bylaws. Founding Chair and interim governance are named; full 12-seat nomination is open.
Common Body of Knowledge
The CBK is a published, citable standard defining what every CAIS professional must know, do, and be accountable for.
Accreditation Pathway
GAISB™ is on the public roadmap to ISO/IEC 17024 accreditation — the global standard for bodies that certify persons.
Framework Alignment
Every domain of the CBK is explicitly mapped to the NIST AI RMF, the EU AI Act, ISO/IEC 42001, and the OECD AI Principles.
Exam Rigor & Validity
The CAIS examination is psychometrically validated, blueprinted to a formal Job Task Analysis, with cut scores set by the Modified Angoff method.
Code of Professional Conduct
Every CAIS holder is bound by a seven-Canon Code, enforced through documented due process and an independent appeals procedure.
Continuing Professional Education
CAIS certificants in Tiers I–IV earn 40 CPE credits annually across five categories. Specialty tracks (Security, Governance) recertify on a 2-year cycle. The credential stays current — or it does not remain a credential.
On-Chain Verification Registry
Credentials are issued on-chain by Standards Council multi-sig, conformant to W3C Verifiable Credentials, and non-transferable (soulbound). Any employer, regulator, or partner can verify any CAIS holder's status, tier, capstone deployment, and professional standing through the public registry.
Employer Recognition Network
CAIS is referenced by enterprise hiring, leveling, and AI governance programs worldwide.
Published Outcomes
GAISB™ publishes annual outcomes data — salary lift, placement rate, time-to-hire, retention. An elite standard earns the right to be measured. Next publication Q4 2026.
Global ATP Network
GAISB™ collaborates with a distinguished network of universities, community colleges, and accredited private learning institutions through its Global ATP Network (Authorized Training Partner Network).
Built on the same standards governments are adopting.
Every topic in the CAIS Common Body of Knowledge maps to a specific clause in each of the four global rulebooks for AI governance. One credential. Four frameworks. One publicly citable crosswalk.
NIST AI Risk Management Framework
EU AI Act
ISO/IEC 42001
OECD AI Principles
The CAIS Common Body of Knowledge.
The authoritative competency framework for the AI profession. Published in full. Cite with attribution.
The CBK is the rulebook — the list of skills, concepts, and responsibilities every CAIS-certified professional must master. It is the blueprint for the CAIS examination, the basis for capstone assessment, and the reference framework employers, educators, and governments use to evaluate AI professionals.
The Edition 1.0 CBK organizes the practice of AI into seven weighted domains. Weighting was determined through a formal Job Task Analysis with subject-matter experts across 30+ countries.
Seven domains. One profession.
- D1 AI Strategy & the Modern AI Economy10%
- D2 Foundations of Generative AI12%
- D3 Prompt Engineering & LLM System Design18%
- D4 AI Agents & Agentic Workflows18%
- D5 Ethics, Data & Responsible AI12%
- D6 AI Strategy, Transformation & Business Innovation15%
- D7 Innovation & Applied AI Foundations15%
Your organization can certify to ISO 42001. Only your people can be the evidence.
CAIS is the personnel credential that demonstrates competence against ISO/IEC 42001. Per the GAISB™ alignment mapping (2026), CAIS provides direct evidence for Clause 7.2 (Competence) and Annex A.4.6 (Human Resources), with ~78% alignment to the normative body.
“CAIS is the personnel credential that demonstrates competence against ISO/IEC 42001, per the alignment mapping published by GAISB™.”— CAIS · ISO/IEC 42001 Alignment Dossier, Edition 1.0
A credential that can be lost is a credential worth holding.
Every CAIS professional is bound by the GAISB™ Code of Professional Conduct — enforced through documented due process, with public consequences for misconduct.
Every CAIS holder signs the Code at certification and reaffirms it with every renewal. Violations are reviewed by an independent Professional Responsibility Office, adjudicated by a Disciplinary Panel, and subject to a single right of appeal to the Standards Council. Sanctions — from reprimand through suspension to revocation — are recorded on the public Verification Registry.
This is what makes CAIS more than a certificate. This is what makes it a profession.
- I. Integrity and Honesty
- II. Protect the Public Interest
- III. Practice Within Competence
- IV. Maintain Confidentiality and Data Protection
- V. Avoid Harm and Unjust Discrimination
- VI. Advance the Profession
- VII. Maintain Current Competence
An elite standard earns the right to be measured.
GAISB™ publishes annual outcomes data because a credential that cannot be measured cannot be defended. Below: the targets the Founding Charter holds itself to.
A record that does not lie.
Every credential. Every renewal. Every disciplinary action. Recorded immutably on-chain. Visible to every employer, regulator, and partner on Earth — without permission, without intermediaries, without a single point of failure.
Trust is no longer assumed. It is verifiable.
Shared Authority
Power is distributed across the global community of practitioners — not concentrated at the top.
Transparency
All actions, proposals, and votes are visible, verifiable, and recorded on-chain.
Community Accountability
Decisions are guided by the collective good — never individual interests or vendor capture.
Resilient & Adaptive
A decentralized network is stronger, more resilient, and built to evolve at the speed of the field.
The standard is written by the world.
AI is not a regional industry. The standard that governs it cannot be either. The CAIS Common Body of Knowledge is authored, reviewed, and ratified by AI practitioners from every major economic region — published openly, refined continuously.
A peer-authored standard across continents.
Help set the standard. Or be measured against it.
Every standard in the world — CFA, CISSP, PMP, ISO 17024 itself — was written by the first practitioners who chose to show up. The AI profession is writing its standard now, inside Prompt Atlas, the official community of GAISB™. You can be a signature on it.