OpenAI Academy courses

OpenAI Academy courses on ChatGPT, the OpenAI API, and building agents.

Courses: 4
Free to start: 4
Free certificate: 0

All OpenAI courses.

AI Foundations

OpenAI's own starting course on how LLMs and ChatGPT work, built around improving one task you do regularly. No technical background needed. You get a free badge after passing the assessment.

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Agents and Workflows

A no-code course on handing structured work to agents in ChatGPT: give context, define outputs, set boundaries, and review results. OpenAI recommends taking AI Foundations and Applied AI Foundations first.

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Design and Build Agentic Systems

OpenAI's developer course on multi-agent apps: give each agent a clear role, control which tools it can use, route work between agents, and test handoffs against outcome and safety requirements. Assumes hands-on software and API experience.

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Build with Retrieval-Augmented Generation

An OpenAI Academy course on building AI apps that use your own data to give relevant, grounded answers. Its course page currently reuses the description of the agentic systems course, so the exact level and requirements are unclear. You get a "Build with RAG" badge after passing the assessment.

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