Grants, standards
and toolkits.

Free with a library card: no-cost access to Google Career Certificates and the Google AI Professional Certificate, plus Universal Class courses, Career Online High School and tutoring.

Eligibility:

Fulton County Library System cardholders

City of Atlanta loan funds including the Atlanta Startup Growth Loan ($50K–$150K at 0–3% for tech startups under 5 years old) and the Atlanta Forward Loan Fund ($5K–$20K at 2% for businesses in incubators and co-working spaces).

Funding:

$5,000–$250,000 depending on program

Eligibility:

Businesses located within Atlanta city limits; program-specific criteria

Explains how adults and dislocated workers across metro Atlanta counties can qualify for Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act funding for career training.

Eligibility:

WIOA-eligible adults (low-income priority) and dislocated workers

Fulton County's federally funded workforce program offering free career counseling, job-readiness workshops and training assistance for eligible residents, including dislocated workers and low-income adults.

Eligibility:

Eligible Fulton County job seekers

GaDOE resource hub on the ethical, effective and secure use of AI tools and systems in Georgia K-12 schools, for teachers and district leaders.

State-funded, equity-free startup support through the Educate, Accelerate and Signature programs, with 6 locations across Georgia.

Georgia enterprise standard, effective July 1, 2025, that sets requirements for the responsible use, development, procurement and governance of generative AI tools such as ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude and Copilot in executive-branch agencies.

EDA-funded statewide program that helps small and mid-sized manufacturers adopt AI and smart technologies through technology implementation, innovator connections, workforce training and K-12 education.

A directory of help for manufacturers: technical assistance from GaMEP and Georgia Tech's Advanced Manufacturing Pilot Facility, federal programs (MEP, SBIR, Manufacturing USA), financing options and workforce programs.

How training providers, including AI and tech bootcamps, apply to the Georgia ETPL so learners can use WIOA funds for their programs.

Five principles for state use of automated systems: responsible systems, ethical and fair use, data quality and privacy, transparency, and keeping humans at the center. A useful plain-language model for local governments and organizations writing their own AI policies.

Georgia Tech's MEP center delivers on-site projects, training and resource connections for Georgia manufacturers, including advanced manufacturing technology and cybersecurity.

The State of Georgia's hub for responsible AI in government, with guidance for state organizations, guidance on AI tools, an ethics framework, training, common AI terminology and the AI Innovation Lab.

Free, customized workforce training for qualifying new, expanding and existing Georgia businesses, and one of the state's main job-creation incentives.

Eligibility:

Qualifying new, expanding and existing businesses creating jobs in Georgia

Georgia Tech's professional AI programs, including the AI for Business certificate plus business-transformation and core-technology courses, offered online and in person.

Grants and loans plus commercialization expertise that help Georgia university researchers validate lab discoveries and launch startups before they can attract outside investors.

Eligibility:

Faculty researchers and startups from GRA-affiliated Georgia universities

State grant covering tuition for HOPE Grant-qualified students who enroll in select technical-college programs aligned with Georgia industries that have more open jobs than skilled workers.

Eligibility:

HOPE Grant-qualified students enrolled in designated high-demand programs

A collaboration space where state agencies and qualified public- and private-sector partners co-develop and test AI solutions that improve Georgia government services.

Eligibility:

State agencies and qualified partners

Instructor-led and self-paced Georgia Tech courses including Foundations of Generative AI, Mission-Ready Machine Learning, MLOps, Python and statistics series, and ChatGPT for Educators, with CEUs and certificates.

The Georgia SBDC runs free and low-cost AI workshops for small businesses statewide, such as the rural 'Leveling the Playing Field with AI' course with Valdosta State covering AI for marketing, HR, finance and operations.

Free course built on Anthropic's 4D framework (Delegation, Description, Discernment, Diligence) that teaches how to collaborate with AI effectively, efficiently, ethically and safely, with a certificate of completion.

Federal economic development grants for public and nonprofit entities, including Public Works and Economic Adjustment Assistance and Planning and Local Technical Assistance, which can fund regional tech and workforce initiatives.

Eligibility:

States, local governments, nonprofits, higher-ed and economic development districts (not individuals)

Self-paced course of under 5 hours in 5 modules that teaches foundational AI and prompting for everyday work, with a Google certificate. Paid via Coursera subscription, but free through the Fulton County Library.

Free AI training pathways for individuals, educators, nonprofits, leaders and public-sector and workforce organizations, including the AI Skills Navigator and Microsoft Learn plans.

A profile of the AI RMF (July 2024) that identifies risks unique to or amplified by generative AI and maps suggested actions to manage them.

Voluntary U.S. framework for building trustworthiness into the design, development, use and evaluation of AI systems, organized around the Govern, Map, Measure and Manage functions.

Companion to the AI RMF with suggested, practical actions for achieving each outcome in the Govern, Map, Measure and Manage functions; a starting point for building an AI governance program.

Non-dilutive funding of up to $2 million for early-stage deep-tech startups, including AI, with no equity taken.

Funding:

Up to $2,000,000

Eligibility:

U.S. small businesses (<500 employees) developing innovative technology

Central portal for federal SBIR/STTR programs across agencies. About 4,000 small businesses receive roughly $4 billion a year in three-phase, non-dilutive R&D funding.

Eligibility:

U.S. for-profit small businesses