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AWS Certified AI Business Strategist

A business-role credential covering AI strategy, return on investment, governance and change management. Coding and implementation are out of scope.

What it signals

Practical assessment: Scenario-based multiple choice (2 of 4) Practical assessment
Scenario-based multiple choice. Proctored multiple choice/multiple response exam.
Identity assurance: Proctored with identity verification (4 of 4) Identity assurance
Proctored with identity verification. Pearson VUE testing centre or online proctored
Depth: Foundational (1 of 4) Depth
Foundational. Foundational level.
Experience expected: Under 6 months (1 of 4) Experience expected
Under 6 months. Guide recommends a baseline of 6 months.
Portability: Mostly transferable (3 of 4) Portability
Mostly transferable. Mostly strategy, governance and change-management concepts, with AWS services only at a high level.
Verifiability: Public badge or registry (4 of 4) Verifiability
Public badge or registry. Credly digital badge with verification.

For hiring managers

  • Not a developer credential: it certifies AI strategy, ROI, governance and change management for business roles.
  • Brand new and in beta; do not confuse with AI Practitioner (technical-literacy foundational) or the Generative AI Developer - Professional.
  • Can be passed by study alone.

Verifying it

Credly digital badge link shared by the candidate.

What it covers

Published exam outline

  • AI Fundamentals and Literacy 24%
  • AI Strategy and Business Value Creation 28%
  • AI Governance and Responsible AI Leadership 24%
  • Business Readiness, Leadership, and AI Transformation 24%

By topic

GenAI apps: Some (10 to 20%) (2 of 4) GenAI apps
Some (10 to 20%). Domain 1 (24%) includes GenAI concepts, prompt engineering and solution-type selection at business level; only part of it concerns building on FMs.
– Agents
Not rated. Domain detail pages were not read; agent coverage not verified.
Classical ML: Not covered (0 of 4) Classical ML
Not covered. Model training and tuning are explicitly out of scope.
Operations: Not covered (0 of 4) Operations
Not covered. Operating AI systems in production is explicitly out of scope.
Data: Touched on (under 10%) (1 of 4) Data
Touched on (under 10%). Only evaluates data foundations/readiness at a strategic level within Domain 4.
Responsible AI: Substantial (20 to 35%) (3 of 4) Responsible AI
Substantial (20 to 35%). Domain 3 AI Governance and Responsible AI Leadership is 24%.

Exam details

Who the provider says it is for. Business professionals who evaluate, champion or scale AI initiatives: product managers, program managers, sales professionals, line-of-business managers, consultants, marketers, business analysts.

Format
multiple choice; multiple response
Delivery
Pearson VUE testing centre or online proctored
Code or hands-on work
No. Coding, configuring AWS services and all technical implementation are explicitly out of scope.
Prerequisites
None
Recommended experience
6 months working with or alongside teams adopting AI; basic familiarity with AI concepts; strategic-level awareness of AWS AI services. 'No coding or hands-on AWS implementation experience is required.'
Price notes
50 USD beta price; standard price stated as 100 USD. Standard price after beta: $100.

Preparing

Not confirmed

These details were not available from an official source at the time of research.

  • Beta start date, beta end date and GA date
  • Standard-form question count
  • Renewal options for this certification
  • Agent-related coverage
  • Validity period as applied specifically to AIB-C01
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