Founderz works with HSBC UK to offer AI training to small businesses in the UK. Through the HSBC Small Business Growth Programme (opens in a new tab), small businesses can use two free AI resources: Copilot Coach, powered by Microsoft, and Learn AI for Business Success, an online course that Founderz runs on its learning platform, in collaboration with Microsoft. Access to both is on founderz.com.
How the collaboration works
HSBC UK runs the HSBC Small Business Growth Programme and describes it as free and open to all, with training, events and insights to help small businesses grow and build resilience. It presents Copilot Coach as AI support for business owners and lists Learn AI for Business Success among its training tools, alongside resources from Upskill Universe and Google.
Copilot Coach is powered by Microsoft, and Founderz hosts its access page. Founderz runs Learn AI for Business Success on its learning platform, in collaboration with Microsoft.
Founderz is a digital AI school founded in 2021 and a Microsoft Worldwide Training Partner. We have trained more than 700,000 learners, and we develop programs in collaboration with Microsoft. Read more about our partnership with Microsoft.
Two free AI resources for small businesses
Copilot Coach
Copilot Coach, powered by Microsoft, is a virtual one-on-one AI coaching experience for small businesses. In 10 minutes you receive a personalized AI adoption plan for your business, with the areas where AI can help and the next steps to take. During the session you also get use cases for your industry and the size of your business.
Learn AI for Business Success
A free three-hour online course that you take at your own pace.
The course has seven modules:
- Foundations of AI: history and strategic insights
- Hands-on: getting started with AI prompting
- AI-powered business transformation
- Cultivating an innovation culture
- AI and cybersecurity: balancing opportunity and risk
- Advanced AI capabilities: AI agents and automation
- Responsible AI: ethics and accountability
An optional final challenge asks you to apply AI to a real business problem in a collaborative exercise.
When you complete the course, you receive a Microsoft credential that you can share on LinkedIn.
Sign up for Learn AI for Business Success
Who it is for
Both resources are for people who run small businesses, and for their teams, who want a clear way to bring AI into their work. If you want to know where AI fits in your business, start with Copilot Coach. If you want to learn to write prompts and explore AI agents and automation for your daily work, take the course.
Founderz in the UK
The UK Government selected Founderz as one of four National AI Skills Boost partners, with Accenture, Google and IBM. Learn about our work with the UK Government.
Training for your team
For companies that want to train a whole team, Founderz builds tailored AI programs by department.
If you want a longer program for yourself, explore the Online Program in AI & Innovation.