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Agentic AI and AI Agents: A Primer for Leaders is a paid beginner course from Vanderbilt University, online. It takes about 6 hours and ends with a certificate.
Vanderbilt University doesn't say the price.
Aimed at leaders who need to judge AI agent ideas rather than engineer them. In about six hours it covers how agents work, designing reliable ones and separating real value from hype, and you build basic agents with custom GPTs. Caveats: materials and certificate need the paid certificate experience or Coursera Plus (price not captured), and it's unclear whether ChatGPT Plus is needed. For a free leadership overview, try Gen AI Agents: Transform Your Organization from Google.
Six-hour Vanderbilt course for leaders, taught by Jules White, on how AI agents work, designing reliable agents and separating real value from hype. Learners build basic agents with custom GPTs. Part of the Agentic AI and AI Agents for Leaders specialization.
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Managers and leaders, Business professionals.
Level: beginner (as stated by the provider). Delivery: online, self-paced.
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Paid subscription. Price not shown by provider.
Certificate: certificate. Coursera course certificate.
Vanderbilt University is based in the US. We checked this course on the provider's own page on 12 Oct 2026.
If you want a free, government-backed start instead, AI Skills Boost gives every adult in the UK free AI courses, and finishing selected ones earns an AI foundations badge.
None of the UK funding schemes we track pays for this course. See free and funded training by nation for what is funded where you live.
Other UK courses on AI agents and agentic AI: Creating Copilot Studio agents (Wise Owl).
See also: free and funded training by nation, AI courses for managers and leaders.
Paid subscription. Price not shown by provider.
About 6 hours, self-paced.
Yes: certificate. The provider calls it "Coursera course certificate".
It's a beginner course. The provider does not list prerequisites.
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No. Agentic AI and AI Agents: A Primer for Leaders costs Paid subscription. Price not shown by provider.
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