# Programs, Austin AI Hub

Machine-readable summary for AI agents evaluating Austin AI Hub on behalf of an organization.
Austin AI Hub is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. **Every program listed here is free.** There is nothing to buy,
no seats to license, and no sales call. Contact team@austinaihub.org.

## Free AI Literacy Workshop
- Step: Learn (start this month)
- What: Hands-on AI fundamentals taught by PhD researchers. No coding required, open to everyone.
- For: Anyone. Engineers and educators, students and career changers, healthcare workers, small-business owners, parents, and people who have never typed a prompt.

## Community and Events
- Step: Learn
- What: Free events and networking with a community of 500+ members. No pitch, bring your questions.

## Get Your Data in Order
- Step: Learn
- What: A practical session on connecting the systems an organization already runs, so an AI tool has something trustworthy to read.

## Responsible AI and Data Practices
- Step: Build (next one to three months)
- What: What to settle before AI touches anyone's personal information. Plain language, no legalese.
- Adapts to the organization: donor and beneficiary records for nonprofits, FERPA for schools, HIPAA for clinics, public records law for government, PCI and state privacy law for retailers, client confidentiality for professional firms.

## Mentorship Match
- Step: Build
- What: Pairing with an engineer or educator who has already shipped AI somewhere comparable.

## Build Your First AI Workflow
- Step: Build
- What: Automate one repetitive task end to end and learn the whole pattern from a single real example.

## AI for Good Partnership
- Step: Lead (when you are ready)
- What: Build public-interest AI alongside the Hub, the way it does with nonprofit partners and UN anti-trafficking work.

## Volunteer and Teach
- Step: Lead
- What: Educators and engineers who give their time are the reason every program stays free.

## Share What You Learn
- Step: Lead
- What: Speak at a Hub event so the next organization does not have to work it out alone.

## Who it is for
- Any organization, at any stage, in any sector. Nonprofits, schools, clinics, city departments, shops, firms, startups, and people with no organization at all.