Track 03 · Individual Certification

Certified by specialty.
Verified by year.

NAIC individual certification is issued by solution specialty and industry vertical. It is not a generic AI credential. The Commission reviews each applicant's documented practice, evaluates them against the current year's standard in their specific domain, and issues a designation that is publicly listed and dated.

The credential carries the year it was issued. It requires annual renewal. A lapsed credential is visible to every client, employer, and institution that checks the registry.

NAIC Individual Credentials — At a Glance
Certified AI Practitioner
NAIC · CAP · Specialty · Vertical · 2026
$3,500 initial
$1,500 / yr renewal
Senior Certified AI Practitioner
NAIC · SCAP · Specialty · Vertical · 2026
$7,500 initial
$3,000 / yr renewal
NAIC Fellow
Board appointment only
By appointment
Quarterly standing verification available · Additional specializations $1,500/yr each
Certification Specialties

Certified for
what you practice.

Each NAIC certification is tied to a specific solution specialty. The Commission evaluates applicants on documented work in that domain, not general AI knowledge. A credential in one specialty does not cover another. Your industry vertical is determined during the review process based on where you practice. The standard reaches every industry NAIC has been asked to govern — if your vertical is not yet listed, the Commission establishes the standard.

Voice AI

Conversational AI · Voice Automation · IVR · Virtual Agents

Certification in Voice AI covers the design, deployment, and governance of conversational AI systems including voice automation, IVR replacement, virtual agent infrastructure, and customer-facing voice applications. Practitioners certified in this specialty have been reviewed on their actual deployed work, not theoretical knowledge.

01
Conversation design and safety guardrails — documented approach to failure modes, escalation paths, and prohibited response patterns
02
Accuracy and performance documentation — validated accuracy rates, benchmark methodology, and edge case testing
03
Deployment evidence — documented production deployments in the applicant's stated industry vertical
04
Human oversight protocols — documented handoff criteria, monitoring infrastructure, and intervention procedures

Pricing — Voice AI

Practitioner

Certified AI Practitioner

NAIC · CAP · Voice AI · [Your Vertical] · 2026
$3,500 initial
$1,500 / yr renewal
Quarterly standing verification: $500 / quarter
Apply for CAP — Voice AI
Senior Practitioner

Senior Certified AI Practitioner

NAIC · SCAP · Voice AI · [Your Vertical] · 2026
$7,500 initial
$3,000 / yr renewal
Quarterly standing verification: $1,000 / quarter
Apply for SCAP — Voice AI
Fellow

NAIC Fellow

Board appointment only. The Fellow designation recognizes extraordinary and sustained contribution. It is not applied for directly.

Workflow Automation

Process Automation · Task Orchestration · RPA-Adjacent AI · Enterprise Workflow

Certification in Workflow Automation covers AI-driven process automation, task orchestration, and enterprise workflow systems. Applicants must document production-grade deployments with demonstrated reliability, oversight protocols, and failure mode management.

01
Process reliability standards — uptime records, error handling, and rollback procedures for automated workflows
02
Human oversight architecture — where humans remain in the loop, intervention triggers, and exception escalation
03
Integration governance — how automated systems interface with existing infrastructure, data handling, and access controls
04
Change management documentation — how automation was deployed within the organization and how affected stakeholders were managed

Pricing — Workflow Automation

Practitioner

Certified AI Practitioner

NAIC · CAP · Workflow Automation · [Your Vertical] · 2026
$3,500 initial
$1,500 / yr renewal
Quarterly standing verification: $500 / quarter
Apply for CAP — Workflow Automation
Senior Practitioner

Senior Certified AI Practitioner

NAIC · SCAP · Workflow Automation · [Your Vertical] · 2026
$7,500 initial
$3,000 / yr renewal
Quarterly standing verification: $1,000 / quarter
Apply for SCAP — Workflow Automation
Fellow

NAIC Fellow

Board appointment only.

AI Governance

Strategy · Policy · Risk Frameworks · Compliance Architecture

Certification in AI Governance covers the design, implementation, and management of governance frameworks for AI deployment. This is the credential for consultants, compliance officers, and executives responsible for how AI is governed inside organizations. Applicants are reviewed on frameworks they have built and deployed, not theoretical frameworks they can describe.

01
Governance framework documentation — policies, oversight structures, and accountability mechanisms designed and implemented by the applicant
02
Risk assessment methodology — documented approach to identifying, categorizing, and mitigating AI-specific risk in the applicant's domain
03
Regulatory alignment evidence — alignment with applicable regulations in the applicant's industry vertical and jurisdiction
04
Organizational scale experience — minimum documented experience governing AI deployments at enterprise scale

Pricing — AI Governance

Practitioner

Certified AI Practitioner

NAIC · CAP · AI Governance · [Your Vertical] · 2026
$3,500 initial
$1,500 / yr renewal
Quarterly standing verification: $500 / quarter
Apply for CAP — AI Governance
Senior Practitioner

Senior Certified AI Practitioner

NAIC · SCAP · AI Governance · [Your Vertical] · 2026
$7,500 initial
$3,000 / yr renewal
Quarterly standing verification: $1,000 / quarter
Apply for SCAP — AI Governance
Fellow

NAIC Fellow

Board appointment only.

Predictive Analytics

Forecasting · Risk Scoring · Decision Support · Demand Planning

Certification in Predictive Analytics covers AI-driven forecasting, risk scoring, and decision support systems. Practitioners are evaluated on model integrity, explainability, and governance of outputs that influence real decisions. Bias documentation and validation methodology are required components of the review.

01
Model validation methodology — documented testing procedures, accuracy benchmarks, and ongoing monitoring practices
02
Bias and fairness documentation — evidence of bias testing across relevant variables in the applicant's vertical
03
Explainability standards — how model outputs are communicated to decision-makers and what interpretability requirements apply
04
Decision governance — documented protocols for how model outputs influence decisions and what human review is required before action

Pricing — Predictive Analytics

Practitioner

Certified AI Practitioner

NAIC · CAP · Predictive Analytics · [Your Vertical] · 2026
$3,500 initial
$1,500 / yr renewal
Quarterly standing verification: $500 / quarter
Apply for CAP — Predictive Analytics
Senior Practitioner

Senior Certified AI Practitioner

NAIC · SCAP · Predictive Analytics · [Your Vertical] · 2026
$7,500 initial
$3,000 / yr renewal
Quarterly standing verification: $1,000 / quarter
Apply for SCAP — Predictive Analytics
Fellow

NAIC Fellow

Board appointment only.

AI-Augmented Software

SaaS AI · Copilots · Intelligent Assistants · Embedded AI Features

Certification in AI-Augmented Software covers practitioners who design, build, or govern AI features embedded within software products — copilots, intelligent assistants, AI-driven SaaS functionality. Applicants are reviewed on product governance, claims accuracy, and the infrastructure supporting responsible AI feature deployment.

01
Feature claims and accuracy standards — documented evidence supporting AI feature performance claims made in product marketing and contracts
02
Data handling and privacy governance — how user data is handled by AI features, what is retained, and what consents are in place
03
Model update governance — documented process for how AI model changes are tested, approved, and communicated to users
04
Incident response protocols — what happens when an AI feature produces incorrect, harmful, or unexpected outputs in production

Pricing — AI-Augmented Software

Practitioner

Certified AI Practitioner

NAIC · CAP · AI-Augmented Software · [Your Vertical] · 2026
$3,500 initial
$1,500 / yr renewal
Quarterly standing verification: $500 / quarter
Apply for CAP — AI-Augmented Software
Senior Practitioner

Senior Certified AI Practitioner

NAIC · SCAP · AI-Augmented Software · [Your Vertical] · 2026
$7,500 initial
$3,000 / yr renewal
Quarterly standing verification: $1,000 / quarter
Apply for SCAP — AI-Augmented Software
Fellow

NAIC Fellow

Board appointment only.

Computer Vision

Image Recognition · Video Analysis · Document Processing · Visual Inspection

Certification in Computer Vision covers practitioners who design and deploy image recognition, video analysis, and visual AI systems. This specialty carries heightened governance requirements given the sensitivity of visual data and the consequences of misidentification. Bias testing and deployment safety documentation are required for certification at both levels.

01
Bias testing documentation — evidence of testing across demographic variables relevant to the application, with documented results and remediation
02
Edge case and failure mode documentation — what conditions cause the system to fail and how those failures are handled in production
03
Deployment context governance — documented constraints on where and how the system is permitted to operate within the applicant's vertical
04
Data provenance and consent — how training and inference data was sourced, labeled, and governed under applicable privacy standards

Pricing — Computer Vision

Practitioner

Certified AI Practitioner

NAIC · CAP · Computer Vision · [Your Vertical] · 2026
$3,500 initial
$1,500 / yr renewal
Quarterly standing verification: $500 / quarter
Apply for CAP — Computer Vision
Senior Practitioner

Senior Certified AI Practitioner

NAIC · SCAP · Computer Vision · [Your Vertical] · 2026
$7,500 initial
$3,000 / yr renewal
Quarterly standing verification: $1,000 / quarter
Apply for SCAP — Computer Vision
Fellow

NAIC Fellow

Board appointment only.

NLP and Document AI

Contract Analysis · Document Extraction · Language Models · Text Automation

Certification in NLP and Document AI covers practitioners working with language models, contract intelligence, document processing, and text-based automation. Given the consequences of errors in legal, financial, and clinical document contexts, this specialty requires documented accuracy standards and hallucination risk management. Appropriate use documentation is a required component of the review.

01
Accuracy claims and validation — documented performance on the applicant's specific use cases with methodology for ongoing accuracy monitoring
02
Appropriate use documentation — explicit definition of what the system is and is not permitted to do in the applicant's deployment context
03
Appropriate use documentation — explicit definition of what the system is and is not permitted to do in the applicant's deployment context
04
Human review requirements — what outputs require human review before action and what audit trail is maintained

Pricing — NLP and Document AI

Practitioner

Certified AI Practitioner

NAIC · CAP · NLP and Document AI · [Your Vertical] · 2026
$3,500 initial
$1,500 / yr renewal
Quarterly standing verification: $500 / quarter
Apply for CAP — NLP and Document AI
Senior Practitioner

Senior Certified AI Practitioner

NAIC · SCAP · NLP and Document AI · [Your Vertical] · 2026
$7,500 initial
$3,000 / yr renewal
Quarterly standing verification: $1,000 / quarter
Apply for SCAP — NLP and Document AI
Fellow

NAIC Fellow

Board appointment only.

AI Training and Enablement

Corporate AI Literacy · Workforce Upskilling · Organizational Readiness

Certification in AI Training and Enablement covers practitioners who design and deliver AI education programs for organizations. How organizations are taught to adopt AI determines outcomes as much as the technology itself. Applicants are reviewed on curriculum quality, measured outcomes, and the credentials of the practitioners delivering training.

01
Curriculum documentation — program structure, learning objectives, and how content is mapped to the learner's role and industry context
02
Outcome measurement — documented methodology for assessing learner progress and organizational readiness pre and post training
03
Practitioner credentials — the background, qualifications, and documented experience of the individuals delivering training
04
Content accuracy standards — how curriculum is updated to reflect changes in the AI landscape and how accuracy is maintained over time

Pricing — AI Training and Enablement

Practitioner

Certified AI Practitioner

NAIC · CAP · AI Training and Enablement · [Your Vertical] · 2026
$3,500 initial
$1,500 / yr renewal
Quarterly standing verification: $500 / quarter
Apply for CAP — AI Training and Enablement
Senior Practitioner

Senior Certified AI Practitioner

NAIC · SCAP · AI Training and Enablement · [Your Vertical] · 2026
$7,500 initial
$3,000 / yr renewal
Quarterly standing verification: $1,000 / quarter
Apply for SCAP — AI Training and Enablement
Fellow

NAIC Fellow

Board appointment only.
The Review Process

From application
to credential.

01

Submit your application

Select your specialty and level. Submit professional history, documented AI work, and client or employer references. Senior applicants must document enterprise-level experience in their stated specialty.
02

Commission review

A NAIC review panel evaluates your documentation against the current year's standard for your specialty. Your industry vertical is determined based on where your documented work was deployed.
03

Panel examination

Applied scenario evaluation reviewed by the panel. Senior applicants participate in a live review session. The panel signs off on every credential issued and every application denied.
04

Credential issued and listed

Your dated credential is published to the public registry. It carries your specialty, your vertical, and the year. Any client, employer, or institution can verify it in real time.
What the Review Examines

Practice,
not theory.

NAIC does not issue credentials based on coursework, exams, or training programs. The review evaluates documented practice — what you have built, where you have deployed it, what governance you put around it, and how it performed.

The standard changes each year. What constituted responsible AI practice in 2023 is not the standard for 2026. Every client who does not see it notices its absence.

NAIC governs both sides of every transaction. Organizations on the supply side are certified by tier and solution category. Clients on the demand side work only with vendors the Commission has reviewed and approved. The registry is public. The standing is current.

01

Documented deployments

Production-grade AI work in the applicant's stated specialty. Not projects. Not demos. Deployed systems with documented users, outcomes, and governance.

02

Professional history and references

Career background, employer or client references, and any published or publicly verifiable output. Senior applicants must demonstrate organizational-scale experience.

03

Governance documentation

Evidence that the applicant has implemented oversight, accountability, and safety practices — not just technical execution — in their deployed work.

04

Specialty-specific criteria

Each specialty carries additional review criteria specific to its domain, disclosed in the application materials and applied consistently across all applicants in that specialty.

05

Panel examination

Applied scenario evaluation conducted by the review panel. Questions are specific to the applicant's documented work and specialty. There is no generic examination.

Credential Renewal

The standard moves.
So does the renewal.

AI governance standards are not static. Annual renewal requires passing the current year's review in your specialty. It is not a maintenance fee. It is a re-evaluation.

A 2026 credential means the practitioner has been reviewed against the 2026 standard. That is what the date on the stamp declares.

Quarterly standing verification is available for practitioners who want to maintain visible active status between annual renewals. It is a registry confirmation — not a substitute for the annual review.

Renewal Options
Annual Renewal

Full Review and Re-Certification

Complete re-evaluation against the current year's standard. Required to maintain active credential status. Failure to renew results in lapsed status visible in the public registry.
CAP: $1,500 / yr · SCAP: $3,000 / yr
Quarterly Standing Verification

Continuous Active Status

Quarterly confirmation that the practitioner's standing has not changed. Updates registry status each quarter. Does not substitute for the annual review.
CAP: $500 / quarter · SCAP: $1,000 / quarter
Additional Specializations

Expand Your Credential

Active credential holders may add additional solution specialties or industry verticals through a separate review. Each is independently reviewed and listed on the registry.
$1,500 per additional specialization / yr
Sponsorship Program

Sponsor a
certification.

Companies, universities, and organizations can sponsor individual practitioners, cohorts, or ongoing programs. Sponsoring organizations are listed publicly in the NAIC registry

Individual

Single Certification Sponsorship

Covers one practitioner's CAP or SCAP certification in full. The sponsoring organization is listed in the registry under sponsored certifications.
$3,500 per CAP · $7,500 per SCAP
Cohort

Cohort Sponsorship

Covers a defined cohort within a specific industry vertical. The sponsoring organization is named as cohort sponsor in the NAIC registry and all cohort communications.
Priced by cohort size — inquire for quote
Program

Annual Program Partnership

Ongoing annual commitment to fund certifications within a specific university or industry vertical. Named partnership designation. Input into cohort selection criteria.
Annual commitment — contact the Commission
Apply for Certification

The review
starts here.

Individual certification is open to AI practitioners, consultants, engineers, governance professionals, and any individual whose work involves the deployment or governance of AI systems.

If your specialty or industry vertical is not listed, submit your application and describe your practice. The Commission reviews every submission.

Begin Accreditation Application

NAIC team responds within 3 business days.