Grants for Artificial Intelligence,
Navigation & Standards
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The Capital Gains Institute is Florida's premier AI workforce transformation platform — delivering CertNexus-aligned certification, state grant-funded training, and fractional Chief AI Officer services to companies ready to lead the AI era.
Our foundational belief system on artificial intelligence, capital, American business, and the responsibility of every leader in this era to transform or be transformed.
The dominant mental model — "use AI to answer questions faster" — captures less than five percent of the available leverage. True transformation requires restructuring how every decision, every process, and every department operates. The Capital Gains Institute teaches companies to run on AI as infrastructure, not as a feature they occasionally turn on.
Just as a CPA credential signals financial competence, the G.A.I.N.S. certification signals AI operational competence. Every business owner, every professional, every employee deserves access to the knowledge that was once reserved for the elite. The CGI certification is that credential — $59, grant-reimbursable, and recognized by the state of Florida as an eligible workforce training program.
AI agents that plan, execute, remember across time, and escalate to humans only when genuine judgment is required — that is the standard. The CGI curriculum teaches operators to build and deploy at that level. The G.A.I.N.S. · CertNexus AGZ-110 standard provides the framework. We provide the instruction, the certification, and the ongoing fractional CAIO support to make it permanent.
Critical business knowledge is scattered across people's heads, email threads, Slack messages, and random spreadsheets. AI cannot operate on fragmented knowledge. The CGI transformation methodology begins with building the Business Brain — structuring every process, every pricing rule, every client interaction into a unified, AI-readable knowledge system that compounds over time.
The State of Florida has allocated up to $25,000 per company — $3,500 per employee — to fund AI workforce training through the WIOA and ETPL programs. Every business that pays for AI training out of pocket when this funding exists is leaving money on the table that was designed specifically for them. The CGI model exists to close that gap permanently. We connect every client to their assigned state grant representative and guide every reimbursement claim.
The Capital Gains Institute is built to scale. Florida is the first deployment. The model — free diagnostic, certified training, state grant connection, fractional CAIO retention — is fully reproducible in every state with an ETPL-equivalent program. Our state-by-state expansion strategy positions CGI as the national standard for AI workforce certification, the same way the CPA designation is recognized in every state.
A practitioner-grade curriculum aligned to the G.A.I.N.S. · CertNexus AGZ-110 standard. Available online (self-paced), live instructor-led, and enterprise cohort delivery. Every module produces a measurable business outcome.
Exam AGZ-110 · Course Edition 1.0 · Business Leaders & Decision Makers
This course teaches business leaders how to determine whether, where, and how AI agents should exist in their organization. Six lessons covering agentic fundamentals, suitability analysis, solution design, risk management, adoption strategy, and execution planning.
7 questions. 4 minutes. Reveals your company's active revenue leaks and AI readiness score — and qualifies your seat for state grant funding.
The Global AI Integration and National Standards — the CPA license of the AI era. Issued upon completion of the full AGZ-110 curriculum. Verifiable, grant-reimbursable, and recognized by Florida state workforce programs.
For companies enrolling entire teams: $1,250 per seat for live instructor-led cohort delivery. With Florida WIOA grant funding at $3,500 per employee, the program is net-positive for every qualified company. Maximum company reimbursement: $25,000.
Florida WIOA funding, the statewide Eligible Training Provider List, and the CareerSource Tampa Bay local ETPL — the full funding infrastructure that makes CGI training net-zero cost for qualified companies.
| Program | Amount | Eligibility | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florida WIOA — Incumbent Worker Training | Up to $3,500/seat | FL-based employers, existing employees | Active |
| Florida WIOA — Company Maximum | Up to $25,000 | FL-based companies, WIOA qualified | Active |
| CareerSource Tampa Bay — Local ETPL | Tuition + materials | CSTB region, state ETPL approved first | Window: July 2026 |
| State ETPL — Employ Florida Portal | Program-specific | CIE licensed institutions | Application In Progress |
| USDOL Workforce Innovation Fund | Varies by cohort | Registered training providers | Qualifying |
| SBA Emerging Technology Initiative | Up to $5,000 | Small businesses, <500 FTE | Review |
Eligibility subject to employer qualification and current program funding. Contact grants@thecgi.org for verification.
After certification comes transformation. CGI deploys as the embedded AI operating system for your client companies — serving as their Fractional CAIO until they're ready to hire or promote from within. Monthly retainer. State scalable. Reproducible model.
The CGI Fractional CAIO model is designed to replicate state by state. Florida is Version 1.0. Every state with a WIOA-equivalent workforce grant program becomes a new deployment. Each regional operator receives the full CGI system: the curriculum, the ETPL application process, the grant connection infrastructure, and the Fractional CAIO playbook.
This is how CGI becomes the national standard — the same way the CPA credential is recognized in every state. One standard. State-by-state deployment. Exponential reach.
Dr. Mike Majette has spent the better part of two decades at the intersection of business transformation, capital strategy, and workforce development. He watched — with equal parts fascination and urgency — as artificial intelligence reshaped the economics of every industry it touched.
What he saw was a pattern: the people and organizations that thrived were not the biggest or best-funded. They were the ones who understood the technology, acted decisively, and built systems around AI before their competitors realized what was happening.
That pattern became The Capital Gains Institute — a diagnostic institute, not a training school. Where others teach theory, CGI installs operating systems. Where others issue certificates, CGI issues credentials backed by state grant infrastructure that makes them accessible and reimbursable for every qualified company.
Dr. Majette built the CGI model with one constraint: cost can never be the barrier. The Florida WIOA grant program provides up to $3,500 per employee and $25,000 per company. CGI connects every client to that funding and guides every reimbursement claim. The program pays for itself.
The goal is singular: make the CGI G.A.I.N.S. credential the CPA license of the AI era. A credential so respected, so verifiable, and so economically powerful that not having it is a professional liability — in Florida first, and then in every state that follows.
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The Capital Gains Institute has worked with businesses across professional services, healthcare, real estate, legal, and government sectors throughout the Tampa Bay area.