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Start Here — The Six-Pack Starter Pack

Before committing to a full certification, read these six papers in this order. It's an argument for Private AI, explained at a high-level: what Private AI is → why it matters → the risk → the economics → the product → the sale. This is the fastest path to being conversant on Private AI and Iterate's Generate, which AI-enables the AIPOD Mini.

Papers

None

Prerequisites

~35 min

Reading time

What Private AI Actually Means

Understand the category.

Shared · Basic

I Hadn't Mentioned My Dogs

Understand why AI creates a new kind of data problem.

Shared · Basic

Never Train Your Rival's Model

Understand the strategic reason to keep intelligence private.

Shared · Basic

How to End Your Token Costs

Understand the economic argument.

Shared · Basic

Inside Generate

See the actual product.

Shared · Generate

An AI ROI? Absolutely — A Big One.

Learn how Generate is outcome-based.

Shared · Basic

Shared · Generate

Already Counts Toward Certification

5 of 6 papers count directly toward Private AI Basic

2 of 6 papers count toward Generate Practitioner

The on-ramp: the Six-Pack has no quiz and earns no badge — it is the on-ramp for the ~95% of readers who will not formally certify. Reading it is not a detour from certification; it is a head start on it. It is also the source material for the companion short-video series.