AIQ Institute

Strands / Venture stream

11. Business, income, the one-person company

Build an income with agents as your staff.

The ladder, level by level

The modules listed against each level describe what a provider's curriculum is mapped against. The institute assesses and certifies; it does not teach them.

  1. 1Spark₹299

    Capabilities

    • Explains the one-person-company operating model
    • Knows the patterns behind ideas that reached 100k monthly revenue fast

    Modules mapped to this level

    • Why a one-person company is possible now; operating model
    • Ideas that reached $100k MRR fast: case studies and patterns

    Assessment 25 min adaptive live oral and practical with the AI examinerPass mark 70%Validity 24 months

    Sit level 1 in strand 11
  2. 2Torch₹699

    Capabilities

    • Validates a niche, prices it and sells with AI
    • Shows first paying customers

    Modules mapped to this level

    • Niche, validation, pricing, selling with AI

    Assessment 45 min practical task in a live sandbox, then a vivaPass mark 70%Validity 24 months

    Sit level 2 in strand 11
  3. 3Beam₹1,499

    Capabilities

    • Automates finance, support, marketing and legal with agents
    • Shows revenue and margin evidence over three months

    Modules mapped to this level

    • Automate ops: finance, support, marketing, legal with agents

    Assessment 90 min performance exam in a live sandbox plus portfolio reviewPass mark 75%Validity 18 months, annual currency pulse

    Sit level 3 in strand 11
  4. 4Beacon₹3,999

    Capabilities

    • Uses open source and building in public as strategy
    • Scales to a small team of humans plus agents

    Modules mapped to this level

    • Open source as strategy; building in public; community
    • Scale to a small team of humans plus agents

    Assessment Portfolio, two-hour defended case, peer panel of twoPass mark 75%Validity 18 months, annual currency pulse

    Sit level 4 in strand 11
  5. 5Luminary₹9,999

    Capabilities

    • Mentors and examines founders
    • Examines candidates at levels 1 to 3
    • Licensed independent trainer for this strand

    Modules mapped to this level

    • Examiner practicum

    Assessment Panel of three human examiners, teaching demonstration, contribution recordPass mark Panel decisionValidity Annual contribution record

    Sit level 5 in strand 11
  6. 6NovaBy nomination

    Contribution

    Level 6 is the same in every strand: a documented contribution to the strand that others have adopted (a method, tool, dataset, curriculum, standard or published finding), examined by the standards council on nomination by two Luminaries.

    Assessment Standards council review, by nomination onlyValidity Lifetime, listed in the public register

Currency

Levels 3 and 4 need one 20 minute currency pulse a year to stay valid, in this strand as in every other.

Currency pulses and subscriptions · Fees and pass marks for every level