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Sharp the Hedgehog — your AI tutor

Get sharp on AI,sharpish.

Short, practical courses for real people —
whether you're 14 or 74, a nurse, a plumber, or a retiree.
No jargon. No prerequisites. No one left behind.

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Joined by 12,000+ learners across 40+ countries
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How it works

Ten minutes.
One skill. Actually useful.

Every lesson gives you something you can use today — not a certificate you'll forget tomorrow.

01

Tell us what you do

Three quick questions. We use your job and your AI tools to show you examples that actually make sense for your life — not generic demos designed for developers.

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Learn in short bursts

Each lesson is 5–12 minutes. No endless videos. You read, you try it yourself, you move on. Bite-sized by design — because your time is worth more than that.

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Use it at work today

Every lesson ends with a real task in your own AI tool. You'll know it worked because your work will get faster — visibly, measurably, today.

The courses

Start with one.
Keep going.

Track A builds your core AI skills — prompting, writing, research, and problem-solving. Track B goes deep for those who want real mastery.

Track A · Start here

Ask better questions

The single skill that makes every AI tool 10× more useful. Takes one afternoon to learn and a lifetime to benefit from.

10 min Free All labs
Free

Write anything with AI

Emails, reports, scripts — learn to draft, edit and polish with any frontier model.

12 min Track A · M2
New

Research without the rabbit hole

Use Perplexity and Claude together to find facts fast — without losing an hour.

10 min Track A · M3
Free

Claude in 15 minutes

Get productive with Anthropic's Claude today. Zero setup, zero jargon — just useful.

15 min Beginner
Free

Prompting that works

Why most people get bad results — and the simple fix that changes everything.

10 min Track A · M4
Track B

Prompt Engineering Masterclass

Chain-of-thought, role prompting, output shaping. For those who want genuine mastery.

8 lessons Advanced

Who it's for

Built for everyone
who isn't a developer.

AI isn't just for techies. It's for anyone with work to do — and a willingness to spend ten minutes on it.

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Rachel, 34
Loan Officer
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Sandra, 52
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Marcus, 17
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Janet, 67
Retired Admin
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Dan, 41
Plumber

What people say

AI won't replace you.
But someone who uses it might.

★★★★★

“I'm 67 and genuinely thought AI wasn't for me. Did the first course on a Tuesday. By Wednesday I'd used it to write a letter I'd been putting off for weeks.”

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Janet M.
Retired, Auckland
★★★★★

“Finally something that explains AI in plain English. The examples matched exactly what I deal with as a loan officer — like it was built specifically for me.”

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Rachel K.
Loan Officer, Chicago
★★★★★

“My students were using ChatGPT and I didn't know how. Two weeks of Sharpish and I'm teaching them things they didn't know. Should be in every staffroom.”

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Sandra T.
Teacher, Bristol

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sharp, sharpish.

Volume licences, admin dashboards, completion tracking, and custom onboarding for your specific tools. Deloitte did it for 15,000 people. Your team is next.

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No credit card. No commitment. Pick a course and start today — you'll have a real new skill in under 15 minutes.

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