If you've landed here and you're not sure where to go next, this page is for you. Tell us who you are in one click. We'll map the first ninety minutes — then the first six weeks — for you, plainly.
Pick the one that's closer to your day. You can switch later.
Product or service business. Solo, or a small team. Curious but cautious. You don't want to become an AI expert — you want to become an effective AI user.
A working professional whose day involves analysis, research, writing, or decisions where being wrong has a cost. You want to use AI as a force multiplier — and you need to verify it, trust it, and not be fooled by it.
If you'd rather wander than follow a plan — here's the whole site, in plain language.
Who Mountain Labs is for, the seven-module curriculum, the founder, the pricing. The tour.
Read in an hour. Useful forever. The shortest path from confused to oriented — at no cost.
Weekly Q&A with Chris, the Classroom for the course content, and a small peer group. Opens Summer 2026 — waitlist gets invited first.
Chris Cooley — candle maker, intelligence analyst, cybersecurity lead, Field Notes writer. Years in the field, still in it.
No roundups. No link dumps. A short, honest email each week from Chris — about AI, about running a business, and what actually works.