We help enterprises build AI-capable teams, not just AI-aware ones.
Most companies measure AI adoption by how many people opened ChatGPT. We measure it by how many can delegate, describe, discern, and operate with diligence. The gap between those two things is the entire problem.
From teaching students to transforming enterprises
Headways started in education. We taught over 10,000 students to build with AI, not just use it. We learned that the difference between someone who uses AI and someone who is genuinely capable with it comes down to four things: delegation, description, discernment, and diligence. We call this 4D Fluency.
When enterprises started asking how to build this capability at scale, we realized the answer was not another LMS or another training deck. It was a platform that measures fluency, captures best practices from champions, distributes them as guided workflows, and nudges adoption over time. That is what Headways does.
We are building the operating system for AI transformation: the infrastructure that turns pockets of individual experimentation into organization-wide capability.
Three principles that guide everything we build
We open doors, not classrooms
People grow by doing real work, not sitting through training decks. We believe the fastest path to AI capability is structured around actual business problems with real stakes.
We trust people to think
AI is a tool, not an authority. We exist to build judgment, not dependence. The goal is people who know when to trust a model, when to push back, and when to rely on their own expertise.
We meet organizations where they are
Every company is at a different stage. We believe transformation starts by understanding the current reality honestly, then building a path forward that respects the pace and culture of the people doing the work.
Built by people who have done this before
Michael Zhang
Co-Founder
Built one of the largest youth AI programs in the US before turning the methodology toward enterprise transformation.
Kevin Huang
Co-Founder
Pioneer in AI and ML engineering and strategy, bringing technical depth to enterprise AI transformation.
Eric Smejkal
Co-Founder
Product designer who spent years in healthcare SaaS. Builds systems that teach themselves.
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