There are plenty of AI courses for ambitious professionals. A handful of government programmes for trades. Almost nothing for the people the AI shift is simply pushing out of work. We're trying to do the honest version of all three.
Most reskilling companies sell hope. "Learn AI and you'll be fine!" That's true for some people — the ones whose industry is being reshaped, not removed. It's useless or worse for the data-entry worker in their forties, and it's borderline cruel for the 58-year-old who's just been managed out.
We started AIIA because the gap between what's needed and what's being offered is enormous. The big consulting firms talk to enterprise leaders. The bootcamps sell to ambitious twenty-somethings. State governments fund trades pipelines but don't run the awareness or guidance. Almost nobody is doing the assessment-first, three-pathway model that admits the obvious thing: people are in radically different situations.
So we built that.
Co-founder · Technical & strategy
Eight years inside enterprise automation and AI implementation. Currently consulting on the SRLA project for the Victorian state government. Previously deep RPA work, then AI agents and integration. Lives in Melbourne. Writes the strategy, builds the curriculum, runs the technical side, prefers being behind a screen-share to being on camera.
Why he's doing this: Spent enough years inside enterprise AI rollouts to know that the people most affected by them rarely get a useful word said to them.
Co-founder · Sales, partnerships & presence
Years of frontline sales and growth work, including building relationships with training providers and corporate buyers across Australia. The on-camera presenter for our YouTube content and the person you'll talk to if you're a partner or a corporate client. Believes you can do the right thing and run a real business at the same time.
Why he's doing this: Has watched people get told to "reskill" without anyone telling them how, by whom, or with what money. Wants to fix that, end-to-end.
We don't sell one solution to everyone. The quiz is the front door. If you don't fit a pathway, we say so and tell you where to actually go.
Our training is built by people who've actually done the work. Eight years inside enterprise AI is the bar — not "AI certifications".
We're not a charity. We're not Google. Some things we won't be able to fix. We say so and point at who can.
Especially for Soft Landing. No defeatism, no "sorry you couldn't keep up". The system failed many people. We start there.
Australian funding routes, Australian providers, AUD pricing. Programme, organisation, centre. This is built here for here.
Corporate work funds the social mission. Pathway A and B enterprise contracts subsidise Pathway C so participants don't pay.
We are deliberately small. This is a side project that's growing into something real. We'd rather under-promise and be useful than overbuild and ghost you.
Whether you're a future student, a corporate buyer, a training partner, or someone who just wants to see what we ship — the waitlist is where to start.