Built by Practitioners
AI Academy was founded by engineers who spent years building production AI systems at Singapore's largest banks.
Our Story
AI Academy was founded by engineers who spent years building production AI systems at Singapore's largest banks. We saw firsthand how transformative AI could be — and how inaccessible most AI training was for regular working professionals.
Most AI courses in Singapore are either too theoretical (taught by academics) or too shallow (just ChatGPT prompting). We wanted to create something different: practical, hands-on training that takes you from complete beginner to confident AI user — taught by people who actually build and deploy AI for a living.
We're based in Singapore and built for Singapore. Our courses are designed for working professionals, our platform is PDPA-compliant and locally hosted, and our curriculum reflects the real challenges businesses face here.
Our Mission
Make AI accessible to every working professional in Singapore — regardless of their technical background.
Our Values
Practical over theoretical. Honest about what AI can and can't do. Focused on real outcomes, not hype.
Our Approach
Learn by doing. Every session is hands-on with real tools and real use cases — no slide decks and theory.
Your Trainers
Learn from practitioners who've built and shipped AI at enterprise scale.
Nasrudin Salim
AI Architect & Co-founder
Former Lead AI Architect, OCBC Bank — Led Singapore's first Generative AI rollout (2023)
Former Head of ML Operationalization, DBS Bank — Built the Next Best Interaction system (~$70M annual value)
Former VP of Engineering, Almanak
Featured in The Straits Times as a bright spot in Singapore's tech hiring
Currently building Pocket Souls (AI companion app)
Self-taught, dropped out of NTU. Member of MENSA, Triple Nine Society.
Ryan Foo
AI Product Designer & Co-founder
Former Game Designer, Limit Break
Former Venture Investor
Yale-NUS College graduate
Speaker at Lorong AI
Social Proof
What People Say
From national press to workshop participants — real results from real people.
"At 28, his career is soaring as an AI and machine learning lead at OCBC Bank, five years after dropping out from NTU."
"After the Claude Code workshop, my entire team started building working prototypes — even the non-technical people. It completely changed how we work."
Workshop Participant
Venture Builder, Singapore
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