Centro de Innovación Industrial en Inteligencia Artificial

What Centro de Innovación Industrial en Inteligencia Artificial does

CII.IA (Centro de Innovación Industrial en Inteligencia Artificial) is a Monterrey, Mexico-based for-profit AI services company founded in 2018 with 101–250 employees. The firm operates a three-pillar service model: (1) AI Consulting delivered via an agile, collaborative methodology with Master/PhD-level experts adapting to client tooling or proposing global solutions locally; (2) AI Training, comprising five tiered Spanish-language programs (AI for Executives, AI Diploma, AI Architect, AI Data Engineer, AI Full Path) totaling 585+ instructional hours and priced between MX$2,350 and MX$56,500, plus two NVIDIA Deep Learning Institute certification workshops (Fundamentals of Accelerated Data Science at MX$7,950 and Fundamentals of Deep Learning for Computer Vision), delivered virtually via Livestorm; and (3) AI Lab/Prototyping, a controlled-environment MVP development service incorporating Design Thinking sessions. The technology stack taught and applied spans scikit-learn, deep learning frameworks, Docker, Kubernetes, Hadoop, Apache Spark, Python data tooling (NumPy, pandas, Bokeh), and NVIDIA's RAPIDS GPU-accelerated ecosystem (cuDF, cuML, cuGraph, XGBoost, CuPy, Dask).

The company monetizes primarily through one-time training program fees and professional services consulting/prototyping engagements, with no disclosed subscription or recurring licensing model. Go-to-market is sales-led and direct: enterprise consulting and prototyping clients reach CII.IA through website contact forms ([email protected]) and a direct line (Mauricio Leal, [email protected], +52 81 2000 2127), while training programs are self-serve via public pricing on the website. The primary customer segment is Industrial and Manufacturing Enterprises in Mexico, with secondary segments of business executives and individual technical professionals. Marketing relies on a content-led blog (AI News), email newsletter subscriptions, LinkedIn/Facebook organic social, and event-based demand generation co-hosted with NVIDIA and regional partners. CII.IA operates as an NVIDIA DLI Services Delivery Partner, a registered trademark holder (CII.IA®), and positions itself as the first private global AI ecosystem implementing AI in the enterprise sector in Mexico.

Name

Centro de Innovación Industrial en Inteligencia Artificial

Legal name

Centro de Innovación Industrial en Inteligencia Artificial

Website

https://ciiia.mx

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

CII.IA is a Monterrey-based AI services firm that delivers consulting, structured Spanish-language training, and prototyping services to Mexican industrial enterprises, with NVIDIA DLI-certified programs taught virtually by PhD-level experts.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

AI Consulting and Training Services

NAICS

Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151), Computer Training (611420), Professional and Management Development Training (61143)

SIC

Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373), Services-Computer Programming Services (7371)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAHAIAM

Instrumentation, Controls & Automation Engineering Consulting

Business & Public Services/Professional Services (Legal, Accounting, Consulting)/Engineering & Technical Consulting

SECONDARYEDAFAFAC

AI Tutoring Systems (Conversational Tutors, Homework Helpers)

Education/Education Technology (EdTech) & Digital Learning/Education Analytics, Adaptive Learning & AI Tutoring Platforms

SECONDARYHDAEANAI

AI Integration & Orchestration Platforms (Connectors, Workflow, iPaaS for AI)

Hardware, Technology & Telecom/Enterprise Platforms & Databases/Artificial Intelligence Platforms for Enterprise

Keywords

• AI consulting services
• Machine learning training
• NVIDIA certification programs
• Data science education
• AI prototyping services

Headquarters

HQ city

Apodaca

HQ country

Mexico

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. AI Training Programs: Revenue generated from virtual instructor-led AI training programs and NVIDIA certification workshops. Programs range from single courses (AI for Executives at MX$2,350) to comprehensive diplomas (AI Diploma at MX$13,500), specialized tracks (AI Architect at MX$32,500, Data Engineer at MX$38,500), and full-path programs (MX$56,500). NVIDIA DLI certification courses also priced at MX$7,950. Programs are delivered in Spanish with theoretical-practical methodology.
2. AI Consulting: Agile and collaborative consulting engagements for businesses seeking to extract intelligence from their data. Experts provide professional guidance and adapt solutions to the client's existing tools or propose global solutions locally. Revenue generated through professional service engagements.
3. AI Lab / Prototyping Services: Prototyping and MVP development services using controlled environments and Design Thinking methodology, supported by expert staff. Clients can develop and test AI ideas with expert guidance before full-scale implementation.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

CII.IA delivers AI services to Mexican industrial and enterprise clients through three pillars: (1) AI Consulting providing agile, collaborative guidance to extract intelligence from client data using specialized experts; (2) AI Training offering virtual and live programs (AI Diploma, AI Architect, AI Data Engineer, AI Full Path, AI for Executives) led by Master and PhD-level instructors; (3) AI Lab/Prototyping providing controlled environments and Design Thinking workshops for MVP development, supplemented by NVIDIA Deep Learning Institute certification workshops.

Product overview

CII.IA is an AI innovation center offering a three-pillar service portfolio: AI Consulting (agile methodology for business transformation), AI Training (virtual programs from foundational to expert levels), and AI Lab/Prototyping (MVP development with Design Thinking). The training ecosystem includes five programs (AI Diploma, AI for Executives, AI Architect, AI Data Engineer, AI Full Path) plus two NVIDIA Deep Learning Institute certification workshops. The company also publishes educational AI news content covering computer vision, NLP, generative AI, and other AI topics.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• AI Consulting Services Agile and collaborative consulting engagement providing highly specialized experts to guide enterprise clients in extracting intelligence from their data and adopting AI. Adapts to the client's existing tools or proposes global solutions delivered locally in Spanish.
• AI Lab / Prototyping Controlled-environment prototyping service providing tools and Design Thinking workshops to develop AI ideas into minimum viable products (MVPs), supported by expert staff. Geared toward industrial and enterprise clients validating AI use cases before full-scale implementation.
• AI for Executives - Virtual 6-hour executive-level course covering AI fundamentals, ML introduction, Big Data, database introduction, NLP, ethics, and building ML teams. Targeted at business executives and decision makers seeking AI literacy; live session on Livestorm with PhD and Master's instructors; priced at MX$2,350.
• AI Diploma - Virtual Foundational virtual AI program covering core AI concepts and their application in labor and industrial markets. Prerequisite for the AI Architect and Full Path programs; priced at MX$13,500 with theoretical-practical methodology delivered in Spanish.
• AI Architect - Virtual 120-hour advanced training program (90 hours additional to AI Diploma) covering ML algorithms using scikit-learn, neural networks and deep learning, and hands-on ML pipeline architecture. Theoretical-practical learning with case study application; priced at MX$32,500.
• AI Data Engineer - Virtual 252-hour professional data engineering program (132 hours additional to AI Architect) covering Docker, Kubernetes, math for ML, advanced databases, Hadoop and Apache Spark, Python data visualization, advanced Python, data handling, and ML pipelines. Requires AI Architect prerequisite; priced at MX$38,500.
• AI Full Path - Virtual 285-hour comprehensive training program integrating all four core profiles (AI Diploma + AI Architect + Data Engineer + AI Engineer). Covers Docker, Kubernetes, scikit-learn algorithms, neural networks, deep learning, and advanced NLP; priced at MX$56,500.
• NVIDIA DLI Certification: Fundamentals of Accelerated Data Science 8-hour live workshop covering GPU-accelerated data science workflows using RAPIDS libraries including cuDF, cuML, XGBoost, cuGraph, Dask, and CuPy. Delivered in Spanish by CII.IA as an NVIDIA Deep Learning Institute Services Delivery Partner; NVIDIA competency certificate issued upon completion; priced at MX$7,950.
• NVIDIA DLI: Fundamentals of Deep Learning for Computer Vision Deep learning workshop covering construction, training, and deployment of neural networks for real-world image classification problems using the Caffe and DIGITS frameworks. Delivered as an NVIDIA Deep Learning Institute partner workshop with NVIDIA competency certificate issued upon completion.

Quantifiable outcome

• AI for Executives course: 6 hours duration; AI Diploma prerequisite for advanced tracks; AI Architect: 120 hours; AI Data Engineer: 252 hours; AI Full Path: 285 hours; NVIDIA DLI workshop: 8 hours with certification
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability13 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• NVIDIA RAPIDScoreTechnology or Integration · 12 October 2021NVIDIA RAPIDS is an open-source suite of libraries enabling GPU-accelerated data science workflows. CII.IA teaches RAPIDS as part of its NVIDIA DLI certification curriculum, covering CuPy, CuDF, and CuML for GPU-accelerated data manipulation and machine learning. The partnership provides CII.IA students access to cutting-edge GPU-accelerated computing tools.
• NVIDIA Deep Learning InstitutecoreTechnology or Integration · 29 May 2019NVIDIA Deep Learning Institute partnership through which CII.IA delivers certified training on Fundamentals of Deep Learning for Computer Vision and Fundamentals of Accelerated Data Science. Training uses NVIDIA frameworks including Caffe, DIGITS, CUDA, and RAPIDS ecosystem tools. NVIDIA issues competency certificates to participants upon workshop completion.
• C SoftminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 29 May 2019C Soft collaborated with CII.IA and N.L 4.0 to host the 'Día Inteligente 2019: Inteligencia Artificial' event with NVIDIA. C Soft served as a co-organizer for the AI conference and panel event.
• N.L 4.0minorGTM or Marketing Partner · 29 May 2019N.L 4.0 co-organized the 'Día Inteligente 2019: Inteligencia Artificial' event alongside CII.IA, C Soft, and NVIDIA, serving as a regional partner for the AI industry event in Nuevo León, México.
• IBMminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 29 May 2019IBM participated in the 'Día Inteligente 2019' event panel alongside NVIDIA and Vivaaerobus, discussing AI business impact perspectives. IBM also participated in networking cocktail events organized by CII.IA.
• NVIDIAcoreTechnology or IntegrationNVIDIA is CII.IA's key technology partner, providing access to the NVIDIA Deep Learning Institute (DLI) curriculum and certification programs. CII.IA operates as an NVIDIA DLI Services Delivery Partner, offering certified training on GPU-accelerated computing including RAPIDS, cuDF, cuML, and cuGraph. The partnership enables CII.IA to deliver live 8-hour certification workshops with NVIDIA competency certificates issued upon completion. CII.IA also participated in co-hosted events with NVIDIA such as 'Día Inteligente 2019'.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• NVIDIA Deep Learning Institute: NVIDIA's own training arm that issues DLI certifications and curates the GPU-accelerated curriculum CII.IA teaches. Indirect incumbent: could expand direct delivery in Mexico, bypassing CII.IA as a partner.
• Cognizant: Global IT services firm with significant AI/ML consulting and enterprise training offerings, including a strong LATAM delivery footprint. Competes for industrial-enterprise AI consulting and workforce upskilling engagements in Mexico.
• IBM SkillsBuild / IBM Training: IBM offers enterprise AI training and consulting (Watson, watsonx) and participated alongside CII.IA at Día Inteligente 2019. Competes as a broad incumbent with overlapping training + consulting capabilities targeted at large Mexican enterprises.
• Accenture: Global consulting incumbent with large AI practice and enterprise training programs (Accenture Learn). Competes for the same industrial-enterprise AI transformation mandates CII.IA targets, with far greater scale and global delivery capacity.

Regional players

• Globant: Large LATAM-headquartered IT services and AI consulting firm with deep presence in Mexico. Competes for the same industrial-enterprise AI consulting wallet, but at significantly larger scale and with broader digital engineering capabilities.
• Softtek: Mexican-founded global IT services company with strong Monterrey presence and AI/digital transformation practices. Direct regional competitor for industrial-enterprise AI consulting and training engagements in Mexico.
• NEORIS: LATAM-based IT consulting firm (CEMEX spin-off) with AI and digital transformation offerings serving industrial clients. Comparable on consulting-led AI services for enterprise accounts in Mexico and broader LATAM.

Direct peers

• Simplilearn: Professional training provider with AI/ML bootcamps and corporate upskilling programs. Comparable in selling tiered AI training (foundational → architect-level) to enterprises and individual professionals, with a similar blended live+virtual delivery model.
• Coursera: Global online learning platform with deep AI/ML catalog (DeepLearning.AI, Stanford, IBM specializations). Directly competes with CII.IA's virtual training tier on content breadth and price, though CII.IA differentiates via live Spanish instruction and NVIDIA-certified credentials.
• DeepLearning.AI: Andrew Ng's AI education company offering courses, the Deep Learning Specialization, and corporate AI training. Competes with CII.IA on advanced AI practitioner training, though CII.IA's Spanish-language and NVIDIA DLI focus targets a distinct LATAM segment.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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