What AICertified does

AICertified is an Irish edtech company headquartered in Dun Laoghaire, Dublin, that delivers a four-tier AI certification ladder aligned to the European Qualifications Framework and the Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework, with credit ratings expressed in ECTS points. The portfolio runs from AI Practitioner micro-credentials (90+ three-hour Skill Sprints) through the Specialist Certificate in AI (12 ECTS, six weeks) and the Professional Diploma in AI for Business (24 ECTS, EQF Level 5, twelve weeks, €1,645 on promotion from €2,350) up to the Postgraduate Diploma in AI Leadership and Strategy (60 ECTS, EQF Level 8, nine–twelve months, €7,600). The platform is delivered through a self-serve student portal with online-only, live, classroom, and blended modalities, and is differentiated by an AI-powered instant feedback engine that assesses learner submissions against multi-layered grading rubrics and returns personalised feedback in seconds — positioned as restoring the feedback loop of conventional e-learning. Curriculum content is refreshed every two months by an Industry Advisory Council drawn from academia, industry, policy, and professional development.

The company monetises through individual certification fees (subscription/billing on an annual cadence), enterprise training contracts (quote-based annual subscriptions with skills benchmarking and dedicated partnership management), and a three-tier partner programme (Introducer, Licence, Accreditation) for training providers, universities, resellers, and associations paying licensing or revenue-share fees. Go-to-market spans self-serve online enrollment, a dedicated enterprise sales team, direct engagement with national governments and skills agencies, and channel partners — with content marketing, webinars, breakfast briefings, social media, and earned media as the demand-generation backbone. Founder Ian Dodson co-founded the Digital Marketing Institute (80+ countries, 300,000 members, 100,000 graduates) and Chairman Ken Fitzpatrick was previously CEO of DMI; the company raised €1M in seed funding in January 2026 from Oyster Capital (lead) with Enterprise Ireland support. Distribution is anchored by flagship partnerships including UNESCO's Global AI Training for Civil Servants across 31 countries and Nigeria's 3 Million Technical Talent Initiative.

Name

AICertified

Legal name

AI Certified

Website

https://becomeaicertified.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2025

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

AICertified is an Irish edtech company that delivers a four-tier AI certification ladder — from micro-credentials to a Postgraduate Diploma (EQF Level 8) — for individual professionals, enterprises, training providers, and government bodies, powered by an AI-driven instant feedback engine.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

AI Education & Certification

NAICS

Professional and Management Development Training (611430), Business Schools and Computer and Management Training (6114), Computer Training (611420)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

AI Tutoring Systems (Conversational Tutors, Homework Helpers) (EDAFAFAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Intelligent Practice & Mastery Learning Platforms (Spaced Repetition, Skill Drills) (EDAFAFAD), AI-Powered Tutoring & Study Assistant Platforms (EDANAGAD)

Keywords

• AI certification
• Professional training
• Edtech platform
• Micro-credentials
• AI education

Headquarters

HQ city

Dublin

HQ country

Ireland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Certification Programme Fees: Individual learners pay for certification programmes ranging from micro-credentials to postgraduate diplomas. Pricing varies by programme level and format (online vs classroom).
2. Enterprise Training Contracts: Organisations pay for team-wide training with custom pathways, benchmarking, and dedicated partnership management.
3. Partner Licensing and Revenue Share: Partners (training providers, universities, resellers) pay licensing fees or receive revenue share for referred and licensed learners.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion5 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

AICertified is an edtech platform that delivers accredited AI skills training and certification programs across a four-tier ladder: Micro-Credentials (AI Skill Sprints), Specialist Certificate, Professional Diploma, and Postgraduate Diploma. Programs are credit-rated under EQF and SCQF with ECTS points and delivered via an AI-powered learning platform that provides instant, personalized feedback on learner attempts through a multi-layered grading rubric. Offerings are sold directly to individuals, packaged for enterprise upskilling, licensed to training providers and universities, and deployed at government scale.

Product overview

AICertified offers a four-tiered certification ladder for AI competence, ranging from targeted micro-credentials (AI Practitioner) through to a full Postgraduate Diploma (EQF Level 8). The core portfolio consists of Micro-Credentials in AI, Specialist Certificate in AI, Professional Diploma in AI for Business (the flagship program, 24 ECTS), and Postgraduate Diploma in AI Leadership & Strategy (60 ECTS). These are complemented by a Professional Association membership providing CPD and community, and by go-to-market variants: Enterprise Training Solutions for organizational upskilling, a Partner/University Accreditation Program for third-party delivery, and a Government Certification Program for national workforce transformation. Delivery formats span self-paced online, live online, in-person classroom cohorts, and blended formats. The company also hosts free webinars and Breakfast Briefings as thought-leadership touchpoints. The platform differentiates through an AI-powered feedback engine that provides immediate personalized assessment — described as restoring the essential feedback loop lost in conventional online learning.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Micro-Credentials in AI (AI Practitioner) Foundational AI certification consisting of single-module micro-credentials called AI Skill Sprints. Each 3-hour Sprint covers 6 key skills across 90+ available sprints, designed for building role- or industry-specific AI skills with targeted, bite-sized learning for individual professionals.
• Specialist Certificate in AI Intermediate certification delivered across 6 modules over approximately 6 weeks, earning 12 ECTS credits. Develops AI skills specific to the learner's role with a unique online learning environment, progressing beyond foundational micro-credentials for individual professionals.
• Professional Diploma in AI for Business Flagship 12-week certification program covering 10 applied modules, 24 ECTS credits at EQF Level 5. Available online-only or in classroom format, covering AI fundamentals, prompting, context engineering, automation, multi-agent systems, data intelligence, governance, and strategic adoption. New Dublin classroom cohorts launched for 2026 (five-day intensive or ten Tuesday evening sessions at Dynamic Space, Sandyford).
• Postgraduate Diploma in AI Leadership & Strategy Advanced 9–12 month postgraduate qualification (EQF Level 8, 60 ECTS) for senior professionals. Equips leaders to architect, implement, and scale AI transformation across organizations, covering AI strategy, governance, organizational design, agentic systems, data intelligence, and a capstone project aligned to the learner's organization. Delivered online with live workshops and mentoring at €7,600.
• AI Certified Professional Association Professional membership body providing certified AI practitioners with structured continuing professional development (CPD), recognized advancement pathways, and a community committed to maintaining AI competence standards. Signals credibility, responsibility, and long-term commitment to employers for individual certified professionals.
• Enterprise AI Training Solutions Organizational upskilling solution for businesses, offering skills benchmarking, custom learning pathways, and measurable ROI tracking. Includes executive training (AI leadership academy), technical training, and organization-wide deployment via online, blended, or live enterprise training formats with dedicated partnership management.
• Partner / University Accreditation Program Three-model partnership programme for training providers, universities, resellers, global education providers, and associations: (1) Introducer — refer learners and earn revenue share; (2) Licence — deliver AICertified content through partner instructors; (3) Accreditation — add AICertified credentials to partner's existing programmes.
• Government AI Certification Program National workforce transformation programme for public sector bodies and skills agencies, supporting scalable AI skills pathways aligned to qualification frameworks with flexible delivery (online, hybrid, blended). Includes AI governance and ethics curriculum. Active deployments include UNESCO Global AI Training for Civil Servants across 31 countries and Nigeria's 3 Million Technical Talent (3MTT) Initiative targeting 3 million trainees by 2027.

Quantifiable outcome

• 60% average salary increase for certified professionals
• +3 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability6 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered minor and flagship.

• Dynamic Space, Sandyford, DublinminorOthersClassroom venue partner for in-person cohort learning options. The Professional Diploma in AI is available as five-day intensive or ten-evening programmes at this Dublin location.
• UNESCOflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerGlobal AI Training for Civil Servants programme spanning 31 countries, providing large-scale training for civil servants to modernise public services using AI.
• 3 Million Technical Talent (3MTT) Initiative, NigeriaflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerInitiative aims to train 3 million Nigerians in digital and AI-related competencies by 2027, available to youth, training hubs, state-level providers, and digital workforce entrants.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Coursera: Leading online platform offering accredited Professional Certificates, Specializations and degree programs from universities and companies. Directly competes with AICertified for individual learners seeking AI credentials, and increasingly partners with enterprises and governments on workforce reskilling.
• edX: University-affiliated platform offering accredited certificates, MicroMasters and degree programs, including AI and data science tracks. Comparable in credit-rated credentials, institutional partnerships and global learner base.
• Pluralsight: Enterprise-focused technology skills platform offering curated learning paths, skill assessments, and analytics. Comparable to AICertified's enterprise training offering with skills benchmarking and custom pathways.
• DataCamp: Subscription-based platform for data and AI skills training, with individual, enterprise and academic tiers. Directly comparable in product format (modular, skill-based AI curriculum) and target learner (working professionals seeking applied AI capability).
• DeepLearning.AI: Founded by Andrew Ng, DeepLearning.AI offers short courses and specializations (often on Coursera) targeting practitioners learning applied AI, generative AI, and agentic workflows. Directly competes for the same professional learner seeking AI upskilling credentials.
• Simplilearn: Provides professional certification programs in AI, data science, cloud and other digital skills in partnership with universities and tech vendors. Comparable in tiered certification structure, online+classroom format, and enterprise/government training focus.
• Digital Marketing Institute: Founded by the same team (Ian Dodson, Ken Fitzpatrick), DMI operates an almost identical micro-credential → diploma → professional association model for digital marketing. It is the direct precedent for AICertified's go-to-market and product structure, and its global footprint (80+ countries, 300K members) sets the comparable scale benchmark.
• Udacity: Provides nano-degrees and AI/ML-focused programs with strong enterprise and government workforce training motion. Closely comparable to AICertified's enterprise/government GTM and project-based AI upskilling offerings.
• Emeritus: Partners with top universities to deliver online professional certificate, diploma and degree programs globally. Directly comparable to AICertified's Professional and Postgraduate Diploma offerings and international go-to-market approach.

Broad incumbents

• Skillsoft: Large incumbent enterprise learning platform offering content, leadership development and AI/digital skills training. Comparable in serving enterprise and government accounts with structured learning paths and compliance/governance content, though with a much broader catalog beyond AI.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/becomeaicertified
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/become-aicertified
• Instagraminstagram.com/becomeaicertified

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors2 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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