Straits Institute for Applied AI
The Straits Institute for Applied AI

We publish, teach and certify applied AI for the professions.

Real AI capability for the people who do the work — designed by practising AI engineers, taught by practitioners, and held to an academic standard.

A joint venture between
Straits AI Group
AI engineering consortium

An AI engineering consortium designing and deploying intelligent systems for governments, enterprises, universities and think tanks across more than fifteen countries — and the engineering pillar behind the Institute’s curriculum.

iGroup
Global leader in education and information services

Hong Kong-registered multinational with offices in more than twenty countries and a workforce of over 1,500. Represents IEEE, AAAS, ACM, the American Institute of Physics and the American Physical Society across the region.

Original research · updated continuouslyEvery country · 17 industries · sourced 24/7

The State of Applied AI

The comprehensive database of AI deployments — see exactly where AI is already at work, in every industry and country, sourced and kept current.

249

countries tracked

17

industries covered

24/7

sourced and updated

Explore the database
Every deployment sourced and dated · updated continuously
The AI+ Library

A book for your profession — and the skills that stack on top.

>300 practitioner-focused titles, tiered from foundational to senior leadership. Each is co-authored by Applied AI experts and people working in the field, reviewed by the Academic Board, and refreshed every six months — built to be useful the day it is opened, and issued in English with regional editions in multiple languages.

How the Library is bundled

Industry packs — matched to how ministries and institutions buy capability.

Healthcare AI Pack

Clinicians, allied health, healthcare leaders and administrators.

Education AI Pack

Teachers, school leaders, university faculty, TVET instructors.

Government and Public Sector Pack

Civil servants, policy professionals, public administrators.

Engineering and Construction AI Pack

Engineers, architects, project managers, trades.

Regulatory and Compliance Pack

Compliance officers, risk professionals, regulators.

TVET and Trades AI Pack

TVET leadership, instructors, apprenticeship managers, working trades.

Why breadth matters

Cover the whole organisation at once.

A large organisation is a dozen audiences at once — the board, the managers, HR, finance, marketing, sales, the front line — and each needs the course written for its own work. Covering all of them together is only possible for a catalogue that already runs the full width of a business, and has been turned into courses that are ready to teach.

337
Titles published
40
Courses ready to teach
21
Fields covered
6
Languages
  • AI+ Business Leaders — course cover
  • AI+ HR Leaders — course cover
  • AI+ Finance Directors — course cover
  • AI+ Sales Leaders — course cover
  • AI+ Marketers — course cover
  • AI+ Administrative Professionals — course cover
  • AI+ for Everyone — course cover
  • AI+ L&D Professionals — course cover
  • AI+ for Decision Making — course cover
  • AI+ Negotiation — course cover
  • AI+ Nurses — course cover
  • AI+ School Teachers — course cover
The operating model

How the Institute operates.

Material is jointly developed by the Group's engineers and the Institute's curriculum team, reviewed by senior practitioners, and updated before it goes stale. AI is treated as a multiplier of human capability — not a replacement for it.

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AI+ Library

The world’s largest collection of Applied AI reference books and textbooks, covering 175 professions and 96 stackable skills across 21 fields.

Go toAI+Library
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Courses

Taught and self-paced courses built on the Library’s curriculum, delivered through ministry platforms, partner training providers, and direct enrolment.

The AI+ learning platform — Daily Practice screen showing prompt-engineering drills
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AI-Powered LMS and Assessment Platforms

Learning and assessment platforms that draw on the full AI+ corpus, teach each user in custom lesson progressions — adapting to what each learner already knows — and measure what they can actually do.

The AI+ Applied AI Certification — proficiency exam and certificate
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Testing & Certification

Independent assessment and credentials that prove applied-AI capability — proficiency exams and certificates mapped to the Library’s skills, for individuals and for institutions certifying their people.

The differentiator

Speed of curriculum development.

The Institute's defining capability is the speed at which it builds — and refreshes — curriculum. Each programme brings together what most education providers find hard to put under one roof.

Cutting-edge engineering

Direct from the Group’s working AI consortium — building and deploying intelligent systems for clients in fifteen-plus countries today.

Deep industry experience

Subject-matter authority sourced from practitioners actively working in each field — not from general-purpose writers.

Current educational expertise

A curriculum team that knows how working adults actually learn — and designs material to be teachable in the field, not the seminar room.

The result: a curriculum that reflects the state of the field the day it ships — customisable for any cohort, sector or regulatory environment, and kept current on a published revision schedule.

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