About us

Bridging AI and working professionals

Applied AI Academy exists because there’s a generation of mid-career professionals who deserve a serious, calm, bilingual way to learn AI — without being talked down to, and without giving up their evenings to a 40-hour course.

Our mission

Move professionals — and the organisations that employ them — from passive AI users to active builders.

We believe AI literacy is the single most consequential professional skill of this decade. We also believe the way it’s currently taught — long lectures, abstract theory, English-only — locks out millions of professionals over 35 who could most benefit from it. We’re building the alternative.

Our story

How we got here

  1. 2024

    A teaching problem we kept seeing

    Working adults — HR managers, finance directors, legal admins, operations leads — kept asking the same question: "I know AI matters, but where do I start?" Existing courses were either too technical or too superficial.

  2. 2025

    The first pilots

    We ran live workshops at universities, accelerators, and inside corporate teams. The pattern was clear: small daily practice on real work tasks beats any course with hours of video.

  3. 2026

    A multi-format curriculum

    The 30-day mobile challenge, online courses for deep tracks, in-person workshops for teams, and 1:1 / corporate consulting for bespoke rollouts. One curriculum, four formats, two languages.

Co-founders

The team behind the curriculum

One classroom-trained educator, one frontier-AI product builder — both based in Hong Kong, both teaching in English and Cantonese.

Zoe Wong

Zoe Wong

Co-founder · CEO

From a classroom teacher to a product mananger to a founder and creator, I make make AI feel less intimidating, and a lot more human, for everyone.

  • 10+ years teaching in the classroom
  • HKU alumna — Computer Science and Business
  • CUHK Teacher Excellence Award recipient
  • One of Hong Kong's earliest AI educators
Jerome Tse

Jerome Tse

Co-founder · CTO

Jerome has built AI products with teams that worked at the frontier of large-model research, and lectures on applied AI as a guest of the University of Hong Kong.

  • Backed by teams behind OpenAI
  • HKU Guest Lecturer
  • Serial AI entrepreneur — shipped products used by millions
Behind the curriculum

Serious AI + education credentials

The AI coach teaches you. Our team designs the lessons, curates the tools, and makes sure every session earns its 10 minutes.

Team credentials

Backed by teams behind OpenAI

AI builders with frontier-model experience

The University of Hong Kong

HKU Guest Lecturer

Teaches AI at the University of Hong Kong

10+ years teaching

At one of Hong Kong’s top-3 schools

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UAL Alumna

Top-tier design & curriculum training

Serial AI entrepreneursShipped AI products used by millionsTop-tier alumniTeacher Excellence Award
In their own words

What working professionals say

Two more on the Home page, one on the Apps page — six in total. Distributed so you see a fresh voice wherever you land.

My younger colleagues were amazed I could summarise a 30-page report in 2 minutes. I didn't tell them it only took me 10 minutes to learn how.
Patricia L.

Patricia L.

Operations Manager, 52

I was terrified of AI. Now I use it every morning before my first meeting. The sandbox is what got me over the fear.
Robert T.

Robert T.

Account Manager, 42