About FT Academy

We turn AI curiosity into capability.

FT Academy is a Singapore-based AI training agency built by practitioners who ship. We exist to close the gap between organisations that have access to AI and teams that can actually build with it.

Our story

Why we started

We kept meeting the same organisation: licences signed, pilots running, leadership excited — and a workforce still treating AI as a novelty. The tools were there. The capability was not.

We started FT Academy to fix that. Not with another library of videos, but with hands-on cohorts that work on real use cases and measure success by what teams can ship afterwards.

Today we train thousands of professionals across finance, government, logistics and technology — grounded in Singapore's ecosystem, with standards that travel anywhere.

What we believe

Our values

Practitioners, not lecturers

Every instructor builds with AI for a living. You learn from people who ship, not slideware.

Capability over content

We measure success by what your team can do afterwards — not hours of video watched.

Built for the enterprise

Security, governance and ROI are first-class. We meet regulated industries where they are.

Singapore-first, global-ready

Grounded in the local ecosystem and funding landscape, with standards that travel anywhere.

By the numbers

Our impact so far

4,000+
Professionals trained
120+
Enterprise cohorts
95%
Would recommend
30+
Expert practitioners

Our people

Practitioners, not lecturers

Every instructor builds with AI for a living. You learn from people who ship, not slideware.

Dr. Aisha Rahman
Founder & Head of Curriculum
Jonathan Lee
Lead Instructor, AI Engineering
Sofia Mendez
Director of Enterprise Programs
Daniel Ong
Practitioner-in-Residence

Want to train with practitioners?

Book a discovery call and we'll design a programme around your stack, your data and your goals.