Straits Institute for Applied AI
The Straits Institute for Applied AI

AI education designed for the speed of AI itself.

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.

The four pillars

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 166 professions and 96 stackable skills across 18 industries.

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+ adaptive tutor app — Daily Practice screen showing prompt-engineering drills
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Adaptive AI tutors

Training apps and software that draw on the full AI+ corpus and teach each user in custom lesson progressions — adapting to what each learner already knows.

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 combines three things most education providers find hard to bring 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.

Original research · updated monthlyAugust 2026 edition · updated 17 August 2026

The State of Applied AI

The Institute's monthly, source-verified read on where AI has actually landed in real work — adoption, investment, breakthroughs and failures, industry by industry. Every figure traced to a primary source.

81%

of US physicians now use AI

$581.7bn

corporate AI investment in 2025

29%

more cancers caught in an AI-mammography trial

Read the August 2026 edition
106 verified facts · 19 industries · refreshed every month
The Academic Board

Practitioners, not theorists.

Every Board member has built, deployed or taught AI in working conditions — and brings that experience to bear on what the Institute publishes and teaches.

Full Board profiles →
Prof. Seng-Beng Ho, PhD

CEO & Chief AI Scientist, AI Institute Global. Former Principal Scientist, A*STAR & NUS.

PhD in Cognitive Science, AI, Neuroscience, and Computer Science. Fourteen years as Principal Scientist at A*STAR and NUS leading AGI and autonomous systems research. 36 issued US patents.

Dr Jennifer Dodgson, PhD

Co-Founder & CEO, Eigenform AI. Chief AI Officer, Straits AI Group.

PhD, National University of Singapore. Researcher in negative space learning and self-learning models. A decade consulting on NLP and AI for governments and large organisations.

Dr Hongthai Tan, PhD

Cambridge-trained scientist and entrepreneur.

PhD, University of Cambridge. Managing Director of a stem cell research practice; builds regulated, science-based ventures in Asia. Translates research-driven science into deployed practice.

Dr Tom Liu (Liu Bo), PhD

Edinburgh-trained scientist and senior technology leader.

PhD, University of Edinburgh. Decades of technology leadership across Singapore, China, and Thailand. Multiple technology patents. Research focus: AI agents and AI-driven organisational decision-making.

Dr Su Min Htet

Senior Curriculum Developer, iGroup.

Medical doctor with cross-disciplinary experience across clinical medicine, the pharmaceutical industry, and healthcare business.

CH Peh

CEO, Straits AI Group.

Thirty years building technology companies. Founded the Straits AI Group to deliver sovereign AI infrastructure to governments and AI workforce training at scale, internationally.

The AI+ Library

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

More than 300 practitioner-written titles, in four tiers from foundational to senior leadership. Each is authored by 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.

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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.

Partner with the Institute on a national capability programme.