AI Fundamentals · Live Webinars

Artificial intelligence,
explained without shortcuts

Many AI courses hand you theory and call it done. Here, 6 live sessions per module let you ask practitioners directly - real-time dialogue with people working in the field every day, not recorded answers.

6 live sessions
per module
14 AI topics
covered
2019 founded in
France
About istoclaide
Participant engaging with live AI webinar on screen

Where the platform stands

In a specialist field, reputation is built slowly through consistent delivery, not marketing claims. These are the markers worth examining.

Consistency

Over 380 sessions delivered since launch

Every session is live, with no pre-recorded substitutes. Across 5 years of operation, the format has remained the same: practitioners present, participants ask, and the dialogue happens in real time.

Community

Participants across 12 French regions

Designed from the start for national reach, the platform is accessible from Bretagne to Provence without relocation or travel. The questions brought by participants from different regions make the sessions sharper.

Associated with
INRIA Research Université d'Orléans AI for Good France Pôle Emploi Digital

What the months actually feel like

The program has a particular rhythm: neither a sprint nor a drip feed. Its pacing was tested across 3 cohorts before settling into a format that holds attention without burning people out.

Learner working through AI concepts on laptop during a live session
Portrait of Théodore Kaczmarek, AI practitioner
Théodore Kaczmarek ML Engineer · Session facilitator

"The questions that come up in week 4 are always the interesting ones - by then people know enough to ask something genuinely hard."

01

Weeks 1–2: getting oriented

The opening sessions cover what AI actually does and what popular coverage says it does. Most participants arrive with 3 or 4 misconceptions, and the first two weeks address them without condescension.

02

Weeks 3–5: working with real cases

Sessions move into applied scenarios: how a logistics firm used demand forecasting and how a hospital reduced triage wait time with classification models. There are no toy examples or synthetic datasets.

03

Weeks 6–8: pressure-testing your thinking

The final phase covers edge cases, failure modes, and ethical constraints. Participants critique a model deployment, focusing not on finding the right answer but on identifying the right questions.

04

Throughout: asynchronous follow-up

Each live session produces a written summary and a curated reading list of 4 to 6 items, not 40. Between sessions, a moderated forum keeps the discussion going without demanding daily attention.

After the program

Completion does not hand you a new career. It shifts the baseline: the conversations you can enter, the documents you can evaluate, and the decisions you can challenge with something concrete behind your objection.

Practical ground gained

Professional reviewing AI model outputs in a work context
Applied AI in professional settings
Participant using AI tools in a structured workflow
Structured workflows with AI tools
8 wks

Time to fluency

By the end of the program, most participants can read and critique a model brief without outside help - not expertise, but informed literacy.

3 tools

Hands-on familiarity

Each cohort works directly with at least 3 AI tools used in French industry, in live environments with real constraints rather than sandboxed demos.

1 cert

Verifiable completion

A digital certificate is issued on completion, formatted for LinkedIn and résumé inclusion and recognised within the France Compétences framework.

Open

Alumni access

Graduates retain access to the session archive and alumni forum - useful when a topic comes up at work 6 months later and needs a quick revisit.