- Yempik’s complete format runs 52 hours across three modules: AI fundamentals, applications in business functions, preparing a project.
- You do not have to take it all: modules can be taken separately, and you can begin with the first, AI literacy.
- At the end of the complete programme each executive takes back a project with success criteria and a work plan for the following 6-12 months.
- The programme and the split of hours are adapted to the group, usually 4-6 executives; it is taught by Raffaele Zarrelli.
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The three modules
Each module produces something the company keeps.
- Fundamentals: how AI tools work, where they go wrong, which data to use and when human review is needed. The output is shared criteria for data, tools and checks.
- Applications: each executive examines an activity in their own function, picks the applications worth pursuing and drops those without enough basis.
- The project: a guided lab and one-to-one sessions to prepare a proposal to take back to the company, with success criteria and a work plan.
Can you start with a single module?
Yes. The 52 hours are the complete format, not a requirement. Beginners start with AI literacy; people who already use the tools daily can start with applications in their own function.
The first module covers the skills referred to in Article 4 of the EU AI Act. The rule asks companies to look after the AI skills of the people who use it, but prescribes no course, number of hours or certificate.
What an executive brings back
Three concrete things: which activities to tackle and in what order; which data is needed, who manages it and how to check results; how to set up the project and the work of the following 6-12 months.
The course does not include building software. The lab prepares and tests the proposal; building an application is separate work.
For people without a technical background
No technical skills are needed: the starting point is agreed with the group, and the first module builds the knowledge to use and assess the tools. Exercises use invented cases and sample data. One example of how we teach non-IT profiles is the module for Uninform’s master’s programme: four days, seven participants, from trying the tools to a first project idea each.
More questions
In person or online?
It depends on the group and the company, and is agreed before starting. The Uninform module, for example, ran online over four days.
Is the programme in English?
The programme is designed in Italian for Italian companies. Ask us about English delivery for your group.
Answer edited by Raffaele Zarrelli, co-founder of Yempik, written with Claude. Prices, timelines and cases are the ones Yempik publishes; this page was last updated on 8 November 2026.
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