Adopt’IA: Understand , Decide, Transform

A national initiative led by aivancity to make artificial intelligence accessible to all businesses

Artificial intelligence is reshaping jobs, organizations, and decision-making. Yet the majority of French small and medium-sized businesses remain on the sidelines. By 2024, more than 80% of them still haven’t adopted any AI solutions, even in areas where this technology is already indispensable. The reason? A lack of familiarity, visibility, and guidance on how to take action.

Adopt’IA is an ambitious and practical solution to this digital divide. Its goal is to enable all executives, managers, and employees to better understand AI, make informed decisions, and transform their organizations with clarity.

A project led by aivancity and supported by the government

Adopt’IA is led by aivancity, a leading institution in artificial intelligence and data science, founded on a unique vision that combines technological expertise, societal impact, and educational excellence.

As a mission-driven institution, aivancity places responsibility, diversity, employability, and community engagement at the heart of its commitments. Since 2020, the school has been developing initial and continuing education programs, a proprietary online learning platform (aivancityX), and summer programs. Unique in its kind and positioning, aivancity has been ranked the No. 1 school in France for AI and Data Science by the Eduniversal 2024 & 2025 rankings and aims to become the leading AI school in Europe with a focus on international expansion.

Adopt’IA is a winner of the second round of the Call for Expressions of Interest (AMI) titled “Skills and Jobs of the Future” under the France 2030 plan, administered by the Banque des Territoires (Caisse des Dépôts).

Adopt’IA, a groundbreaking educational program

The project is based on a large-scale five-year (trans)formation initiative,
, structured around three complementary components:

EXPLORE
: Identify Use Cases

Adopt’IA has selected over 100 concrete and responsible use cases for artificial intelligence across four key sectors: Financial Services, Industry 4.0, Distribution/Retail, and Business Services. In partnership with several technology companies, these use cases have been documented, scripted, and turned into short video clips illustrating the real potential of AI in real-world business settings. They allow professionals to relate to and discover examples that closely mirror their own challenges.

UNDERSTANDING
Training in Strategic AI

10 MOOCs and SPOCs available on aivancityX help professionals better understand AI and data through short, interactive, and rigorous courses designed to inform strategic and operational decisions.

The aivancity Observatory on Responsible AI Practices complements this initiative by analyzing, through surveys and feedback, how the use and perception of AI are evolving among French SMEs.

SHARE
Share widely

All content produced is freely accessible, free of charge, and ad-free on the aivancityX platform, featuring:

  • A nationwide outreach campaign targeting 300,000 professionals and more than 5 million indirect beneficiaries.
  • Tools for tracking and measuring impact (views, completion rates, learner feedback, Net Promoter Score).
  • Engaging a user community through webinars, live interactions, and discussion forums.

Adopt’IA Deliverables

Explore

  • 100 documented use cases across 4 key sectors
  • 10 key themes selected to structure training programs around the practical applications of AI and data in businesses

Understand

  • 100 educational videos ( short explanatory clips, testimonials, in-depth analyses)
  • 10 MOOCs and SPOCs available on aivancityX
  • The Observatory of Responsible AI Practices (studies, indicators, adoption surveys)

Share

  • Adopt’IA website, YouTube channel, and aivancityX platform
  • Built-in impact tracking tools (engagement rates, completion rates, feedback)
  • Webinars, outreach campaigns, events

aivancityX

SPOC Teaser: AI Meets Art
: Practice, Ethics, and the History of a Fruitful Encounter

 

A diverse and dynamic consortium

The project is supported by an inter-sectoral consortium,
,
, comprising:

  • The academic community: aivancity, the Paris-Sud Alliance for Science and Technology, and the Paul Valéry School Complex.
  • Business representatives: MEDEF 93-94 and CPME 94
  • A public entity: France Travail

In summary, Adopt’IA (
) is:

  • A national initiative to accelerate AI adoption in businesses
  • A project led by a pioneering school: aivancity
  • Free, practical content that’s accessible to everyone
  • A response to companies' strategic, human, and economic needs
  • An ethical and inclusive vision of digital transformation