Stop learning AI. Earn with it.
Five months of full time training in agentic AI, then two ways forward: launch your own AI powered One Person Company, or enter the market as a professional AI Operator. Delivered by Kydon Group with Singapore Polytechnic under the SkillsFuture Career Transition Programme.
Cohort 1 starts 5 October 2026. Applications close 30 September 2026.
of all job postings in Singapore now require AI skills, the highest share of any country in the world.
Stanford AI Index Report 2026AI practitioners Singapore aims to build, more than triple the current pool, under National AI Strategy 2.0.
Ministry of Digital Development and InformationAI is not coming for your career. It is coming for the parts of your job that should have been automated years ago: the admin, the reporting, the repetitive. What it cannot replace is your contextual judgement, your empathy, and your ability to turn ideas into outcomes.
The professionals who thrive will be AI bilingual: fluent enough to direct AI as an extended brain, sharp enough to provide the human premium it cannot replicate. That is not a distant skill. It is something you can build deliberately, starting now.
Every hour you spend on administrative work is an hour taken from your core expertise. AI handles the forms and the formatting. You focus on the thinking and the relationships.
Fluency in AI is the new professional baseline. Those who can synthesise, narrate and direct AI systems will command the premium that purely technical or purely human roles no longer can.
The strategy aims to more than triple Singapore's pool of AI practitioners to 15,000, yet few structured income pathways exist for mid career professionals to get there.
One person companies, AI augmented, are among the most resilient production units of this era.
Full time training across eight modules and 580.5 hours, delivered by Kydon Group in partnership with Singapore Polytechnic, combining classroom learning with asynchronous e learning.
Graduates on the entrepreneurship route build and run their own AI powered One Person Company, serving real clients, operating lean, and growing on their own terms. Kydon Group's mentorship and business network remain open to graduates.
Graduates on the AI Operator route enter a fast growing market as qualified AI specialists, helping businesses build, deploy and run AI powered systems.
The OPC Launchpad is a single integrated programme delivered by Kydon Group in partnership with Singapore Polytechnic. Modules 2, 3 and 4 are delivered by Singapore Polytechnic's School of Computing to its own accredited syllabus and cover 212 of the 580.5 hours.
Graduate roles: Data Analyst, Associate Data Engineer, Digital Transformation Executive, Product Analyst. Aligned to the approved course outcomes.
Certificate: Gear up! Essential Skills for Career Transformation and Professional Growth
The foundation of the operator mindset. Participants develop the thinking patterns of an AI leveraged operator, learning to identify opportunities, automate repetitive work, and use generative AI tools for everyday business productivity. This module is the on ramp to everything that follows.
Certificate: Introduction to Programming for Data Science
Participants learn Python from the ground up with a focus on data science applications. Covers the core libraries used in professional data workflows and introduces techniques for handling both structured and unstructured data.
Certificate: Fundamentals of Database Management Systems
Participants develop a working understanding of how data is stored, organised and retrieved at scale. Covers relational and non relational database design, data warehousing fundamentals, and the ETL processes that underpin modern data infrastructure.
Certificate: From Chaos to Clarity, Data Wrangling for Analysis and Visualisation
Participants learn to take raw, messy data and transform it into clean, analysis ready datasets. Covers Python based cleaning techniques, handling data quality issues, and building effective visualisations using Seaborn.
Certificate: Building Business Solutions with Low-Code Platforms
Participants build the core tool of their own One Person Company using no code and AI assisted development. Covers the full build cycle from environment setup through to deployment, with a focus on scalability and maintainability for a one person operator.
Certificate: Unlocking AI, From Data to Predictions and Beyond
The engine room. Participants learn to reason with data and make decisions by prompting AI rather than building classical models. Covers the full arc from statistical thinking through prompt engineering, agent design and RAG knowledge base construction, culminating in a working AI brain for the participant's own business.
Certificate: Integrating Data and AI with Low-Code Development Platform
Participants assemble the full integrated AI business engine, connecting automation flows, API integrations, generative AI layers and an operating dashboard into a single functioning system. The module culminates in the Without-You Test: can the business run without the founder for 48 hours?
Certificate: Leap Forward! Essential Skills for Career Transformation and Professional Growth
The final arc prepares participants to graduate and step into their chosen pathway. Covers launch readiness, brand positioning, go-to-market strategy, AI assisted decision making from live business data, and the persuasive narrative needed for the graduation showcase.
These are the dates for Cohort 1. A later intake runs to its own schedule, so check with us before planning around them.
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| Module | Dates | Delivered by | Taught | Assessment | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Module 01 · Gear Up: Mindset and Business Foundation | 5 Oct to 14 Oct 2026 | Kydon Group | 43.5 | 2.5 | 46 |
| Module 02 · Programming for Data Science | 15 Oct to 29 Oct 2026 | Singapore Polytechnic | 64 | 4 | 68 |
| Module 03 · Fundamentals of Database Management Systems | 2 Nov to 18 Nov 2026 | Singapore Polytechnic | 72 | 4 | 76 |
| Module 04 · Data Wrangling for Analysis and Visualisation | 19 Nov to 8 Dec 2026 | Singapore Polytechnic | 76 | 4 | 80 |
| Module 05 · Low-Code Business Solutions | 9 Dec to 28 Dec 2026 | Kydon Group | 76 | 4.5 | 80.5 |
| Module 06 · Unlocking AI: From Data to Predictions and Beyond | 29 Dec 2026 to 19 Jan 2027 | Kydon Group | 96 | 5.5 | 101.5 |
| Module 07 · Integrating Data and AI with Low-Code Development Platform | 20 Jan to 11 Feb 2027 | Kydon Group | 96 | 5.5 | 101.5 |
| Module 08 · Leap Forward: Launch Readiness and Showcase | 15 Feb to 1 Mar 2027 | Kydon Group | 57 | 3.5 | 60.5 |
| Total | 580.5 | 33.5 | 614 |
Public holidays. No class on Deepavali (observed), 9 November 2026; Christmas Day, 25 December 2026; New Year's Day, 1 January 2027; Chinese New Year (observed), 8 February 2027. Singapore public holidays are observed throughout.
Participants come from marketing, finance, human resources, operations, healthcare and consulting. Your existing expertise is the asset. The programme teaches you to amplify it with agentic AI.
Applicants who do not meet the minimum qualification may still be considered case by case. If you are unsure whether you qualify, write to enquiry@futureedgeinstitute.com.
| Eligibility | Total course fee |
|---|---|
| Singapore Citizens aged 40 and above | S$2,844.80 |
| Singapore Citizens aged below 40 | S$7,324.80 |
| Singapore Permanent Residents | S$7,324.80 |
| LTVP+ holders | S$7,324.80 |
| Unsubsidised, full course fee | S$24,416.00 |
All fees are inclusive of 9 percent GST and exclusive of supplementary fees. Subsidy eligibility follows the prevailing SkillsFuture Singapore criteria. Individual module fees are available on request.
SkillsFuture Credit, PSEA, credit or debit card, PayNow, bank transfer, telegraphic transfer.
| When we receive your notice | Outcome |
|---|---|
| 14 days or more before the start date | 100 percent refund |
| Less than 14 days before the start date | 50 percent refund |
| On or after the start date | No refund |
This programme is offered under the SkillsFuture Career Transition Programme, administered by SkillsFuture Singapore and delivered by Kydon Group in partnership with Singapore Polytechnic. Subsidy applies to this programme specifically. Courses in the AI Operator Professional Series and the AI Adoption Series are commercial programmes offered by Future Edge Institute and are not eligible for SkillsFuture Credit or other government subsidies.
School of Computing
Delivers modules 2, 3 and 4 to its own accredited syllabus, covering 212 of the programme's 580.5 hours, and issues all eight Certificates of Completion.
Accredited Mentor Partner appointed by Enterprise Singapore
Supports qualifying graduates through the Startup SG Founder grant process with mentorship, application guidance and incubation support.
The Startup SG Founder grant is administered by Enterprise Singapore. Grant approval is subject to Enterprise Singapore's eligibility criteria. Spaze Ventures provides mentorship and application support as an appointed Accredited Mentor Partner.
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