Practical AI training · Phnom Penh
You, but upgraded.
One-day workshops and short courses that teach professionals and companies in Cambodia how to actually use AI at work. No theory marathons. You bring your real tasks — you leave with working AI workflows.
Taught in English and Khmer · Certificates issued by Versatile AI Institute
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Why now
Cambodia is already using AI. Ahead of its training.
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of Cambodian employees already use generative AI at work — most with no training at all.
CDRI–CADT study
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AI specialists Cambodia's National AI Strategy targets by 2030. The workforce needs training now.
Draft National AI Strategy 2025–2030
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cheaper than foreign online providers — and taught in person, in Phnom Penh, in your language.
vs. $2,495+ courses delivered from abroad
Two ways in
Pick the track that fits you
One ladder for individuals who want the skill. One programme for companies that need the capability across a team.
Climb the five levels
Start where you are. Each level is one day, ends with something you built, and stacks toward leading AI work in your organisation.
- Five levels, from first prompt to team leadership
- $99 a level, or $349 for the full ladder
- Certificate at every level
Map, design, deliver
We audit where AI actually pays in your operation, design the workflows around it, then train your team to run them without us.
- Delivered on site, tailored to your sector
- Includes a draft AI usage & data policy
- Leaves an internal AI team behind, not a dependency
How the lab works
Three steps. In that order.
Bring your real work
The report you dread, the spreadsheet that eats your Fridays, the inbox that never empties. That's the course material.
Build with AI, live
Guided, hands-on, in English and Khmer. You work on your own laptop, on your own accounts, with an instructor in the room.
Leave with a working result
Not notes. A working workflow you use the next morning — plus a certificate that says so.
For companies & institutions
Your team already uses AI. Train them before it costs you.
85% of employees in Cambodia already use generative AI at work — mostly untrained, on personal accounts, with company data. We turn that unmanaged risk into a managed capability.
- Half-day to multi-day programs, delivered on site
- Tailored to your sector: banking, insurance, education, NGO
- Includes a draft internal AI usage & data policy
- Bilingual delivery — every staff level participates
// bayon: four faces — every direction covered
"We sent five managers to the pilot workshop. By Monday they had rebuilt our weekly reporting process. The ROI conversation took thirty seconds."
Who teaches you
Taught by a practitioner who grades, invests, and builds with AI daily
UpgradeLab is led by Norris Mukembe — a university lecturer and venture capital General Partner who has spent a decade at the intersection of finance, education, and technology, and who uses these exact AI workflows to run a fund, teach postgraduate students, and build businesses in Cambodia.
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Upcoming sessions
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SEP 05 · SAT
AI & Your Career — free evening talk
Phnom Penh · 90 minutes · limited to 60 seats Reserve free → -
SEP 19 · SAT
Level 1 — Foundations
Full day · $79 early bird · 25 seats Book $79 → -
OCT 06 · MON
Full ladder — Cohort 1 (Levels 1–5)
5 weeks · one level per week · $349 Join cohort →
Dates are placeholders — set after venue partnership is confirmed. Payment: KHQR / ABA / invoice.