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- According to data from InfoJobs, the use of AI among Spanish employees has grown by almost 10 points in the last year: 6 out of 10 admit to using it daily.
- The AI Academy project was born to consolidate organizations’ AI capabilities and accelerate their digitalization.
- It features the participation of experts and leaders from the technology industry, as well as expert voices on the subject.
Madrid, March XX, 2026.- Artificial intelligence is advancing strongly within the business fabric: 63% of Spanish workers admit to using it regularly, according to the 4th Report on Artificial Intelligence by InfoJobs. A large increase compared to 52% last year and 50% in 2024.
In this context of rapid AI adoption and constant transformation of the labor ecosystem, ODILO, the Spanish edtech that transforms the way people and organizations learn in a unique digital environment, has launched AI Academy, a corporate program designed to make AI a central element in the culture, processes, operations, and talent development of any organization. This program has started within the company itself, training the entire workforce in these skills, and has been driven by the company’s general manager, Sarah Harmon.
As explained by Ignacio Barahona, Executive AI Manager at NTT DATA Europe & LATAM, and speaker at AI Academy: “The most important skill for working with AI is not being afraid to use it. We have to see it as an enhancer of your own capabilities”. Following this line, AI Academy promotes a mindset geared towards experimentation and generating real use cases that optimize efficiency, decision-making, and creativity in all areas of the organization.
Regarding the latter, and the capabilities that will be necessary for its implementation in the workplace, another speaker, Jaime de Mora, CTO, Startups & Digital Natives at Microsoft EMEA, points out: “In the AI era, what will become much scarcer is repetitive work, that which we do over and over again and that we will be able to delegate and automate. This brings more value to creativity and critical thinking as human skills that AI will not be able to develop like us”.
For her part, Nerea Luis, co-founder of Lumi Labs, an AI consultancy, and also a speaker at AI Academy notes: “In recent years, the popularity of AI as a product has caused a loss of focus on its fundamentals, on how it really works behind the scenes. But this is essential to know with criteria how we can get the most out of it today. Where it makes sense and where this technology is heading”. A vision complemented by another of the project’s speakers, Clara de Luna, expert and trainer at Lumi Labs: “The biggest challenge of the next two years will be to coordinate communication between institutions, governments, and companies to guarantee that we have democratized access to the new generative AI models. Right now, companies have a very large dependency in this area that we have to resolve by ensuring their access to more open and regulatory-controlled systems”.
These reflections highlight the need for organizations to develop new skills and follow a path of transformation that goes beyond the use of technology itself. Through AI Academy, ODILO seeks to drive a cultural change that promotes responsible, critical, ethical, and creative management of AI, preparing its teams to face the challenges and opportunities that will mark the immediate future.
Specialized training to drive internal transformation
The AI Academy project brings together a series of training sessions designed to create a solid knowledge base and show the real applications of AI in different professional contexts. In this way, the project is designed as a continuous learning environment that combines several informative sessions, practical workshops, live demonstrations, and dialogue spaces with experts, such as the following:
- Introduction to AI and its real impact: an informative space to understand fundamental concepts such as LLMs, ML, and Deep Learning, with live demonstrations of Gemini or ChatGPT, and the objective of offering a realistic view of current AI capabilities and how it can be integrated into daily work.
- Generative AI in action: a session to demonstrate that AI streamlines content creation, improves creativity, and optimizes workflows in the field of marketing and communication, through real examples and standard tools.
- AI agents in action: from theory to practice with Gemini: a training structured in two parts, which includes an introduction to NotebookLM and Gemini Enterprise, followed by a practical workshop where participants develop their own agents applied to research, creativity, support, and productivity.
- Full Stack AI: the success of Foundation 29: an inspiring session showing how companies can scale globally with the ‘Full Stack AI’ approach, integrating artificial intelligence as the centerpiece of their impact model.
- The innovation dilemma: ethics, privacy, and the future of AI: a roundtable with renowned experts in technological law, data protection, compliance, and AI strategy, focusing on the ethical challenges, transparency, and regulatory challenges posed by the mass adoption of this technology.
Driving AI innovation from internal talent
As a complement, ODILO launches AI Challenge, an internal hackathon that invites its teams to develop AI-based solutions aimed at improving efficiency and user experience. The finalist proposals will be evaluated by a mixed jury of technical and business profiles, and the most promising ones will evolve into real pilots in the edtech, reinforcing ODILO’s commitment to experimentation, continuous improvement, and the practical application of artificial intelligence in its day-to-day operations.
As the driver of this project, Sarah Harmon has been in London at the Google AI Innovators Expedition, where she has deepened her knowledge regarding AI agents and multimodal models. “If we are serious about AI transformation, leadership cannot remain solely at the strategic layer. We have to roll up our sleeves and learn. At ODILO, we are exploring how agentic AI can transform the learning experience. In the workshop, I focused on how multimodal agents can combine text, audio, video, and other formats to create richer and more personalized learning paths, always backed by reliable and verified content,” points out the company’s general manager.
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ODILO is a digital education company that allows any organization to create its own Learning Ecosystem, offering its users unlimited access to the largest multi-format educational content catalog in the world, and the possibility of creating all kinds of learning experiences without restrictions. More than a thousand platforms have already been created, allowing access to 170 million users across five continents.
ODILO, the largest educational ecosystem in the world, has content agreements with +7,300 providers of digital educational content in all formats (courses, interactive applications, videos, podcasts, press, magazines, audiobooks, e-books, etc.).
ODILO is a multi-vertical company, which promotes learning in Private Companies, Public and Private Schools, Public and Private Universities, Certified Vocational Training, Public Administration, and Government.
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