Dublin-based AICertified, an edtech company founded in 2025, has raised €1m to develop what it describes as a global certification standard for artificial intelligence skills. 

The funding round was led by Oyster Capital, with backing from Enterprise Ireland, and will support product development, team growth and the scaling of its learning platform ahead of its first course launch in February.

“This is about more than a course or a certificate – it’s about creating a measurable and trusted framework for competence in AI. The AI training market today is fragmented and fundamentally unreliable. No one has yet defined what it is to be AI certified, nor the progression route to get there,” Dodson said.

According to the company, its ambition is to define a single, outcome-driven pathway for AI skills certification that aligns education provision with employer expectations. Dodson added that AICertified aims to set a “single reliable standard, provide an outcome-driven path and certify skills in a way employers and students can trust”.

The €1m investment will be used to accelerate platform development and expand the company’s workforce from eight to 15 people, supporting its initial market entry and future scaling plans. 

Investor confidence rests heavily on the company’s leadership and the scale of demand for credible AI education. “We invested in AICertified because Ian and his team have done it before,” said Martin Scully, CEO at Oyster Capital. 

“The demand for structured, credible AI training is enormous. We see a clear path to a market-leading AI training company emerging from Ireland – one built to guarantee outcomes for employers and graduates,” Scully added.

Discover the full story behind AICertified’s education strategy and funding round in the original article.

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