Packages / AI adoption programme
Bringing AI into the company - diagnosis first, training second.
For companies that want to adopt AI and have not yet decided what with.
You describe your situation, I deliver the recommendation, train your team on it and support the rollout: two follow-up sessions of 60 minutes and a written impact review.
A course assumes the decisions have already been made: which tool is approved, which data may go into it, which tasks are worth the effort. In most companies those are exactly the open questions. The team then practises for half a day on something it is not allowed to open on Monday.
What it asks of you is modest: one hour telling me how work gets done at your place. The analysis is my job, not yours. You get a result, not homework.
What this is
The programme reverses the usual order: diagnosis first, training second. The training runs on the tool you decided on in the meantime. After that I stay with you through the weeks in which it is decided whether any of it sticks.
How it runs
The three stages.
In between, your IT approves the tool. Procurement is yours to run, not mine. Only then can the AI policy be finished - it has to be able to name the permitted tool.
- 01
Assessment
1 hr intake · 1 hr presentation · Weeks 1 to 3
You describe how work actually gets done in your company: which tasks repeat, where things jam, what tools are already in the house, what data comes up along the way. The analysis I do without you. Then I put my recommendation on the table and explain the reasoning.
Result · Written tool and licence recommendation, two or three candidate processes, a list of questions for your IT, and a draft of a one-page AI policy.
- 02
Team training, 4 hrs
4 hrs · up to 12 people · Weeks 4 to 8
This is the Deep-Dive format, but not the catalogue version. Its core is two guided working rounds on the processes identified in stage one, using the tool you approved in the meantime.
Result · Everyone leaves with at least one ready-to-use case from their own working day - a tested template, not an idea. Plus the AI policy, now worked out for the approved tool.
- 03
Follow-up
2 × 60 min · Months 2 and 3
What happens after a training session is decided in the four to eight weeks that follow. Hence two fixed sessions on real cases instead of a promise to be reachable. It is not a hotline and not a support desk.
Result · Written impact review, three to four pages: what measurably runs differently, what was left undone and why, and which two things would make the biggest difference next quarter.
Your time across the whole run: around eight hours in five appointments. The analysis between intake and presentation happens without you.
Exit point
You can stop after stage one.
Stage one then costs CHF 2'400, you keep the recommendation including the policy draft, and no further obligation arises.
The exit sits here because this is the first point at which you hold something solid. From there you decide with your own numbers. Invoicing follows the same logic: CHF 2'400 after the presentation, the rest after the team training. No deposit.
Result of stage one
What stays with you in writing.
Four documents, even if you stop afterwards.
A complete worked example for a fictional company is published, declared as such - including what it deliberately leaves out, such as an efficiency figure. View the full sample (in German).
- 01 Tool and licence recommendation
- With the reasoning: where the data sits, what the vendor commits to contractually (not what it advertises), what it costs per person per month, and what you already pay for and could be using.
- 02 Two or three candidate processes
- The most frequent and least sensitive tasks, not the most spectacular ones - with an honest estimate of what to expect.
- 03 A list of questions for your IT
- What needs an answer before anything is approved: which shared drives are open organisation-wide, how HR and payroll data are classified, what happens to meeting recordings and transcripts, who grants approval and who withdraws it.
- 04 Draft of a one-page AI policy
- Permitted tools, permitted data classes, the person responsible. A draft, because it has to name the approved tool and that is still open at this point. Anyone who continues the programme gets it worked out after approval - included in the price.
Decision space
What the recommendation decides.
Two questions, not one. Which tool - and under which operating model it could run at your place at all. In regulated companies the second decides more often than the first.
As of 08/2026
Tools reviewed
- ChatGPT Business OpenAI
- The most widely used all-rounder. From the Business tier upwards, OpenAI signs a data processing agreement and does not train on your data by default. Sources · checked 17 August 2026 OpenAI: Enterprise privacy (ADV-Zusage für Business) ·OpenAI: Business data (Trainingsausschluss)
- Microsoft 365 Copilot Microsoft
- Sits inside Word, Excel, Outlook and Teams and works on what is already there. Its value and its risk therefore both depend on your permissions.
- Claude Anthropic
- Strong on long documents and careful writing. Storage sits in the US, which is the sticking point for companies with Swiss residency requirements.
- Gemini Google
- The obvious choice where Google Workspace is already in use. There is no Swiss Workspace data region for it.
- Perplexity Perplexity AI
- Research with sources attached rather than a free-form answer. A different step in the work, not an alternative to the four assistants.
Not a fixed list, but the usual starting point. What you already licence is always on the table too - it is the cheapest route where it holds up.
Operating models
- 01
Standard subscription
What your people already use today, often on private accounts. Available immediately, nothing to set up.
What it costs · No data processing agreement, no control over what gets entered, and no way to close an account when someone leaves.
- 02
Business subscription in your own tenant
The shortest route to a controlled workplace: data processing agreement, training opt-out, accounts your IT administers.
What it costs · A per-seat monthly cost, and processing stays with the vendor - as a rule not in Switzerland.
- 03
Cloud region in Switzerland or the EU
Processing in a named geography, via the cloud platform rather than the consumer product.
What it costs · One to two model generations behind, and not available from every vendor: in Switzerland North, Azure OpenAI serves standard deployments only with GPT-4.1 and GPT-4o - from the GPT-5 family only GPT-5.1 is available there, and only on reserved capacity (provisioned throughput); Amazon Bedrock now offers only Claude 3 Haiku in-region in Zurich, with all current Claude models running via other EU regions; Vertex AI has no generative Gemini model at all in the Zurich region, only embeddings. It also needs someone to manage keys, costs and access - an API key is not a workplace.
Sources · checked 17 August 2026 Microsoft: Modellverfügbarkeit je Region ·AWS: Bedrock-Modelle je Region ·Google: Vertex-AI-Standorte
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Model on your own network
Data never leaves your network. For professions bound by statutory secrecy this is one of the recognised routes - the Swiss Bar Association guidance names it explicitly.
What it costs · Someone has to provide hardware, operations and model upkeep, and the available models trail the large vendors. For most companies this is not an entry point but an answer to a specific obligation.
I compare and give reasons. Procurement, setup and operation are down to you or your IT partner - what the programme does not do is spelled out further below.
Independence
I sell no licences and earn nothing on any recommendation.
That is why I can also tell you a tool is the wrong one for your case - or that getting started is not worth it for you right now.
Prices
Bookable separately.
You do not have to take the whole programme. Every stage is available on its own.
Assessment
Stage 1
You only need the recommendation and carry on in-house.
CHF 2'400
AI policy, worked out
included in the programme
Separately for anyone who exits after stage one and still needs the policy.
CHF 1'400
Team training, 4 hrs
Stage 2
Your tool question is already settled.
CHF 4'400
Implementation follow-up
Stage 3
Your team is trained and implementation has stalled.
CHF 2'400
Separately, combined
CHF 10'600
As a programme
All three stages · around 3 months
CHF 9'800
The difference is not a discount I grant you. Inside the programme, most of the preparation for stage two already happens in stage one. Those hours arise only once. Booked separately, you pay for them twice.
Instead of the four-hour Deep-Dive you can take a shorter format into the programme - the two-hour Impulse, for instance. The price drops accordingly. Companies with several departments or more than 12 people to train need several rounds, which I quote based on effort. The individual training formats are on the page AI training for teams.
Pilot phase
CHF 6'800 for the first three companies.
The reason is stated plainly: the programme is new.
For this particular combination there are no documented cases yet. Whoever starts now carries part of that risk and is compensated for it. In return: I may name your case as a reference - in a form you approve in writing beforehand, anonymised if you prefer.
There are no invented client logos and no anonymous success stories on this page, because none exist. What can be checked instead is the work itself: the full sample deliverable for stage one, written for a fictional company, and real recorded sessions. Both are in German.
Limits
What the programme does not do.
This belongs before the booking, not after it.
- No procurement, no administration
- I recommend, you buy. I do not create accounts, manage licences or run a tenant.
- No audit of your permissions
- I supply the list of questions, your IT or their partner supplies the answers. I do not touch live access rights.
- No legal advice
- The AI policy is a workable internal rule following the practice guidance under Swiss data protection law. The binding assessment of your specific case is for your legal advisers.
- No software development, no integration
- The programme brings tools into everyday work, not into your system landscape.
- No reliable business case up front
- Nobody who has known your company for an hour can hand you an efficiency figure. The programme delivers the basis on which you then calculate yourself. The first real number appears in the impact review at the end.
- No certificate, no examination
- Nobody is examined. For the team training in stage two I issue every participant a confirmation of attendance for their personnel file - it evidences attendance, not assessed competence.
Your part
What I need from you.
- One hour with someone who knows the company
- Ideally someone from the management plus a person from day-to-day operations - the one who knows how a quote actually comes about, not just how the process manual describes it.
- Access to the IT reality, at least indirectly
- Which licences are running, what the directory service holds, what is already blocked. If nobody can answer that, this is itself a finding.
- Sample material for stage two
- One or two documents from work that actually occurs at your place - anonymised, free of personal data, released in writing, a week in advance. Without it I work with fictional examples and declare them as such.
- One named person who carries the topic on
- Without a name and a date, every meeting stays without consequence.
Terms · All prices exclude VAT - ai-edu is not liable for VAT, so nothing is added. Remote is always included. On site in the cantons of Zurich, Zug and Aargau at no surcharge. Other Swiss regions I bill against receipt, typically CHF 150-350; never travel time. The invoice comes in two parts, each net 30 days, with no deposit. The second part falls due after the team training, so before the two follow-up sessions. In exchange: if I do not offer them, I refund CHF 2'400 - the separate price of stage three. If you do not call them off within three months of the team training, they lapse. Individual appointments can be moved free of charge up to 7 days beforehand. The team training can be cancelled free of charge up to 14 days beforehand, up to 7 days beforehand it costs 50 per cent, after that 100 per cent. The terms and conditions apply.
Questions & answers
What gets settled before a commitment.
- What does introducing AI in an SME cost?
- The programme costs CHF 9'800 excl. VAT and runs for around three months: assessment, a worked-out AI policy, team training for up to 12 people, and two follow-up sessions with a written impact review. Anyone who exits after the assessment pays CHF 2'400. Booked separately, the same four building blocks come to CHF 10'600. The first three companies pay an openly declared pilot price of CHF 6'800 in exchange for the right to name the case as a reference.
- Why a programme first and not simply AI training?
- A course assumes the decisions have already been made: which tool is approved, which data may go into it, which tasks are worth the effort. In most companies those are exactly the open questions. The team then practises for half a day on something it is not allowed to open on Monday. If your tool question is already settled, a single team workshop is the right and cheaper route.
- How much of my time does the programme take?
- Around eight hours over three months, spread across five appointments: one hour of intake, one hour to present the recommendation, four hours of team training and two follow-up sessions of 60 minutes each. The analysis between intake and presentation is my work and costs you no appointment. You need no preparation for the intake.
- Can I stop after the assessment?
- Yes, that is provided for. Stage one then costs CHF 2'400, you keep the written recommendation including the policy draft, and no further obligation arises. Working out the policy is included in the programme; anyone who exits can order it separately for CHF 1'400. Invoicing follows the same logic in two parts: CHF 2'400 after the presentation, the rest after the team training. No deposit.
- Do you earn anything on the tools you recommend?
- No. I sell no licences and earn nothing on any recommendation - no resale, no commission. That is why I can also tell you that a tool is the wrong one for your case, or that getting started is not worth it for you right now.
- Which tools are considered?
- Which tools come into question is decided by the intake in stage one, not by my preference. The usual starting point is ChatGPT Business, Microsoft 365 Copilot, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity. I look at four things: where the data sits, what the vendor commits to contractually, what it costs per person, and what you already pay for through existing licences. On top of that comes the question of which operating model a tool could even run under at your place. I compare and give reasons. Procurement, setup and operation are down to you or your IT partner.
- How is this different from the team workshop?
- The team workshop is training: four hours, CHF 4'400, you book an appointment. The programme supplies the order around it. First the diagnosis, then training on the tool that was actually approved, then support through the first weeks in daily work. The training itself is included as stage two.
- Do you handle the technical rollout in the company?
- No. I do not create accounts, manage licences, run a tenant or change permissions. I deliver the recommendation, the list of questions for your IT, and the training. Implementation in your systems is done by your IT or their partner.
- What size of company is this meant for?
- The programme is meant for companies where one person or a small group decides on tools. The second condition is group size: up to 12 people per round. Typically SMEs, fiduciaries, law firms, consultancies and public administrations. With several departments or more than 12 people to train, it takes several rounds - I quote those based on effort.
- How confidential is what comes out of the assessment?
- The intake touches internal matters: how work is done, which licences are running, which data comes up. That information serves only the analysis for your recommendation. On request I sign a confidentiality agreement before the assessment - your template or a simple mutual NDA.
- Do participants receive a confirmation of attendance?
- Yes, without you having to ask. For the team training in stage two I issue a confirmation per person - with title, duration, delivery format and the focus areas, suitable for a personnel file. There is no examination; the confirmation evidences attendance, not assessed competence. There is no certificate or diploma. The assessment and the follow-up sessions are work on the company, not course attendance - there is no confirmation for those.
- Does the EU AI Act require us to train our team?
- Only if the EU AI Act applies to your company at all: it catches Swiss companies when they place AI systems on the market in the EU, or when the output produced by an AI system is used in the EU. Where that is the case, Article 4 requires taking measures to ensure a sufficient level of AI literacy among staff, as far as possible - documented training like stage two is a common building block for that. For companies operating purely within Switzerland there is no such obligation. Then the training is worth it for operational reasons or not at all - but not because a law is looming.
- Who runs the programme?
- Reto Lutz, founder of ai-edu. Background: several years of IT project management and dev/ops work in Swiss healthcare, alongside a Business AI degree at FHNW. There is no account manager in between - you talk to the person who also delivers the training. More about me
Next step
Tell me briefly where you stand.
A video call, 30 minutes, free and without obligation. I tell you whether the programme fits or whether a single building block is enough. If none of it fits, I will tell you that too.