Industry Fellowship

Learn how AI works inside real business.

Sit down with professionals who already use AI in their day job. Find where it creates value. Build a working prototype and enter interviews with proof, not theory.

Apply for the fellowship Meet the fellows First cohort runs September to mid-December · no technical background needed

“How would you use AI in this role?”

Every candidate gets asked; most answer in theory. The Industry Fellowship gives you real exposure and practical execution alongside professionals who are already using AI at work.

Close the gap between academic knowledge and organizational adoption. Leave with domain expertise, an industry network, and a prototype for a real problem.

The program

Four steps.

5+Coffee chats
3Use cases
1Working MVP
Publish

5+ coffee chats

Talk to the people doing the work

Hold at least five structured conversations in your chosen industry. See how work happens before deciding where AI belongs.

Current workflows
Pain points & inefficiencies
Existing AI efforts
Adoption challenges
Future AI opportunities

Focus

Fellows pick the ground.

Each fellow chooses the industry or the role they want to go deep on, then finds the people already doing that work with AI. No fixed list, no assigned tracks.

Mentor availability shapes what is possible, so the earlier a fellow names their ground, the better.

You leave with

Proof, not theory.

AI portfolio project
Industry AI expertise
Professional network
Interview-ready project stories
Published thought leadership

Cohorts

The first edition.

The first fellowship runs September to mid-December. The Class of 2027 is selected; Class of 2028 intake opens next.

Class of 2027 Selected · September–December

Founding fellows, each working on a focus they picked themselves. Tap a card for the short version.

Alex Mills

Product marketing

Fellowship focus: product marketing.

Ten-plus years running client accounts and marketing programmes, certified in inbound marketing and SEO. Forté Fellow and Women in Management scholar at IESE.

Carolina Gentil Parente

Product management

Fellowship focus: product management.

Comes from strategy, growth, marketing and analytics work. Forté Fellow in the IESE MBA class of 2027.

Nicolas Zauner

Automotive

Fellowship focus: the automotive industry.

Co-authored research on mobility-as-a-service ecosystems, presented at the Smart City Expo World Congress.

Pushpit Narula

Sales

Fellowship focus: sales.

8 years of driving brand partnerships and revenue growth in digital advertising, with a focus on business development and GTM strategy.

Class of 2028 Intake open

Join the next cohort

No technical background required. Most fellows start as beginners. Applications take about five minutes.

Answer the interview question with proof.

Class of 2028 applications are open. Start as a beginner; leave with a project, industry network, and stories worth telling.

Apply for the fellowship