Training your teams in AI is no longer a question in 2026; the real question is how to avoid training that changes nothing. A ChatGPT demo day, generic support, and three months later the tool is no longer open. Between the catalogues of major organisations, bootcamps, 'grandes écoles' (elite universities), and generative AI specialists that have emerged since 2023, the offering has multiplied, and the differences in method as well as price are considerable.
Here is our 2026 selection of the ten key organisations in France for training leaders, business teams or developers in generative AI and agents.
Our selection criteria
To feature in this Top 10, an organisation must meet:
A dedicated and up-to-date AI offering: generative AI, agents, market tools such as ChatGPT, Copilot, Claude or Le Chat.
Formats designed for businesses: in-company, bespoke, programmes for leaders or for technical teams.
A Qualiopi certification or a recognised accreditation, which opens access to funding.
Published programmes and prices, or verifiable client references.
A measurement of results: satisfaction, usage after training, certification.
Sessions and contacts in France.
Ranking compiled by Galadrim. We feature in our own selection by applying the six public criteria above. Public prices recorded in November 2026.
Comparison of the 10 best AI training organisations in France in 2026| Organisation | Founded | Size | AI training specialisation | Ideal Profile |
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| 1. Galadrim | 2017 | 180+ | Bespoke AI training led by AI engineers, from business roles to developers | SMEs, ETIs and large corporations that want team-by-team adopted uses |
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| 2. Cegos | 1926 | 1,500 (group) | 100 AI training courses broken down by job role and level, in inter-company or in-company | Non-technical employees to be trained function by function |
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| 3. ORSYS | 1976 | 450 | Very broad AI catalogue, from office automation to IT department and governance | IT departments and training services that choose from an inter-company catalogue |
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| 4. HEC Paris Executive Education | 1881 | 8,000 participants per year | AI strategy, governance and steering for leaders | Executive committee, steering committee and senior executives |
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| 5. Le Wagon | 2013 | 33,000 alumni | Data and AI bootcamps, short AI at Work training, corporate programmes | Intensive upskilling and career changes |
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| 6. Mister IA | 2023 | 120 | In-company days on ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot and Mistral, by job role | Companies that want to quickly familiarise a large number of employees |
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| 7. M2i Formation | 1985 | 600+ (SKOLAE Formation) | Short AI modules by tool and broad offering for developers | IT departments and technical teams that build their programmes |
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| 8. Human Coders | 2012 | Not disclosed | AI training for developers: Claude Code, Cursor, agents | Development teams |
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| 9. DataScientest (Liora) | 2017 | 100 to 199 | Certifying data and AI programmes, 100% remote | Technical profiles aiming for an RNCP qualification |
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| 10. OpenClassrooms | 2013 | 250 to 499 | Online AI courses and AI Engineer degree programmes | Access to basics for many employees, apprenticeships |
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1. Galadrim
The tech and AI agency whose trainers are the engineers who deploy AI for its clients.
Year founded : 2017. Qualiopi certified training organisation since October 2026.
Size : 180+ employees, including a team of 70 AI engineers and trainers; 40+ AI engineers from Polytechnique, Centrale or ENS.
Headquarters : Paris (HQ), Nantes, Lyon. Training at your premises, anywhere in France, or remotely.
AI training offer: Tailored training from 1 to 3 days, intensive or in four sessions over 6 to 8 weeks followed by coaching; half-day executive workshops for the comex and the codir; conferences, hackathons and AI referent training. Programmes for 12 professions and 24 sectors, and a developer programme on their own code (Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot). Tools: ChatGPT, Copilot, Claude, Le Chat de Mistral, Gemini, or the one the company has already deployed. From 4 to 200 people, one trainer for 6 participants.
Certification and funding: Qualiopi certified for training actions (ICPF certificate valid until October 2029). Possible coverage by the company's OPCO; the file is prepared from the outset.
Public prices: AI conference from 500 € ex-VAT, executive workshop or AI referent training from 1 000 € ex-VAT, hackathon from 1 500 € ex-VAT, tailored training from 2 000 € ex-VAT. Quote within 24 hours; pilot possible with a single team.
Key clients : OGF (70 IT department staff trained in agentic systems and the MCP protocol), SNCF (26 staff, 92% of whom use AI daily three months later), Maison Sichel (34 staff trained in Claude in two days in Bordeaux), Open Informatique (a team of developers trained in Claude Code in three sessions), Coverguard, Lyv Healthcare, Moody's, Elis, Effy.
Why it features in this ranking: Galadrim's trainers design and operate over 150 AI solutions for clients themselves: exercises are based on the company's tools, data, and use cases, not generic material. Measured result: an average NPS of 86/100 on its training courses, and sustained usage over time, as at SNCF. Galadrim trains teams of four or more people: no inter-company sessions in the catalogue for an isolated employee.
2. Cegos
The historical generalist in professional training, breaking down AI profession by profession.
Year founded : 1926, in Paris.
Size : 1,500 staff and over 3,000 partner consultants for the group; 250,000 people trained annually worldwide.
Headquarters : Issy-les-Moulineaux.
AI training offer: 100 AI training courses in 2026, compared to 50 in 2025, organised into four areas: discovering AI, professional effectiveness, AI by profession (HR, finance, purchasing, supply chain, sales, communication), no-code and project management. Modules from 3 hours to 2 days on ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini or Le Chat de Mistral, in person or in a remote class, inter-company or in-company.
Certification and funding: Qualiopi and ISO 9001 certified. Some AI training courses are eligible for CPF.
Public prices: « Using AI to develop efficiency and productivity at work »: 990 € ex-VAT per day for inter-company, 2 690 € ex-VAT for in-company for up to 12 people, trainer's fees extra.
Why it features in this ranking: A catalogue covering almost all company functions, and inter-company sessions to train one or two people at a time. Developers and technical teams fall under another entity of the group, ib Cegos: a mixed team will have to refer to two catalogues.
3. ORSYS
The broadest AI catalogue on the market, from office automation to the IT department and governance.
Year founded : 1976.
Size : 450 staff, over 3,000 partner trainers; over 138,000 people trained in 2025.
Headquarters : Paris La Défense, with over 40 centres in France, Belgium, Switzerland and Luxembourg.
AI training offer: Over a hundred AI training courses: uses by tool (Copilot, Gemini, Claude), managers and executives (« AI for Executives », « Leading AI at COMEX Level », « AI Act for Executives »), IT department and developers (« Developing with Claude Code », Gemini Code Assist), certifying governance (ISO/IEC 42001). Inter-company, in-company or tailored, in-person or in a remote class.
Certification and funding: Qualiopi certified. Some AI training courses are eligible for CPF; PECB, EXIN and Microsoft certifications.
Public prices: « Claude, automating AI uses with Anthropic »: 2 days, 1 680 € ex-VAT. « AI for Executives »: 2 days, 1 650 € ex-VAT for inter-company. In-company upon quote.
Key clients : Michelin, La Poste, Air France, SNCF, all training courses combined.
Why it features in this ranking: The only catalogue in the selection that goes from getting started with Copilot to ISO 42001 certification, including Claude Code: an IT department finds almost everything there. The downside of volume: overlapping titles, and a choice that requires the help of an advisor.
4. HEC Paris Executive Education
The leading business school, for executives who need to drive AI-powered transformation.
Year founded : 1881 for the school; executive continuing education since 1967.
Size : 8,000 participants annually in Executive Education programmes; 167 permanent professors.
Headquarters : Jouy-en-Josas (Yvelines).
AI training offer: Around fifteen « Digital, Data & AI » programmes, in-person on campus, from 2 to 4 days: « Activating AI for business » (in French or English), « Building a data & AI strategy », « Deploying Agentic AI », « Governing Responsible AI », « Deploying AI and driving transformations » for comex and codir. « AI for business transformation » certificate in 12 days. Tailored programmes for companies.
Certification and funding: « Activating AI for business » is eligible for CPF. AACSB, EQUIS and AMBA accreditations; 2nd worldwide in the Financial Times 2026 ranking of open Executive Education programmes.
Public prices: « Activating AI for business »: 3 100 € net for 2 days. « Deploying AI and driving transformations »: 6 300 € net for 4 days. Certificate: 17 900 € net.
Key clients : Transdev: 101 executives trained in four cohorts between 2022 and 2026, tailored.
Why it features in this ranking: The legitimacy of a leading school with executive committees, and programmes focused on strategy, governance and management. The price per participant is high, sessions are few and held on campus, and hands-on use of market tools is not the objective.
5. Le Wagon
The bootcamp born in Paris, now an international network, with an entity dedicated to businesses.
Year founded : 2013, by Boris Paillard, Romain Paillard and Sébastien Saunier.
Size : 33,000 claimed alumni and over 28 campuses worldwide; 5,172 trainees at Le Wagon for Business in 2025.
Headquarters : Paris.
AI training offer: 40-hour « AI at Work » training, 5 days full-time or 5 weeks part-time, for managers and HR, marketing, sales and finance professions. Bootcamps of approximately 400 hours: Data Science & IA, AI Software, AI Product Manager. For companies, Le Wagon for Business co-constructs generative AI and Data Science programmes by function, in small groups, online, at the client's premises or on campus.
Certification and funding: Qualiopi certified. The Data Science & IA bootcamp prepares for an RNCP title; AI at Work is eligible for CPF.
Public prices: AI at Work: 1 600 €. Data Science & IA Bootcamp: 7 900 € full-time in Paris. Corporate rates upon quote.
Key clients : Stellantis (over 1,800 employees trained in 15 months), Société Générale, Engie, Bain & Company, Pierre Fabre, IKEA.
Why it features in this ranking: The bootcamp method, intensive and cohort-based, applied to upskilling employees, with quantified corporate references. The published corporate catalogue mainly focuses on data and BI, AI at Work requires a B2 level of English, and long bootcamps are still designed for career changes.
6. Mister IA
The generative AI specialist created in 2023, providing large-scale in-company training days.
Year founded : 2023, by Martin and Vincent Pavanello.
Size : 120 staff and 15 M€ in turnover in May 2026, at the time of a 10 M€ fundraising round.
Headquarters : Paris.
AI training offer: In-company days at the client's premises: « IA Booster » (initiation focused on ChatGPT, up to 15 people) and « IA Performer » (advanced training), available by tool (ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, Mistral) and by profession; individual executive coaching in five sessions; 1h30 conferences. Also: audit, AI agents and licence management.
Certification and funding: Qualiopi certified; OPCO funding for companies; one training course eligible for CPF for individuals.
Public prices: From 1 800 € ex-VAT per day per in-company group; executive coaching from 3 000 € ex-VAT; conference at 1 500 € ex-VAT on site.
Key clients : 1,400 companies supported claimed and an average score of 9.4/10 displayed; case studies Groupe Hamelin, Hôpital Paris Saint-Joseph, Substipharm.
Why it features in this ranking: A capacity to quickly acculturate a large number of employees, with ready-to-use days available by tool and by profession. Formats are short and focused on conversational assistants: no technical programmes for developers, nor inter-company sessions to train one or two people.
The IT-originated organisation, with an AI catalogue broken down tool by tool and a wide offering for developers.
Year founded : 1985.
Size : Over 600 staff and 2,900 trainers within SKOLAE Formation, the group formed in 2025 from the merger with Abilways.
Headquarters : Courbevoie (La Défense).
AI training offer: 214 AI training courses announced: one or two-day modules by tool (ChatGPT, Microsoft 365 Copilot, Claude, Le Chat de Mistral, Gemini, Perplexity), over 47 training courses for developers (Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, MCP, Large Language Model-based applications), one-day masterclass for comex. In-person or in a remote class; in-company upon quote.
Certification and funding: Qualiopi certified. AI training courses eligible for CPF; ISTQB certifications.
Public prices: « ChatGPT - Complete Introduction to Generative AI »: 1 day, from 920 € ex-VAT. « CLAUDE AI: more than just a chatbot »: 2 days, from 1 640 € ex-VAT.
Key clients : Sanofi, Atos, Carrefour, EDF, AXA, La Poste, Orange, all training courses combined.
Why it features in this ranking: One of the few catalogues that trains Copilot users as well as developers transitioning to Claude Code or Cursor. The breakdown into one-day modules by tool requires the buyer to assemble a coherent programme themselves.
8. Human Coders
The developers' organisation, which trains in code agents in small groups.
Year founded : 2012, in Paris.
Size : Over 1,980 sessions completed since 2012 and 285 courses in the catalogue.
Headquarters : Paris.
AI training offer: AI training for developers: Claude Code (2 days) and advanced Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, AI agents, AI for developers. In inter-company (remote or in Paris), in-company or solo, in groups of 3 to 6 trainees.
Certification and funding: Qualiopi certified; OPCO, CPF or France Travail funding as applicable.
Public prices: Claude Code training: 2 days, €1,400 excl. VAT per person for inter-company.
Key clients : CNRS, Deezer, Schneider Electric, Société Générale, Alcatel Submarine Networks.
Why it features in this ranking: Groups of 3 to 6 developers and precise content on the tools teams are adopting in 2026, with an average satisfaction of 4.6/5 announced since 2012. The offer targets only technical profiles: business roles and management train elsewhere.
9. DataScientest (Liora)
The remote data and AI school, with RNCP certifications and a Mines Paris - PSL certificate.
Year founded : 2017, co-founded by Yoel Tordjman. Since 2026, the Liora brand brings together DataScientest, CyberUniversity and DevUniversity.
Size : Over 50,000 claimed alumni; 3,650 trainees and 85 trainers for the 2024-2025 financial year.
Headquarters : Paris. Joined the Omnes Education group in 2023.
AI training offer: 100% remote: 3-day generative AI training (ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot, n8n), Prompt Engineer & No Code (125 hours), Data Scientist, Machine Learning Engineer and MLOps bootcamps with LLM and agent modules. Custom upskilling or reskilling programmes for companies.
Certification and funding: Qualiopi certified; RNCP level 7 certification "Expert in AI Engineering"; CPF, OPCO, France Travail or Transitions Pro funding.
Public prices: Generative AI training: €1,990 for 21 hours. Data Scientist: €7,190 for a 12-week bootcamp.
Key clients : Orange, Club Med, Stellantis, Michelin, Safran, Accor.
Why it features in this ranking: Robust certifying programmes to elevate technical profiles towards data and AI, with the flexibility of 100% remote. No in-person sessions, and few details published on the acculturation of non-technical employees.
10. OpenClassrooms
The online school with diploma-awarding programmes, with a course library for employers.
Year founded : 2013, by Pierre Dubuc and Mathieu Nebra, creators of Site du Zéro in 1999.
Size : Over 200,000 learners per month, over 1,900 client employers and over 2,000 mentors.
Headquarters : Paris.
AI training offer: 100% online: self-paced AI courses in the SPARK library ("AI Objective", 6 hours; "Use ChatGPT to improve your productivity", 2 hours), diploma-awarding "AI Engineer" programme (bac+5 level) in 12 months, or 24 months as an apprenticeship, with an individual mentor.
Certification and funding: RNCP certifications, CPF-eligible training, apprenticeships. B Corp certified mission-driven company.
Public prices: SPARK: €360 per licence per year at most, 10 licences minimum. AI Engineer: €650 per month.
Key clients : McDonald's (1,000 employees trained), AXA, Capgemini, Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise.
Why it features in this ranking: The most economical option for giving many employees access to the basics, and the most structured for training an AI engineer via an apprenticeship. No in-person workshops, nor content adapted to the company's tools and data.
Catalogue or tailor-made? For training one or two people, inter-company sessions from Cegos, ORSYS, M2i or Human Coders are the simplest. For an entire team, training built on your tools and use cases yields more real-world application: this is the format of Galadrim, Mister IA and Le Wagon's business offerings.
Who to train? Leaders need strategy, governance and decision-making: HEC Paris, ORSYS's leadership programmes or Galadrim's comex workshops. Business teams need practice on their own tasks. Developers, on the other hand, must learn to control a code agent like Claude Code or Cursor: Galadrim trains them on their own code, Human Coders and M2i offer dedicated inter-company sessions.
How to fund it? A Qualiopi certified organisation allows for coverage by the company's OPCO, according to its criteria and the company's size; the request must be made before the start of the training. The CPF primarily funds certifying training undertaken individually.
What budget should you plan for? Public rates recorded in November 2026: from €900 to €1,700 excl. VAT per person for one to two days in inter-company sessions; from €1,800 to €2,700 excl. VAT per day and per group for in-company training; from €3,100 to €6,300 for 2 to 4 days at a grande école; from €7,000 to €9,000 for a multi-month data and AI bootcamp.
The filtering question: “How many participants are still using AI in their work three months after your last training?” An organisation that only measures satisfaction at the end of the day does not know if its training was useful.
About the author: Arnaud Albalat is the CTO of Galadrim, a French tech & AI agency based in Paris (HQ), Nantes and Lyon, with a presence in Spain, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. Since 2017, he has supported SMEs, ETIs and large corporations in their artificial intelligence projects, and trains their teams in generative AI and agents, with clients such as OGF, SNCF and Maison Sichel.
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