What is Figen AI Academy?

Figen AI Academy is the executive education and certification division of Figen AI, a fintech building generative-AI agents for wealth management. The Academy offers three programs (Foundations, Advanced, Executive), an AI-Augmented Advisor certification, and applied research on Generative Engine Optimization for the advisory profession. Programs serve private banks, asset managers, independent financial advisors, family offices and insurance distributors.

Who is the Figen AI Academy curriculum designed for?

The curriculum is built for finance and wealth-management professionals: relationship managers in private banks, advisors at asset managers, independent financial advisors, family-office team members, insurance distributors, and wealth-management executives (partners, CIOs, MDs). Every cohort blends these audiences because AI fluency is now the shared language of modern wealth.

What programs does Figen AI Academy offer?

Three programs, laddered. Foundations (10 hours, from €590 per seat) covers generative AI vocabulary, prompts, compliance basics. Advanced (15 hours, from €1,290) covers AI-augmented patrimonial audits, AML/KYC workflows, suitability reports. Executive (20 hours, from €25,000 per cohort) is for partners and CIOs designing the AI-native firm. All three count toward the AI-Augmented Advisor certification.

Is Figen AI Academy compliant with EU regulations (DDA, MiFID II, EU AI Act)?

Yes. Every Academy module is built around what a regulator, a head of compliance and a client can scrutinise. The curriculum covers DDA (Distribution Directive) continuous-education requirements, MiFID II suitability and product-governance impacts of AI assistance, GDPR data-handling for AI workflows, and EU AI Act readiness (model inventory, risk classification, advisor sign-off). Certifications include eligible CE credits.

How is Figen AI Academy different from generic AI training?

Three differences. First, content: the curriculum is built around wealth-management workflows (patrimonial discovery, suitability, AML, portfolio review) — not generic AI use-cases. Second, faculty: programs are delivered by practitioners who run Figen AI's production agents serving private banks and asset managers. Third, compliance: every module is paired with an audit-trail recipe defensible in front of a regulator, not just an LLM tutorial.

Who founded Figen AI Academy?

Vincent Aurez, founder and CEO of Figen AI, founded the Academy in 2025 as the teaching arm of the fintech. Vincent has spent his career at the intersection of finance, technology and public policy — including roles in M&A advisory, climate finance and government innovation. He publishes research on AI for wealth, hosts Academy keynotes and leads the executive cohorts.

How quickly can a firm deploy Academy across its advisor base?

The canonical institutional rollout is four quarters: Quarter 1 — diagnose readiness; Quarter 2 — pilot cohort (15-40 advisors) with measurable productivity and compliance KPIs; Quarter 3 — scale to the rest of the advisor base; Quarter 4 — certification rollout and renewal cadence. Faster timelines are possible for firms that already have a learning operating model in place.

What is Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) for advisors?

GEO is the discipline of making an advisory firm cited and recommended by generative engines — ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Gemini — when prospects ask wealth-management questions. Academy publishes the leading research on GEO for the advisory profession, including a 5,553-word whitepaper titled 'The Generative-First Advisor' that outlines the three pillars (semantic footprint, fact density, entity authority) and a 28-item technical playbook.

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