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Run the AI centre
your city doesn't have yet.

Buy a licence and we help you set the centre up — curriculum, platform, teacher certification, brand and a launch playbook. You bring the city, the space and the ambition.

The licence

Everything except the local knowledge

Squirrel AI proved that physical AI-learning centres scale as a network — thousands of them, in cities most tech companies never visit. The same is true here. We supply the machine; you supply the city.

Territory licence

An exclusive licence for your city or district, with agreed terms on renewal, expansion and additional centres.

Curriculum & platform

The full AST curriculum for school and career programs, delivered on our platform with continuous updates as tools change.

Trainer certification

We train and certify your trainers, then re-certify them as the curriculum evolves. Quality is the thing a network lives or dies on.

Centre setup

Lab specification, vendor guidance, layout, branding and signage — a written spec you can hand to a contractor.

Launch playbook

Admissions process, pricing guidance, local marketing assets, school outreach scripts and a first-90-days plan.

Network membership

Shared events, competitions, national showcases and access to the school and university pipelines AST builds centrally.

Fit

Who this works for

This is an operating business, not a passive investment. The partners who do well are the ones present in the centre.

  • Education entrepreneurs already running coaching, tuition or skilling centres
  • School or college groups wanting a commercial AI arm alongside academics
  • Operators with local credibility in a tier-2 or tier-3 city
  • Returning professionals who want to build something at home rather than elsewhere
We do not award a licence to every applicant. Territory, operating capability and commitment to teaching quality all matter more to us than speed.

Typical requirements

SpaceClassroom + lab, accessible location
TeamCentre head + trainers we certify
InvestmentShared in the franchise pack
RampSetup to first cohort, typically 8–12 weeks
TermMulti-year licence, renewable
SupportOngoing curriculum, training, network
Process

From enquiry to first cohort

1

Enquiry & franchise pack

You tell us the city and your background. We send the pack with the full commercial structure, obligations and expected investment.

2

Conversation & territory check

We talk properly, confirm territory availability and both decide whether this is a fit. No pressure and no reservation fees to have the conversation.

3

Agreement & setup

Licence signed, site approved, lab specified and built, brand assets issued, platform provisioned for your centre.

4

Certify, launch, run

Your trainers are certified, the launch playbook runs, admissions open, and your first cohort starts with AST support on the ground.

Next step

Request the franchise pack

Tell us where you want to build and what you have run before. We will send the pack and, if the territory is open, arrange a call.

  • Full commercial structure shared upfront
  • Territory availability confirmed before anything is signed
  • No fee to receive the pack or have the first conversation

We reply within two working days.