Artificial intelligence training
AI training for industry and energy
Production, maintenance, quality, HSE, engineering, purchasing: we train industry and energy teams in generative AI using their validated tools, both at headquarters and on-site, in French or English. Our 100% practical sessions are built on your everyday documents: operating procedures, intervention reports, non-conformities, specifications, and regulatory monitoring.
AI training for industry and energy, in brief
Nine lines to find out if it's right for you. Programs, prices and financing are detailed below.
- What it is
- A in-house training in generative AI for industrial and energy teams, built on your real situations and facilitated on the tool validated by your IT department.
- For who
- Production, maintenance, methods, quality, HSE, engineering, purchasing, supply chain, support functions and site management, beginners as well as advanced users.
- Duration
- De 1 hour (Prompt Party®), compatible with the schedules of shift teams, at a multi-wave program on all your sites.
- Where and in what language
- At headquarters, in the factory or on-site anywhere in France, remotely for your international locations. French or English.
- Tools
- Your internal AI assistant or the validated tool: Copilot Chat or Microsoft 365 Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or Mistral, including sovereign hosting.
- Data
- Exercises using reconstructed or public documents: no plan, process or actual operating data entered during session.
- Price
- €1,500 to €2,000 excluding VAT half-day sessions for up to twelve people €2,000 to €3,000 excluding VAT In-house day, route available upon request.
- Funding
- Eligible for OPCO and ESF+ funding. NextStart is a registered training organization (No. 11756140675): the session is part of your skills development plan.
- Lead time
- First response and proposal within 24 business hours, without obligation; detailed proposal after a 30-minute scoping exchange.
Our benchmarks in industrial environments
Programs conducted at a European aircraft manufacturer, an animal health industrial group present in eight countries and five structures that transfer research to industry, documented in our client case studies.
Where generative AI truly helps an industrial team
In industry and energy, time is rarely wasted on the machine itself; it's wasted on the paperwork surrounding it. Updating procedures, intervention reports, incident analyses, compliance files, supplier consultations, and lessons learned that are never capitalized on. This is where generative AI saves hours, provided we know what tasks can be entrusted to it and what must remain under human control.
- Production and methods: writing and harmonizing operating procedures, preparing job instructions, transforming tacit know-how into a procedure usable by a newcomer.
- Maintenance and operation: structuring an intervention report, finding information in voluminous technical documentation, preparing feedback after an incident.
- Quality, HSE and compliance: analyze a non-conformity to its root cause, prepare an audit, follow regulatory developments that really affect your facilities.
- Purchasing and supply chain: comparing offers, preparing a consultation, monitoring the risks of a panel of subcontractors.
What will change in 2026 for industry and energy
The texts are becoming more precise, and the tools are evolving from chat to agents. Our sessions place each use case within its context, so your teams can move forward without exposing the company.
What we did with industrial companies
Three documented programs, with their figures. Engie and the CEA are also among the energy and research organizations that have entrusted us with their teams.
Airbus · 2026
An entire business line, in two waves
Two Masterclasses, eighteen Prompt Party and an AI Bar on the group's secure internal tool: in person in Toulouse, remotely for Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom, with an internal co-facilitator to take over.
Ceva Animal Health
A multi-site group, deployed country by country
Starting from the French Executive Committee, the program has spread entity by entity, from France to the rest of Europe, through internal recommendation: proof that a short and practical format spreads on its own from one site to another.
SATT Network · 3 years
Technology transfer to industry
Five technology transfer acceleration companies were formed, with case studies rewritten for their respective fields: patent analysis, technology monitoring, and project development with industrial partners.
Use cases by industry sector
Quality, methods, continuous improvement, engineering, purchasing and supply chain: concrete examples from our freely accessible library to see how AI changes the daily operations of a site.
Quality: tracing a non-conformity back to its root cause
Structure the analysis of a discrepancy with the available facts, without stopping at the first symptom.
Methods: Transforming a practice into an operational method
Moving from the gesture of an experienced operator to a clear procedure, ready for training and auditing.
Continuous improvement: diagnosing a process
Delegate the analysis of a flow and obtain reasoned suggestions for improvement, to be validated as a team.
Engineering: writing verifiable requirements
Reformulate a need into testable requirements before a specification or design review.
Purchasing: compare supplier offers
Put several technical and commercial offers on the same grid, including discrepancies and points to be clarified.
Supply chain: monitoring supplier risks
Gather financial, regulatory and operational signals from a panel of critical subcontractors.
Each session starts from your own situations. See all our training courses by profession →
Three levels, from the first prompt to the delegation
Each level can be followed individually or progressively, either on-site or remotely, using the tools already deployed at your company.
Adopt
Prompt Party® (1 hour or ½ day), use cases by profession et AI ambassadors on each site: a first useful use for everyone, including in the field.
Create agents
Agent Party® and Agent Studio : a maintenance documentation assistant, a quality agent or a supplier watchdog, created by your teams on your repositories.
Delegate
Cowork Party® and Cowork Studio : entrusting AI with an audit file, a document review or a complete consultation, with human validation at each stage.
Do your teams want to equip their own processes? The range Coding with AI They learn to develop small business applications using code agents. All formats are on the page Our offers.
Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or Mistral training for industry
We provide training on the tool your teams actually use: your internal AI assistant, Copilot Chat included in Microsoft 365 or the paid version of Copilot M365, ChatGPT Business or Enterprise, Claude Team or Enterprise, Gemini in Google Workspace, or Mistral for organizations that prefer a European model and sovereign hosting. The exercises take into account your classification rules and authorized connectors, and our support materials keep up with the latest vendor updates month by month.
Copilot
Claude
ChatGPT
Gemini
MistralSecurity, know-how and industrial data
Processes, plans, operating data, supplier prices: a manufacturer's assets often reside in its documents. Our training courses are conducted using tools validated by your organization, with simple rules that each participant applies immediately.
- Trade secrets and know-how: exercises on reconstructed or public documents, never on your actual plans, processes or contracts.
- Industrial computing: the uses presented remain on the office side; no generative AI tool is linked to your control systems during the training.
- Sovereignty: animation possible on an internal assistant, a proprietary hosted model or a European solution, depending on your IT department's policy.
- Article 4 of the AI Act: training materials and certificates that document your employees' AI proficiency.
To establish a headquarters, factories, and shift teams
Within an industrial group, the target audiences are very diverse: engineers at headquarters, site management, maintenance technicians, and shift workers. The format must reflect this diversity. We roll out the training in short waves, site by site, with internal support staff taking over.
A shared session for management and support staff: what AI can do, what it shouldn't do, and company rules. At CNES, up to 150 participants per Masterclass.
A short format that fits between two shifts and is repeated in waves: at Airbus, eighteen Prompt Party in two waves of three weeks, across several countries.
A designated contact person at each site co-leads the process, then takes over with their colleagues. To structure this network: free AI Ambassadors kit.
Why NextStart?
Over 30 organizations supported, 4,850 professionals trained, an average satisfaction rating of 9,4/10, and experience in challenging environments: proprietary hosted internal tools, multi-site teams, sensitive data. We work on-site at your locations throughout France, particularly in Lyonin Lillein Nantesin Toulouse and Montpellierand remotely for your overseas operations. See all our references →
Price benchmarks
Our rates are in line with the market for AI training in companies. The precise quote depends on the number of sites and sessions, the customization to your real-world cases, and the desired adoption rate.
This training is eligible for OPCO and ESF+ funding and can be charged to your skills development plan, provided you submit the documents required by your funding body. A written proposal will be sent within 24 business hours, with no obligation.
FAQ
Do you also train production and maintenance teams?
Yes. The exercises are based on their working documents: operating procedures to be updated, intervention reports, analysis of a shutdown, safety instructions to be reworded. The one-hour format is scheduled between shifts and repeated to cover all teams, including those working three shifts.
Our processes and data are confidential: how do you manage that?
The exercises are based on your real-life situations, never on your actual data. The practical cases are developed in advance with your mentor using reconstructed or public documents, validated by your security teams, and the company's rules of use are reviewed at the beginning of each session.
Can you animate using our internal AI assistant?
Yes, this is common practice among our industrial clients: at Airbus as well as CNES, all demonstrations are conducted using the secure, in-house tool, with an internal expert co-facilitating the demonstrations. NextStart provides the methodology, use cases, and facilitation.
Our sites are spread across France and abroad: how do you manage that?
We deliver training on-site, remotely, or in a hybrid format, in both French and English. Airbus programs have covered four countries, and Ceva Animal Health's program has been rolled out site by site across eight European countries.
Do our uses of AI fall under the high risk category of the AI Act?
The office skills covered by our training courses—writing, summarizing, document analysis—generally do not fall under this category. Appendix III specifically addresses AI used as a security component for critical infrastructures. We explain this boundary during the session; to define a specific project, our AI Act Kit and the opinion of your legal department remains the reference.
How much does AI training cost for industry or energy?
€1,500 to €2,000 excluding VAT for a half-day session for up to twelve people, €2,000 to €3,000 excluding VAT for a full-day in-house session. Programs across multiple sites and phases, with internal relays and adoption measures, are available upon request, with a sliding scale of prices depending on the volume.
How to finance the training?
The training is eligible for OPCO and ESF+ funding. NextStart is a registered training organization (no. 11756140675): the session is part of your skills development plan, with the agreements and documents expected by your funding body.
What happens after my request?
Flavien Besset will personally respond within 24 business hours with an initial proposal. A 30-minute scoping meeting will then allow us to clarify your sites, teams, tools, and constraints before the detailed proposal and training agreement are finalized.
Build your program for industry and energy
Two fields and a sentence are enough: click what applies to you, the sentence writes itself, complete if you wish (sites and teams, validated tools, security constraints, deadlines).
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Other sectors we support
Confidentiality, compliance and multi-site organization are found in other demanding sectors: see how we work there.
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