Creators find a new calling: Corporate AI trainers

Ansh Mehra, 27, is on the verge of reaching] million followers across Instagram and YouTube.

- Shouvik Das

But unlike other influencers, the computer science engineering graduate, who once worked at Swiggy, isn’t worried about follower count. Instead, he has found a booming niche: artificial intelligence training for top corporations.

India’s largest private financial services group HDFC, Reliance Industries Ltd and British energy conglomerate Shell are among the world’s top 75 firms by market value that are increasingly enlisting experts with deep AI knowledge to train their employees. Surging demand for their skills allows creators and consultants like Mehra to secure up to ₹25 lakh in a few weeks.

Mehra has been running his Al training venture, The Cutting Edge School, for the past three years. He is currently conducting a workshop for over 1,000 employees for a top retail firm-he refused to identify the client, citing a nondisclosure agreement.