The Institute · Est. 2025
An institution built for the age of intelligence.
The International Institute of AI Software Engineering (IASE) is a global institution training the engineers, founders and technology leaders who will build the enterprise software of the next century.
Values
The Institute stands for four things.
Craft
Software built with the discipline of a serious profession.
Ambition
Graduates who intend to shape industries — not merely enter them.
Rigor
Systems that stand up to production, scale and adversarial reality.
Global
A remote-first campus with students from 94 countries.
Leadership
The people who run the Institute.
Adaeze Okafor
President & Founder
Formerly AI research at three enterprise platforms; founding faculty of the Institute.
Henri Laurent
Provost
Two decades architecting global-scale systems; leads faculty appointments and academic standards.
Kenji Watanabe
Dean of Research
Directs the ten IASE laboratories and open-problems agenda.
Sofia Almeida
Managing Director, IASE Ventures
Runs the accelerator, prototype fund and investor network.
Idris Bello
Managing Director, IASE Labs
Delivers enterprise engagements for governments and Fortune 500.
Naledi Khumalo
Dean of Admissions
Owns the admissions faculty, scholarships and international residencies.
Global community
A campus that spans continents.
In the press
What people are writing.
- Building Africa's first AI-native institute — Rest of World→
- The school that teaches you to ship — TechCabal→
- Where the next generation of founders is being trained — Sifted→
- IASE Ventures announces inaugural Demo Day cohort — Ventureburn→