Short learning units in the chat
Learning sequences with videos, interactive exercises and knowledge checks. Usable on mobile, right where your employees already ask their questions.
i40 / AI Learning Buddy
AI Learning Buddy for Copilot and internal chatbots
Your employees already use Copilot or an internal chatbot in their daily work. We build a learning buddy right into it: short learning units, knowledge checks and examples from your own documents. Technology, content and instructional design come from a single source.
Discuss your learning buddyAnimated example: an employee learns with the Learning Buddy in the Microsoft 365 Copilot chat and answers a knowledge check. The Practice Companion then checks their draft against the sources.
What the learning buddy does
Examples from your daily work
Role-specific examples from production, maintenance, quality, procurement and engineering, based on your real documents rather than made-up case studies.
Only authorised content
Access to company data runs through RAG and each user's existing access rights. No blanket service account.
Multilingual without re-production
We keep content structured. Adding another language does not mean producing it again.
Practice Companion
From learning to doing
Between training and live sessions, each target group practises on its own workflow. The Practice Companion sets practical tasks with illustrative data, checks drafts against the sources and points to approved workflows.
- 01Pick the task for your own role
- 02Have your draft checked against the data
- 03Use the approved workflow in daily work
Data & operations
Your data stays where it belongs.
With you
Running the buddy and storing data in your own infrastructure is our standard case. We provide the content, learning logic and configuration.
Or with us
If you prefer, we operate the learning buddy ourselves, hosted in the EU.
Experience with Azure
In developing agents and accessing company data via RAG.
The right example for every role
Sample questions from the learning path “AI literacy in operations”
| Role | Sample question in the chat |
|---|---|
| Production | How do I check whether an AI forecast of the scrap rate can be right? |
| Maintenance | What does an 80 per cent probability of failure mean for my planning? |
| Quality | What data does image recognition need to detect defects reliably? |
| Procurement | How do I write a good prompt for a supplier comparison? |
| Engineering | When is an AI use case worth it, and when not? |
Where the learning buddy runs
Microsoft 365 Copilot
As an agent in your company's Copilot environment.
Your own AI chatbot
On Azure, for example, as a learning feature in your existing assistant.
Other platforms
On request. We work out with you which way of embedding it fits best.
Who delivers what
| Area | i40 | Your company |
|---|---|---|
| Content & instructional design | Learning sequences, videos, exercises, knowledge checks, role-specific examples | Subject-matter expertise and documents |
| Technology | Learning logic and configuration of the learning buddy | Your assistant: Copilot or your own chatbot |
| Data access | RAG via each user's existing access rights | Access management as before |
| Operation | Optional, then in the EU | Standard case: in your infrastructure |
How a project works
- 01
Clarify
Which assistant, which data sources, which target groups.
- 02
Design
Define learning paths, role examples and knowledge checks.
- 03
Pilot
Test with one target group and refine.
- 04
Roll out
Add further roles and languages.
Our foundation
Built on our work on SkillDuck®
With SkillDuck®, we develop and operate an AI-powered authoring platform for microlearning. That experience goes into the learning buddy.
Explore SkillDuck®- 2025
- eLearning Award, Artificial Intelligence category
- 91/100
- Rated “Excellent” in the eLearning Journal 2026 test
- 1.2m+
- learners worldwide
Frequently asked questions
- Do we need Microsoft 365 Copilot?
- No. The learning buddy can also be embedded in your own company chatbot. We'll work out which route fits in our first conversation.
- Where is our data stored?
- Normally in your own infrastructure. If we take over operation, in the EU.
- Can the learning buddy see confidential documents?
- Only those the individual user already has access to. We use the existing access rights, not a blanket service account.
- Which topics are possible?
- For example, AI literacy for operational teams: fundamentals of AI and machine learning, data quality, prompting, finding and assessing use cases, and responsible use. The learning buddy can be one component of your measures under Article 4 of the EU AI Act.
- Which languages are available?
- The content is designed to be multilingual. Additional languages do not require new production.
Contact
What should your learning buddy be able to do?
Let's talk about your AI environment, your target groups and the right way to get started.