Nursery School Owner Launches 'aify,' a Story-Immersive AI Career School for Administrative and Support Staff, Opening May 17
A nursery school owner is launching 'aify,' a story-immersive AI career school for administrative and support staff, set to open on May 17, 2026. This initiative aims to alleviate the anxieties of women returning to work after maternity leave and support their work in the AI era by providing practical AI utilization skills over 12 weeks.
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The story-immersive AI career school 'aify' (pronounced 'aify'), designed for administrative and support staff, will begin recruiting its first cohort of monitor students on May 17, 2026.
aify is a 12-week program where even AI beginners can learn from their smartphones. Through a narrative featuring protagonist Akari and guide Saki, students will acquire AI utilization skills applicable to daily tasks such as email creation, meeting minute generation, document creation, research, and business improvement.
The origin of its development lies in the anxieties of women returning to work after maternity leave, which the nursery school owner observed in the field of childcare management. Many women returning to the workplace after childbirth and childcare worry, 'Will I be able to work as before?' or 'Will I be able to keep up with the changing work environment?'
Meanwhile, with the widespread adoption of generative AI, the way administrative and support staff work is also undergoing significant changes. Many daily tasks, such as email correspondence, meeting minute creation, document creation, research, and data organization, are highly compatible with AI. However, traditional AI learning opportunities have often been geared towards engineers and management, and sufficient learning tailored to the practical needs of administrative and support staff has been lacking.
aify aims to deliver AI not as a 'difficult technology,' but as an 'ally to transform accumulated experience into future work power.'
Currently, official LINE registrants receive a free 'First Letter,' which marks the beginning of the story, and an AI utilization diagnostic tool that takes two minutes to complete. Details for the first cohort of monitor students will also be preferentially announced to official LINE registrants.
Development Background: Anxieties of Women Returning from Maternity Leave Observed in Nursery School Management
The origin of aify lies in the concerns of mothers returning from maternity leave, which the nursery school owner witnessed in the field of childcare management.
Many women returning to the workplace after childbirth and childcare worry, 'Will I be able to work as before?', 'Will I be able to balance work and family?', or 'Will I be able to keep up with the changing work environment?'
Through daily interactions with parents, the desire arose to provide an opportunity for women struggling between childcare and career to regain confidence and work positively again. This led to the conception of aify.
aify is designed with the idea of delivering AI not as a specialized technology used only by a select few, but as a familiar tool for continuing to work in one's own way.
Main Target: Administrative and Support Staff Women Needing Reskilling in the AI Era
aify primarily targets women in administrative, support, back-office, and assistant roles, mainly those aged 35-45.
While this generation supports the practical operations within companies and has accumulated on-site experience, many have had limited opportunities for systematic education regarding DX and generative AI.
'I know I should use AI.'
'But I don't know where to start.'
'Now, who can I ask?'
For those working with such anxieties, aify offers learning that transforms their past administrative and support experience into work power for the AI era.
Why 'Administrative and Support Staff'?
Administrative and support staff are vital to supporting the front lines of companies.
Many daily tasks, such as email correspondence, meeting minute creation, document creation, research, internal coordination, data organization, attendance management, and accounting/general affairs confirmation, are highly compatible with generative AI.
However, administrative and support staff sometimes feel that their work 'lacks specialization' or 'might be replaced by AI.'
aify addresses these anxieties by conveying that AI will not take away jobs, but rather enable them to leverage their past experience even more effectively by using AI.
First User Experience: A 60-Year-Old Administrative Staff Woman in the Company
In the early stages of development, the first person to experience aify was a 60-year-old female staff member within the company.
'Even at 60, I'm no longer afraid of AI.'
—— Ms. Y.S. (60 years old, administrative staff)
The ability to learn on a smartphone, the effort to avoid difficult terminology, and the sense of security from having guide Saki by her side.
Based on this feedback, aify became confident that it could be a place where people anxious about AI could start learning with peace of mind.
aify Features
1. Specialized for the practical work of administrative and support staff
It covers themes directly related to daily work, such as email creation, meeting minute generation, document creation, research, and business improvement. The focus is not just on learning AI as knowledge, but on applying it in a way that can be used in tomorrow's work.
2. AI beginners can learn from smartphones
It is designed so that learning can be easily pursued even in a busy daily life, allowing learning from smartphones. It is suitable not only for those proficient with computers and IT but also for those who are anxious about AI and want to start learning.
aify is a 12-week program where even AI beginners can learn from their smartphones. Through a narrative featuring protagonist Akari and guide Saki, students will acquire AI utilization skills applicable to daily tasks such as email creation, meeting minute generation, document creation, research, and business improvement.
The origin of its development lies in the anxieties of women returning to work after maternity leave, which the nursery school owner observed in the field of childcare management. Many women returning to the workplace after childbirth and childcare worry, 'Will I be able to work as before?' or 'Will I be able to keep up with the changing work environment?'
Meanwhile, with the widespread adoption of generative AI, the way administrative and support staff work is also undergoing significant changes. Many daily tasks, such as email correspondence, meeting minute creation, document creation, research, and data organization, are highly compatible with AI. However, traditional AI learning opportunities have often been geared towards engineers and management, and sufficient learning tailored to the practical needs of administrative and support staff has been lacking.
aify aims to deliver AI not as a 'difficult technology,' but as an 'ally to transform accumulated experience into future work power.'
Currently, official LINE registrants receive a free 'First Letter,' which marks the beginning of the story, and an AI utilization diagnostic tool that takes two minutes to complete. Details for the first cohort of monitor students will also be preferentially announced to official LINE registrants.
Development Background: Anxieties of Women Returning from Maternity Leave Observed in Nursery School Management
The origin of aify lies in the concerns of mothers returning from maternity leave, which the nursery school owner witnessed in the field of childcare management.
Many women returning to the workplace after childbirth and childcare worry, 'Will I be able to work as before?', 'Will I be able to balance work and family?', or 'Will I be able to keep up with the changing work environment?'
Through daily interactions with parents, the desire arose to provide an opportunity for women struggling between childcare and career to regain confidence and work positively again. This led to the conception of aify.
aify is designed with the idea of delivering AI not as a specialized technology used only by a select few, but as a familiar tool for continuing to work in one's own way.
Main Target: Administrative and Support Staff Women Needing Reskilling in the AI Era
aify primarily targets women in administrative, support, back-office, and assistant roles, mainly those aged 35-45.
While this generation supports the practical operations within companies and has accumulated on-site experience, many have had limited opportunities for systematic education regarding DX and generative AI.
'I know I should use AI.'
'But I don't know where to start.'
'Now, who can I ask?'
For those working with such anxieties, aify offers learning that transforms their past administrative and support experience into work power for the AI era.
Why 'Administrative and Support Staff'?
Administrative and support staff are vital to supporting the front lines of companies.
Many daily tasks, such as email correspondence, meeting minute creation, document creation, research, internal coordination, data organization, attendance management, and accounting/general affairs confirmation, are highly compatible with generative AI.
However, administrative and support staff sometimes feel that their work 'lacks specialization' or 'might be replaced by AI.'
aify addresses these anxieties by conveying that AI will not take away jobs, but rather enable them to leverage their past experience even more effectively by using AI.
First User Experience: A 60-Year-Old Administrative Staff Woman in the Company
In the early stages of development, the first person to experience aify was a 60-year-old female staff member within the company.
'Even at 60, I'm no longer afraid of AI.'
—— Ms. Y.S. (60 years old, administrative staff)
The ability to learn on a smartphone, the effort to avoid difficult terminology, and the sense of security from having guide Saki by her side.
Based on this feedback, aify became confident that it could be a place where people anxious about AI could start learning with peace of mind.
aify Features
1. Specialized for the practical work of administrative and support staff
It covers themes directly related to daily work, such as email creation, meeting minute generation, document creation, research, and business improvement. The focus is not just on learning AI as knowledge, but on applying it in a way that can be used in tomorrow's work.
2. AI beginners can learn from smartphones
It is designed so that learning can be easily pursued even in a busy daily life, allowing learning from smartphones. It is suitable not only for those proficient with computers and IT but also for those who are anxious about AI and want to start learning.