Hi, I'm Cedric. I help teams turn AI into real leverage.

Head of Data & AI at Firgun Ventures and Lead AI Lecturer at Le Wagon — the world's top-rated coding bootcamp. Author, AI SEO researcher, and freelance Data & AI consultant.

Cedric De Schaut — Head of Data & AI at Firgun Ventures, Lead AI Lecturer at Le Wagon
Lead AI Lecturer @ Le Wagon
Fortune 500 teams trained
Amazon bestselling AI author
6 working languages

Selected teams trained

Companies I've taught data & AI to

I've delivered data & AI programmes for teams at Warner Music, SLB, ODDO, Engie, Stellantis, Eiffage, Roland Berger, and Bain & Company. I also offer private AI workshops for leadership, marketing, sales, ops, and technical teams.

Warner Music
SLB
ODDO
Engie
Stellantis
Eiffage
Roland Berger
Bain & Company

Ways to work with me

Pick the shape of help you actually need. If you're unsure, book an intro call and I'll point you to the right one — or somewhere else entirely.

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1:1 Consulting

From $300 / hour

A private working session on a specific problem. Bring a plan, decision, or piece of work — leave with a concrete next step.

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Fractional Head of Data & AI

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Embedded data & AI leadership for startups and teams. AI strategy, RAG & GenAI architecture, BI stack, hiring — without the full-time hire.

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AI workshops & training

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Private AI workshops and role-specific training for marketing, sales, ops, leadership, or technical teams. Built around your workflows and real examples.

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Self-paced courses

From $49

Structured online courses you can take at your own pace. Start with the AI SEO course — the fastest way to win visibility in AI search.

About Cedric

I'm Cedric, based in the UK. By day I'm Head of Data & AI at Firgun Ventures, where I'm building an intelligence system to support investment decisions in the emerging Quantum Computing landscape. In parallel, I'm Lead AI Lecturer at Le Wagon — the #1-rated coding bootcamp worldwide — where I've taught Data Science, Data Engineering, Data Analytics, and GenAI for 4+ years.

For Le Wagon B2B, I've designed and delivered AI programmes for teams at Warner Music, SLB, ODDO, Engie, Stellantis, Eiffage, Roland Berger, and Bain & Company — and authored their GenAI for Data Scientists bootcamp, Advanced RAG course, and GenAI & SQL course. I also run Agentic SEO, a boutique AI SEO consultancy, and I'm the author of an Amazon bestselling book on AI.

Before Firgun I was Technical Co-Founder of an e-commerce brand, a Data Engineer / PowerBI Consultant at element61 (Belgium's most experienced BI & Data Science firm), a Technology Consultant at Deloitte, and Acting Chief of Staff at Culture Trip (20M monthly visitors), reporting directly to the CEO. I hold an M.Sc. in Economics & Engineering from Solvay Business School (VUB), a B.Sc. from Ghent University, and did an Erasmus year at TU München. I speak six languages.

4+ yrs

Lead AI Lecturer @ Le Wagon

Fortune 500

Teams trained via Le Wagon B2B

6

Working languages

Cedric De Schaut — Head of Data and AI at Firgun Ventures

Why the AI shift matters now

AI is moving from experiment to operating layer. Adoption, investment, and day-to-day usage are all climbing fast, and the teams that build capability early keep the advantage.

88%

of organizations reported AI use in at least one business function in 2025

75%

of knowledge workers said they were already using AI at work in 2024

$109B

in U.S. private AI investment was recorded in 2024

500M

people were using ChatGPT every week by March 2025

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Featured product: the AI SEO course

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AI: Work Smarter and Live Better Within Civilization's Next Big Disruption

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Frequently asked questions

What do you actually do?

By day I'm Head of Data & AI at Firgun Ventures and Lead AI Lecturer at Le Wagon. Alongside that, I work independently in four shapes: 1:1 consulting for specific decisions, Fractional Head of Data & AI for embedded leadership at startups, custom AI workshops and training for companies, and self-paced online courses. See Work with me for the full picture.

How do I pick the right format?

A single decision or review — book a consulting session. Ongoing data/AI leadership for a startup — Fractional Head of Data & AI. Running an AI workshop or training a team — AI training. Learning at your own pace — the AI SEO course.

What is AI SEO?

AI SEO — also known as Generative Engine Optimisation (GEO) — is the practice of making your brand visible in AI-powered search tools like ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and Google AI Overviews. Where traditional SEO targets Google rankings, AI SEO targets citations in AI-generated answers. Read the full AI SEO guide →

Do you work with individuals or just companies?

Both. Individual practitioners take the course or book a single consulting session. Companies engage me for training, a Fractional Head of Data & AI role, or multi-session work.

Is AI going to replace SEO?

AI is not replacing SEO — it's changing what SEO means. The skills that earn AI citations overlap significantly with good SEO fundamentals, but the measurement and strategy layers are different. Teams that adapt early hold a compounding advantage.

Want to work together?

Pick the shape of help you need — or book a 30-minute intro call.

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