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Robeco AI course 2025

How AI is shaping investment today – and tomorrow

Take our exclusive AI course to learn how AI is transforming investment strategies. Uncover Robeco’s 15-year AI journey, and hear from leading experts on the state of AI in investing.
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AI meets investing: A practical course

AI is changing how we live and work. It's also changing how we invest. This short summer series is designed to help you understand what AI’s real impact is and will be on investment portfolios – beyond the buzzwords.

Across three podcasts and two long reads, explore how AI has evolved from experimental quant models into a core element of portfolios and processes. If you’re looking to combine your summer reading and listening with fresh investment insights, this course offers practical knowledge and expert perspectives on AI.

Reasons to join

  • Gain a clear, practical understanding of AI’s role in modern investing.

  • Hear directly from Robeco’s AI researchers and portfolio managers.

  • Discover how AI-driven strategies are built, tested, and implemented.

  • Stay ahead of the curve with a forward-looking perspective on AI’s evolving impact.


Join us as we embark on the journey of AI in investing. Click on any of the five course elements – three podcasts and two long reads – below and you will be taken there.

Podcast | 25 min

Part 1: From lab to launch

How did AI become an investment game-changer? Trace its remarkable journey from academic experiments to becoming a core driver of alpha in Robeco’s flagship quant strategies. This episode highlights key breakthroughs, innovative use cases, and how AI is reshaping investment decision-making in practical and powerful ways today.

Part 1: From lab to launch

Long read | 15 min

Part 2: Potential futures of AI investing

What lies beyond the known path when it comes to the potential of AI? Dive into the bold ideas, emerging technologies, and today’s cutting-edge developments that are shaping the future of investing. Agentic AI is the new kid on the block, but what does it mean and more importantly, what does it do? Learn how the new step in AI evolution will affect investor experiences in the decades to come.

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Podcast | 25 min

Part 3: Innovations shaping today and tomorrow

What are the AI trends shaping investing from 2023 through 2027? Hear how Robeco’s Dynamic Theme Machine ETF and incubator strategies use cutting-edge AI tools to identify emerging themes, optimize timing, and capture real-world opportunities in an increasingly complex market landscape.

Part 3: Innovations shaping today and tomorrow

Long read | 15 min

Part 4: AI everything

How can we spot the AI winners beyond the buzz? Discover how to identify the essential building blocks of AI: semiconductors, cloud infrastructure, software platforms, and cybersecurity. This long read looks at foundational technologies and innovative solutions that enable AI’s broad adoption and long-term value creation across industries.

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Podcast | 25 min

Part 5: AI in 2045 and beyond

If we look into the distant future with Robeco’s experts, what might AI’s impact be? Discover how AI developments may redefine investment roles, strategy development, and asset classes, preparing investors and the industry for a future driven by innovation and technological evolution.

Part 5: AI in 2045 and beyond

Want to know more about AI and investing?

Explore our AI Investing page to dive deeper into how artificial intelligence is reshaping markets. AI has moved beyond the lab — it's now driving real-world growth and revolutionizing portfolio management.

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Meet the experts

Our AI course features insights from some of our brightest minds in AI-driven investing:


Mike Chen - Head of Next Gen Research
Head of Next Gen Research

Mike Chen

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Lejda Bargjo - Deputy Head of Quant Client Portfolio Management
Deputy Head of Quant Client Portfolio Management

Lejda Bargjo

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Sam Brasser - Consumer Analyst and Portfolio Manager
Consumer Analyst and Portfolio Manager

Sam Brasser

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Daniel Ernst - Portfolio Manager
Portfolio Manager

Daniel Ernst

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Erika van der Merwe - Equity Investment Specialist
Equity Investment Specialist

Erika van der Merwe

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