About Astra Via.
An AI training and advisory firm in Dubai, founded and run by Victor de Chalendar. It started because most teams in the region have AI licences and few use them for real work.
Victor de Chalendar
Founder and trainer
Victor spent three and a half years as a strategy consultant at Oliver Wyman, advising financial institutions, operators and governments across MENA, including AI transformation projects. For the past year he has advised startups and small companies on AI-enabled go-to-market and operations. He designs and runs every Astra Via session himself, on site, in English or French.
Credentials
Background.
Former strategy consultant
Three and a half years at Oliver Wyman advising financial institutions, operators and governments across MENA, including AI transformation projects, internal trainings and executive workshops.
Anthropic-certified practitioner
Claude Certified Associate (Foundations), Anthropic's official credential, with a direct channel to the regional teams at Anthropic and OpenAI.
Hands-on AI builder
AI workflows in daily use in client teams, from a marketing team running its own creative system to consultants working with coding agents.
In the room.
Astra Via Academy sessions in Dubai, October 2026. Participants work on their own files and tools from the first hour; the trainer reviews the output live.
Supported by Acquisit.
Acquisit is a data and growth agency founded in Dubai in 2019, with offices in Dubai, Riyadh and Beirut: 90+ analysts, strategists and engineers, and 65+ clients advertising in 40+ countries.
Its specialists join Astra Via programmes and scopings where the work calls for them.
Insights and case studies.
Notes from the field, and work built and in use in client teams.
Questions.
What is Astra Via?
An AI training and advisory firm based in Dubai. It runs Astra Via Academy, corporate AI training in three levels plus coaching for leaders, and advises on AI roadmaps, change management and implementation.
Who runs the training?
Victor de Chalendar, the founder: a former Oliver Wyman strategy consultant, a Claude Certified Associate certified by Anthropic, and for the past year an adviser to startups and small companies on AI-enabled go-to-market and operations. He designs the programmes and delivers every session himself, in English or French.
Where does Astra Via work?
Based in Dubai, working on site across MENA.
How is Astra Via related to Acquisit?
Astra Via is supported by Acquisit, a data and growth agency founded in Dubai in 2019. Acquisit specialists join Astra Via work where it calls for them.
Is Astra Via connected to other companies with a similar name?
Astra Via, at astravia.ae, is an AI training and advisory firm in Dubai, unaffiliated with other companies that use a similar name.