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AI accelerator supports the development of ideas based on artificial intelligence!
The application round for the AI accelerator has closed. If you’re interested in the next round, please drop your details in the form below. We’ll reach out to you as we gear up for the next round!
Tehnopol Startup Incubator’s AI accelerator assists in introducing new and robust technology companies based on artificial intelligence to the market.
A specialist training series focused on AI together with mentors and experts who are among the best in the business will help participants complete the development cycle, and the mentors will work each week with the teams. See the mentors at ai.tehnopol.ee. The teams participating in the AI accelerator can also use the co-working space in Science and Business Park Tehnopol.
We are inviting early-stage startups or spin-offs developing AI technologies to join our 6-month AI accelerator. The program is designed to support companies in bringing their product or service to market faster and overcoming market barriers through expert mentorship and training provided by the accelerator.
We also welcome applications from students, researchers, and SMEs who have previously participated in an AI program and are looking to launch AI-based products or develop a new business line or product. From each round, 8 companies are selected to participate in the program.
Startups that complete the AI accelerator program will have the opportunity to present their solutions at the Demo Day. The expert panel for Demo Day will include both Estonian and, where possible, international AI experts, key mentors, follow-on funding providers, and representatives from Tehnopol. Teams will showcase their achieved goals, the uniqueness of their AI solution, its business potential, profitability, and their plans for the next three months.
The panel will select up to three AI technology startups with the highest business potential to be awarded a development grant of 10,000€!
The accelerator is free of monthly fees and we don’t take any participation options. You only need to have an escalating technological AI-based business idea, an existing prototype or the ability to create one during the accelerator and a motivated team with the necessary skills.
In case of questions contact Kristiina Libe, Deep Tech project manager (kristiina.libe@tehnopol.ee).
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- WHO SHOULD JOIN?
- AI ACCELERATOR INCLUDES
AI accelerator helps:
- AI technology companies to grow strong under the guidance of experienced mentors using a training programme
- Bring together participants in the artificial intelligence ecosystem and experts
- Accelerate the growth of your company through individual meetings with top international AI experts.
- Ideas based on AI reach the pilot phase faster and with less testing
- Make valuable contacts who can help bring in additional investments
We expect from you:
- An escalating technological AI-based business idea
- A motivated team with the necessary skills
- The ambition and will to work to truly conquer the world
*It would be good to have an agreement to pilot the idea with at least one potential client or partner.
AI accelerator development cycles:
- Building a scalable business model and a strong team
- (Big) data and its application in AI technology
- Product development and testing based on AI technologies
- Designing a unique value proposition tailored to customer needs
- Validation, piloting, and go-to-market strategy
- Intellectual property, its protection, and agreements
- Achieving investor readiness and finding funding opportunities
AI accelerator
6 months
BUSINESS MODEL
DATA AND PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
VALUE PROPOSITION
MARKET ENTRY
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
INVESTOR READINESS
POSSIBLE EXTRA FUNDING
(look ai.tehnopol.ee)
The AI accelerator is part of Tehnopol AI Development Programme, designed to help Estonian businesses introduce artificial intelligence (AI) solutions, making them more competitive and keeping the Estonian economy sustainably successful in the future. We do this by launching and funding pilot projects based on AI, organising development marathons, running an accelerator with a six-month development cycle, and sharing all of the knowledge gained during the programme with other businesses.
The AI Development Programme has been created jointly with the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications to introduce artificial intelligence technologies into Estonia.
Find out more about the whole AI Development Programme at ai.tehnopol.ee/en