{"id":43514,"date":"2025-04-23T09:52:08","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T09:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/43514\/"},"modified":"2025-04-23T09:52:08","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T09:52:08","slug":"university-of-edinburgh-ai-accelerator-programme-invites-scaleups-through-new-selection-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/43514\/","title":{"rendered":"University of Edinburgh AI Accelerator Programme invites scaleups through new selection process"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Edinburgh\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/develop3d.com\/tag\/AI\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AI<\/a> enhanced Accelerator Programme, an initiative which helps AI-focused startups and scaleups to \u2018maximise commercial potential,\u2019 is open for 2025 applications.<\/p>\n<p>The programme runs for six months and will widen its selection process this year to encourage applications from an increased range of tech-focused scaleup companies.<\/p>\n<p>In Deloitte\u2019s report titled \u2018AI Powered Cities of the Future,\u2019 Edinburgh was the only city in the UK to be named an AI leader.<\/p>\n<p>Delivered by the university\u2019s Innovation Hub for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, the Accelerator Programme will provide both teaching and business exposure opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>It will include monthly workshops on increasing commercial growth, online activities and two trips to London.<\/p>\n<p>With a large proportion of design and engineering software tools now utilising different types of AI, the Accelerator Programme\u2019s new selection process will make the course available to scaleups in the industry.<\/p>\n<p>Pre-qualifications close at noon on Wednesday 24 May, and the deadline for applications to the programme is 9am on Monday 19th May.<\/p>\n<p>The 2025 cohort will be mentored by Daniel Winterstein, a PhD graduate and co-founder of Good-Loop, who will be acting as technical entrepreneur in residence.<\/p>\n<p>Programme manager Katy Guthrie said \u201cAI is having a profoundly positive impact on companies and their growth across the globe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThrough our programme we are helping transform innovative startups into world-leading companies and supporting wider economic growth (\u2026) we are inviting startups and scaleups from tech businesses around the world to join us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ll be refocusing on scaleups with products that are ready to make an impact,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>                                                <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The University of Edinburgh\u2019s AI enhanced Accelerator Programme, an initiative which helps AI-focused startups and scaleups to \u2018maximise&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":43515,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8816],"tags":[24239,748,1102,4884,712,16,15,23411],"class_list":{"0":"post-43514","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-edinburgh","8":"tag-accelerator-programme","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-edinburgh","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-scotland","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-university-of-edinburgh"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114386668593299702","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43514"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43514\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43515"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}