Accelerate AI

Companies searching for integration of artificial intelligence and machine learning, this program offers to teach you how to do it for 6 months for free.
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Overview of the Accelerate AI program:

This program helps you integrate artificial intelligence and machine learning into your company to improve your technology development, attract and retain new talent, and more importantly increase your clientele at no cost. ‍

Benefits of the Accelerate AI program:
  • During 6 months you will have access to:
    • 40 mentors and 15 advisors
    • Personalized support for product development
    • IP Support, Workshops, and specialized guidance on intellectual property.
    • Access to personalized support from the Capital Investment Program team of advisors to help support through the fundraising process
    • Advisory on attracting top talent, and accessing selected talent pools.
    • Free access to ventureLABs Innovation Space in Markham
    • Personalized and promotional videos & articles tailored to each company to be shared on multiple channels
    • Gain visibility and demo products to a wide audience
    • Access to ventureLABs network of over 60 ventureLAB partners including Siemens, Tenstorrent, Dell for Startups (Dell Technologies), and credits from AWS and many more.
Eligibility criteria of the Accelerate AI program:
  • To be eligible for this program you must:
    • Be Incorporated, based, and operating in Canada
    • Focused on applied AI and intelligent value chain products and/or services
    • Less than two years old
    • Employing fewer than 500 globally (including its affiliates)
    • The Venture must be at the validation stage, have developed a minimum viable product (MVP), or at the efficiency stage, experiencing initial traction in a receptive enough market to build a business in
    • Able to demonstrate evidence that their technology solves a real problem for an identified market
    • The venture must fall under one of the industry sectors and value chain categories outlined in the application form
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