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AI Accelerator
Innovate UK BridgeAI — Digital Catapult
Digital Catapult / Innovate UK
AI / SaaSDeep techCleantech
Early revenueScaling
Government-backed equity-free AI accelerator for startups building AI solutions for traditional industries: construction, transport, agrifood, and creative sectors. Delivered by Digital Catapult for Innovate UK's BridgeAI programme. Multiple cohorts per year, each targeting a specific sector challenge with dedicated industry challenge owners (e.g. TfL, Nestlé, Foster + Partners). 14-week programme with £18k in state assistance eligibility, cloud credits, and AI tooling.
Why this programme
Find customers / partnerships
Work directly with major industry challenge owners like TfL, Nestlé, Dale Farm and Foster + Partners to pilot your AI solution
Build product / validate MVP
Access to MLOps tooling, computational resources and Applied AI Suite to accelerate data and product readiness
Raise funding
Eligibility for up to £18k in state assistance; showcase to investors at sector-specific demo days
Scale & grow
Industry challenge owners like TfL and Nestle provide direct enterprise customer channels for AI companies ready to scale into traditional sectors