Deadline: 28-Jun-22
Tech Nation’s Applied Artificial Intelligence (AI) first growth programme is now open for Artificial Intelligence to help the UK’s most promising founders who are applying AI in practical areas and creating real-world impact.
The programme is based on peer-to-peer support and the shared experience of later-stage founders, all curated under the values of honesty, intimacy and trust.
Tech Nation know that scaling an AI company comes with its own set of unique challenges. This is a network that will unpack the AI-specific scaling journey, led by those who have done it and with the support of like-minded peers.
What does the programme include?
- Sessions – 11 compact insight sessions over 6 months delivered by later-stage founders, all focused on key scaling challenges.
- Connections – Meetups and dinners to better get to know your peers and connect you to relevant guests across VC, corporates and more
- Coaching – 6 coaching sessions intimate Founder Circles with a startup coach to develop your leadership skills and peer connections
- Community – Intimate networking sessions full of support from like-minded peers, covering AI-specific scaling topics and insight.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible, your company could focus on anything from mobility to manufacturing, from e-commerce to healthcare, but your product must solve an identified, real problem.
The eligibility criteria:
- Have headquarters in the UK
- Have Artificial Intelligence at the core of your value proposition and your key product, not an excess feature
- Seed to Series A (or no more than £1.5m annual recurring revenue)
- Take into account ethical considerations
What are some top tips for Applied AI programme applicants?
- Be succinct. Write clearly. You do not need to communicate everything ad infinitum, rather include what matters, exclude anything superfluous, and describe your company with clarity. Writing an essay for each question will dilute your impact.
- Don’t hold back. Modesty is not a virtue here. This is your opportunity to shout loudly about all of your achievements, uniqueness, and potential. But do be honest. Humility goes a long way.
- Don’t forget to sell your team. This is often the most important part of the application. Judges will want to know the story behind the company and thus what drives you.
- They want to know what experience you have and why your team is best-placed to solve the problem you set out to fix. What makes you, ‘you?’
- Do be specific about your use case of artificial intelligence. They want to see genuine use cases with defensibility.
For more information, visit https://technation.io/programmes/applied-ai/