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Congratulations & welcome to our inaugural AI Accelerator!

Thank you again for your time and enthusiasm throughout the application process.

We received entries from some of the world's most innovative startups, representing 21 countries across 5 continents and various tech sectors, including healthtech, ESG, and cybersecurity. Our Al Accelerator aims to democratize access to the technology driving the AI revolution and it's inspiring to see so many innovators who share that vision.

You are one of a small group of startups selected by our panelists, and we're so excited to partner with you to fast-track your innovation throughout the coming weeks and months.

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The Accelerator

You will receive complimentary access to ultra-fast NVIDIA HGX H100 GPUs connected with InfiniBand for a 14-day period, powered by 100% clean energy. 

You will also receive access to one Northern Data Group and one external mentor for a number of sessions which focus on the following key areas:

  • Business strategy and how to best interpret results and use these to move to the next stage
  • Leadership development for how to build and lead high- performance teams, effective decision-making and navigating change
  • Product development and innovation
  • Strategic relationship management with customers and external businesses
  • Alongside this, there will be a series of group workshops to help enhance and refine your overall business strategy. More details on these can be found on the pages below.
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Fast-track your innovation with NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPUs

During the period from October 28th to November 15th, we will be onboarding you to our GenAI cloud and then begin the 14-day access window. To ensure a smooth setup, you will need to provide contact details of the individual responsible for the technical aspects, along with your public SSH key. This will allow us to pre-install the requirements you’ve outlined. By default, we provide 4 TB of local storage, which is standard for all our customers.

Meet the mentors!

 

Northern Data Group:

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Martijn de Jong
Tech Advisory Board
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Thomas Curran
Tech Advisory Board

HPE & Supermicro:

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Suresh Babu
Senior Vice President and General Manager of High-Performance Computing & Artificial Intelligence Go-to-Market
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Thierry Pienaar
Worldwide CTO of High-Performance computing & Artificial Intelligence Go-to-Market
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Dr. Kunbin Hong
Director of Solutions

Mentorship and workshops

You are entitled to mentorship and workshops broken down into three different areas:

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Northern Data Group mentorship

This mentorship will include three one hour sessions throughout October, November and December from one of the members of the Tech Advisory Board, Martijn de Jong or Thomas Curran.

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External Mentorship

By industry experts from HPE or Supermicro, you will also be entitled to three one hour session with our external mentors across October, November and December.

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Dedicated workshops

There will be four dedicated workshops including a founder Q&A, AI in sustainability, NVIDIA’s Deep Learning Institute and preparing for commercial success beyond the accelerator. 

Workshops

The below workshops* have been designed to enhance and refine your overall business strategy, including:

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Founder 'spotlight' session

Tuesday 22nd October
1 - 2:30pm BST 

 

Your first workshop will be a founder session with Aroosh Thillainathan, Group CEO and Founder of Northern Data Group.

 

This group session will be the first of your workshops, and include: 

  • Aroosh's founder story and experiences that got him to where he is today 
  • An interactive Q&A sessions between all five startups and Aroosh

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AI meets Sustainability

Thursday 21st November
12 - 4pm GMT

 

This group half-day workshop, supported by a big four management consultancy, will be on the topic of AI and sustainability to:

  • Provide practical knowledge and fruitful discussions around key sustainability concepts and drivers
  • Deep dive into real-life use cases for AI that offer sustainable solutions, fostering understanding of Sustainability and AI
  • Get connected with sustainability experts and understand how to create competitive advantages through sustainable innovations  

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Building LLM Applications with Prompt Engineering

Tuesday 26th November
9am - 5pm BST


NVIDIA will be providing a full day virtual workshop as part of their Deep Learning Institute. In the workshop you will learn how to build a variety of LLM-based applications through the use of modern prompt engineering techniques. By the end of the workshop, you will:


  • Understand how to apply iterative prompt engineering best practices to create LLM-based applications for various language-related tasks.
  • Be proficient in using LangChain to organize and compose LLM workflows.
  • Write application code to harness LLMs for generative tasks, document analysis, chatbot applications, and more
 

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Beyond the Accelerator: Preparing for Commercial Success

December TBC
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Ran by our Tech Advisory Board, the final workshop will focus on commercials and how to navigate the investor landscape. This half day workshop will: 

  • Equip you with essential insights into the current investor landscape, covering key trends, challenges, and opportunities in AI funding 
  • Give you the skills for how to prepare for investor meetings by mastering storytelling, effective pitching techniques, and understanding the metrics investors expect
  • Provide practical tips on building long-term investor relationships and transitioning from the Accelerator to securing commercial success

About ND

You will have regular 15-min weekly drop in sessions (Fridays between 3-5:30pm BST) scheduled with your Account Manager who will be your main point-of-contact throughout the Accelerator. They will work closely with you to coordinate your availability through the program, help schedule in mentor and workshop sessions, as well as looping you in with Northern Data Group’s technical support as needed, as you look to onboard with the H100 GPUs.