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.
Fast-track your innovation with NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPUs
Your Northern Data Group contacts
Throughout the Accelerator, Naeha Hirani will be your dedicated account manager and Sergei Bastrakov will be your technical support to offer guidance and expertise.
Naeha Hirani
Account Manager
Naeha.hirani@northerndata.de
Naeha Hirani
Account Manager
Naeha.hirani@northerndata.de
Naeha will be your point of contact throughout the Accelerator
Sergei Bastrakov
Technical Lead
sergei.bastrakov@taigacloud.com
Sergei Bastrakov
Technical Lead
sergei.bastrakov@taigacloud.com
Sergei will be your point of contact for your H100 onboarding and ongoing technical support in preparation and throughout the H100 access period.
With a PhD in Computer Science, Sergei has extensive experience in particle-in-cell code development and optimization of GPU cloud platforms for AI and HPC workloads.
Meet the mentors!
Northern Data Group:
Martijn de Jong
Tech Advisory Board
Martijn de Jong
Tech Advisory Board
Martijn is a digital and data product expert having previously served as a Chief Data Officer for a number of large corporates. Driven by a deep conviction in the transformative power of digital, data, and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, Martijn has led transformative projects across a diverse range of sectors. Currently, Martijn serves as a Fintech venture partner and Senior Advisor to private equity and venture capital funds, focusing on uncovering untapped and lucrative opportunities in the Fintech and AI domains, both pre- and post-transaction.
Thomas Curran
Tech Advisory Board
Thomas Curran
Tech Advisory Board
Thomas has 30+ years of experience in software development. He is the founder, CEO, and board member at Ory. Currently, Thomas serves as a Board Member and Advisor to a number of Technology businesses. His background is in programming, system design, software engineering, product development, product management, and entrepreneurship. He graduated from the Wharton School, Univ. Pennsylvania, and subsequently held teaching and research positions at the Wharton School Analysis Center, the International Science Center Berlin, the Berlin University of the Arts, and the Technical University Berlin.
HPE & Supermicro:
Suresh Babu
Senior Vice President and General Manager of High-Performance Computing & Artificial Intelligence Go-to-Market
Suresh Babu
Senior Vice President and General Manager of High-Performance Computing & Artificial Intelligence Go-to-Market
Suresh leads a worldwide team focused on bringing HPC and AI technologies to customers. Suresh maintains an excellent leadership track record with customers, and partner ecosystem. He is widely known for building industry leading teams and business performance by deploying innovative strategies.
Thierry Pienaar
Worldwide CTO of High-Performance computing & Artificial Intelligence Go-to-Market
Thierry Pienaar
Worldwide CTO of High-Performance computing & Artificial Intelligence Go-to-Market
Thierry Pienaar is responsible for strategic and technical leadership across the segments GTM approach, end-to-end portfolio, and partner ecosystems focus on bringing HPC and AI technologies to our customers. Thierry is broadly recognized as an innovative thought leader, subject matter expert and key strategic partner to our customers.
Dr. Kunbin Hong
Director of Solutions
Dr. Kunbin Hong
Director of Solutions
Dr. Kunbin Hong has nearly 30 years experience on business developing and marketing of IT, Server and Storage with strong technical background. Currently, he is acting as a General Manager of Solutions Management in Supermicro EMEA. Previously, he has been working at a Top 500 multi-national company as IT Marketing and Solution Director and Vertical Solution director in CSP/ISP.
Mentorship and workshops
You are entitled to mentorship and workshops broken down into three different areas:
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.
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.
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:
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
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
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
Beyond the Accelerator: Preparing for Commercial Success
December TBC
Time TBC
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
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.