Skip to content
    • About us
          • Digital Catapult is a deep tech innovation organisation driving business value by accelerating the application of advanced technologies.

            3,000

            Companies supported since 2018

            £555m

            Investment raised by startups since 2018

            20+

            Advanced technology facilities nationwide

    • Our ambition
          • Our ambition is to realise the practical application of deep tech through four interventions

            ambition-scale-deep-tech

            Enabling UK deep tech companies to scale

            ambition-improving-supply-chain

            Improving UK industrial supply chain resilience

            ambition-decarbonisation

            Driving industrial decarbonisation

            ambition-advancing-data

            Advancing UK development and use of data driven and open future networks

    • Our people
          • susan-bowen

            We are an organisation made up of almost 300 innovators.

            We pride ourselves on the skilled and talented people from varied backgrounds that make up our team – we harness the expertise, perspectives and connections of people of more than 40 nationalities, thereby bringing together a diversity of skills, experience and backgrounds.

            Susan Bowen

            CEO of Digital Catapult

    • Our places
    • Startups and scaleups
          • bfp cover

            Black Founders Programme

            The Black Founders Programme is an accelerator targeted at pre-seed or seed stage, Black-founded companies creating innovative products and services...
            ORCA-020

            Quantum Technology Programme

            Separating opportunity from hype to understand industry challenges that may be best solved by quantum computing.
    • Government and Public sector
          • 3d,Illustration,Of,Hydrogen,H2,Molecule,Model,-,Clean,Energy

            Hydrogen Innovation Programme

            Discover more about the the Hydrogen Innovation Initiative and the deployment of hydrogen technologies to address pressing energy and environmental...
            London,Office,Building,For,Network,And,Future,Concept

            Digitalising Energy Programme

            Energy Systems Catapult and Digital Catapult have partnered to explore the groundwork for a UK-wide initiative to accelerate a digitalised,...
          • Abstract,Blue,Technology,Hexagonal,Background

            UK Digital Twin Centre

            Led by Digital Catapult and funded by Belfast Region City Deal and Innovate UK, the UK Digital Twin Centre will make digital twins more accessible and meaningful in the UK. It will actively enable industries and innovators to safely embrace, explore and realise their dynamic power.
            Find out more UK Digital Twin Centre
    • Corporates and Industry
          • Transparent,Clear,Colorful,Glass,Or,Liquid,Waves.,Neon,Pattern,Abstract

            Green Hydrogen Certifier

            This report looks at the Green Hydrogen Certifier - an end-to-end demonstration of a potential digital certification solution for hydrogen production...
    • Academia
          • Bridgeai page banner

            Innovate UK BridgeAI: Large Language Models Webinar Series

            Join Digital Catapult for a three-part webinar series under the Innovate UK BridgeAI programme, designed to help businesses explore and adopt Large Language Models (LLMs). Whether you're new to LLMs or seeking advanced capabilities, these sessions offer expert insights, practical tools, and hands-on guidance. Attend one or all three webinars to support your AI journey.
            Find out more Innovate UK BridgeAI: Large Language Models Webinar Series
    • Investors
          • bfp cover

            Black Founders Programme

            The Black Founders Programme is an accelerator targeted at pre-seed or seed stage, Black-founded companies creating innovative products and services...
    • Services
          • Bespoke software & data systems

            Developing proof-of-concept demonstrators to showcase the viability and benefit of deep tech solutions.

            Platform engineering service

            Designing, building and operating physical and digital facilities. Providing testbeds for deep tech discovery and experimentation.

            Technology & innovation consultancy

            Consultancy services helping organisations addresses market preparedness gaps, evaluate financial viability and navigate technology change management.

          • Acceleration programmes for business

            Creating acceleration programmes to support businesses.Helping them grow through mentorship, technology support, networking, and investment opportunities.

            Facilitating and convening

            Bringing together and developing ecosystems of companies to explore, test and demonstrate how deep tech works in practice.

    • Technologies
    • Facilities
    • Opportunities
          • newsletter

            Sign up to our newsletter

            sign up for alerts and be the first to know when new open calls are announced. Don’t miss your chance to stay informed and get involved!

    • Current interventions
          • ORCA-020

            Quantum Technology Programme

            Separating opportunity from hype to understand industry challenges that may be best solved by quantum computing.
          • Abstract,Blue,Technology,Hexagonal,Background

            UK Digital Twin Centre

            Led by Digital Catapult and funded by Belfast Region City Deal and Innovate UK, the UK Digital Twin Centre will make digital twins more accessible and meaningful in the UK. It will actively enable industries and innovators to safely embrace, explore and realise their dynamic power.
            Find out more UK Digital Twin Centre
    • Case studies
          • Black Founders Programme Showcase event.

            SymphoMe: case study

            Part of the FutureScope's Black Founders Programme, Digital Catapult supported Nyangibo Gallery to get investment ready and receive business expertise
    • Events
          • Bridgeai page banner

            Innovate UK BridgeAI: Large Language Models Webinar Series

            Join Digital Catapult for a three-part webinar series under the Innovate UK BridgeAI programme, designed to help businesses explore and adopt Large Language Models (LLMs). Whether you're new to LLMs or seeking advanced capabilities, these sessions offer expert insights, practical tools, and hands-on guidance. Attend one or all three webinars to support your AI journey.
            Find out more Innovate UK BridgeAI: Large Language Models Webinar Series
    • Blogs
    • Publications
          • Glass globe encircled by verdant forest flora, symbolizing nature, environment, sustainability, ESG, and climate change awareness, generative ai

            Get involved

            Be the first to know about upcoming resources, events and activities in the BridgeAI programme.
            Glass globe encircled by verdant forest flora, symbolizing nature, environment, sustainability, ESG, and climate change awareness, generative ai

            The Programme

            Find out more about how the Innovate UK BridgeAI programme and how it aims to stimulate the adoption AI and...
          • Bridgeai page banner

            Innovate UK BridgeAI: Large Language Models Webinar Series

            Join Digital Catapult for a three-part webinar series under the Innovate UK BridgeAI programme, designed to help businesses explore and adopt Large Language Models (LLMs). Whether you're new to LLMs or seeking advanced capabilities, these sessions offer expert insights, practical tools, and hands-on guidance. Attend one or all three webinars to support your AI journey.
            Find out more Innovate UK BridgeAI: Large Language Models Webinar Series
    • Press releases
  • Search
  • Contact
Press Release

10 rising AI stars join award-winning Machine Intelligence Garage mentorship programme

Posted 23 Jun 2021

Digital Catapult’s Machine Intelligence Garage programme is onboarding 10 new pioneering startups who are pushing the limits of machine and artificial intelligence to solve everyday problems.

The chosen startups are breaking new ground in the artificial intelligence (AI) space, with solutions including software which replicates a professional bra-fitting by a human, and an algorithm which analyses brain images to provide guidance on multiple sclerosis treatments. The cohort spans across multiple sectors where AI can have real impact from retail and health to manufacturing.

Digital Catapult’s Machine Intelligence Garage programme helps startups who don’t have access to the vast amount of compute power needed by AI and machine learning to train their models; provides expertise and mentoring to help companies grow and develop; and helps empower entrepreneurs to achieve their full potential.

Machine Intelligence Garage continues to grow by demand and has so far helped over 100 startups finesse their products, secure new business, establish international collaborations and raise funding to the tune of around £52 million. The programme was recently recognised as Outstanding AI Accelerator at the CogX Awards 2021.

The latest chosen startups include:

  • Brarista: AI-powered B2B software for retail brands – free for consumers – which replicates a professional bra-fitting by eyesight, by analysing images that have been uploaded securely. B2B clients will enjoy significant reductions of fit-and-size-related returns, which currently account for 90% of all returns)
  • TOffeeAM LTD: Design for additive manufacturing software that optimises the design of engineering components and speeds up design times
  • Neucurrent: Allows marketers to create personalised recommendations and customer engagements using AI, automation and industry expertise
  • ETIQ AI: Helps data scientists to identify and repair any biases in their algorithms
  • Queen Square Analytics: Uses an AI-enabled algorithm to scan brain images, quantify the risk of multiple sclerosis progression and select the right treatments; targeted treatment like this has the potential to save the NHS hundreds of millions a year
  • DynAlkon Ltd: Machine learning and AI solutions available on portable camera platforms, such as camera traps, to monitor animal biodiversity
  • Cadeera: AI solutions for the retail sector, including a product search tool which enables customers to find the products they are looking for as quickly as possible, using images rather than keywords
  • Kavida.ai: A supply chain digital twin platform that enables the detection of threats before they occur, quantifies financial and customer impact, and takes steps to mitigate disruptions
  • Bitfount: Collaboration tool allowing data providers, data scientists and governance teams to work together without compromising on privacy or quality
  • Foresight Data Machines: Uses a combination of traditional physics and AI to optimise industrial process control in real time

Jeremy Silver, CEO, Digital Catapult commented:

“The Machine Intelligence Garage programme has developed over the last three years with a growing reputation for propelling shining deep-tech artificial and machine intelligence startups to new heights.

“It’s brilliant to welcome the latest cohort of talented startups today, whose solutions help us overcome very real, everyday societal problems – from providing informed help to consumers struggling to choose the right products, to providing assistance for healthcare workers in making faster and more accurate diagnoses.”

 

In 2018, Machine Intelligence Garage also established an Ethics Committee, giving startups on the programme access to some of the finest minds in AI ethics in the UK.

The programme has enabled companies such as Techspert.io, that recently received over £3.7 million in Series A funding after meeting Nauta Capital at the annual Investor Showcase. Find out more at migarage.ai