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

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            Companies supported since 2018

            £555m

            Investment raised by startups since 2018

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            Advanced technology facilities nationwide

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

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            Enabling UK deep tech companies to scale

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            Improving UK industrial supply chain resilience

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            Driving industrial decarbonisation

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

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            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.

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            CEO of Digital Catapult

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            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...
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            Quantum Technology Programme

            Separating opportunity from hype to understand industry challenges that may be best solved by quantum computing.
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            Hydrogen Innovation Programme

            Discover more about the the Hydrogen Innovation Initiative and the deployment of hydrogen technologies to address pressing energy and environmental...
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            Digitalising Energy Programme

            Energy Systems Catapult and Digital Catapult have partnered to explore the groundwork for a UK-wide initiative to accelerate a digitalised,...
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            UK Digital Twin Centre

            Delivered by Digital Catapult and funded by Belfast Region City Deal and Innovate UK, the UK Digital Twin Centre makes digital twins more accessible and meaningful in the UK. It actively enable industries and innovators to safely embrace, explore and realise their dynamic power.
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            This report looks at the Green Hydrogen Certifier - an end-to-end demonstration of a potential digital certification solution for hydrogen production...
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            Developing proof-of-concept demonstrators to showcase the viability and benefit of deep tech solutions.

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            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.

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

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

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            UK Digital Twin Centre

            Delivered by Digital Catapult and funded by Belfast Region City Deal and Innovate UK, the UK Digital Twin Centre makes digital twins more accessible and meaningful in the UK. It actively enable industries and innovators to safely embrace, explore and realise their dynamic power.
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Driving the adoption of AI in the UK

Through Innovate UK BridgeAI, Digital Catapult boosts innovation, ensures the foundations are in place for responsible technology development and fosters collaboration across the ecosystem through accelerator programmes, workshops, toolkits and support from a community of innovators, technologists, investors, industry leaders and academics.

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Benefits

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  • BridgeAI community

    • Get the opportunity to connect with a dynamic and growing ecosystem of AI developers and adopters that will enable knowledge exchange and potential future business opportunities.
  • Workshops & masterclasses

    • Get access to group sessions covering diverse topics, including data readiness and maturity, regulatory compliance, investment readiness and ethical best practices.
  • Tailored support

    • Get hands-on support to accelerate data and product readiness; and to develop and improve product, technical, business and ethical roadmaps.

Toolkits & reports

The Applied AI Suite

The Applied AI Suite is a set of MLOps offerings, designed by Digital Catapult for the Innovate UK BridgeAI programme, to empower organisations of all sizes to effectively gauge their machine learning (ML) maturity and seamlessly operationalise their AI/ML models. It provides a comprehensive solution for transitioning AI/ML models into production, ensuring optimal performance and scalability. 

By adopting this suite, organisations will acquire the necessary knowledge and skills to optimise their AI/ML operational processes. The Applied AI Suite consists of:

  1. GitHub Repository 
    • Access a set of open-source repositories with prebuilt, automated MLOps pipelines and resources to accelerate MLOps implementation.
    • Includes ML coding best practices, reusable code snippets, and collaborative resources. 
  2. Knowledge Hub 
    • Gain insights into best practices for deploying, maintaining, and scaling AI/ML models. 
    • Explore a horizon scan of  MLOps tools available in the market. 
    • Stay updated with the latest trends and advancements in the AI/ML ecosystem. 
  3. MLOps Maturity assessment (a part of our AI Adoption Toolkit) 
    • Leverage step-by-step guidance for assessing and improving AI adoption readiness. 
    • Understand critical processes in AI/ML operationalisation to enhance performance. 
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Innovate UK BridgeAI: A year in review

AI is a game-changer for modern industry, with the potential to revolutionise operations, improve productivity, and drive innovation.

This annual report, prepared by Digital Catapult for the Innovate UK BridgeAI programme, provides a summary of the programme’s achievements since its launch in April 2023. It sets out the programme’s rationale, its early successes and achievements, and upcoming initiatives for its second year, as well as industry perspectives on AI adoption.

The BridgeAI programme aims to help cement the UK’s position as a global leader in AI, supporting the adoption and use of safe AI models, and as a trailblazer in leveraging AI to address complex challenges and drive economic growth. BridgeAI is a catalyst for dialogue and action, inspiring policymakers, businesses and individuals to harness the potential of AI and drive innovation in critical sectors of the economy.

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AI Adoption Toolkit

The AI adoption assessment toolkit was developed by Digital Catapult for Innovate UK BridgeAI and aims to stimulate the adoption of AI & ML technologies in the agriculture, creative, construction, and transport sectors.

The Digital and Data Maturity assessments will help gauge the level of maturity an organisation is at in terms of digital and data maturity and provide them with steps for moving to the next level. The Data Readiness assessment will assess the data readiness of an organisation for AI adoption and will outline important areas that should be worked upon to move towards the journey of AI adoption.

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Our Ethics Framework

Our ethics framework is a highly practical tool for individuals and organisations developing AI-enabled products and services that want to build value-aligned technologies with positive effects whilst avoiding negative consequences. This framework was developed for the MI Garage programme.

The framework consists of seven concepts with a corresponding list of questions. The questions are intended to highlight the many contexts in which an ethical concept might be relevant to a business or project.

The right time to start thinking about these questions is at the earliest stages of company growth, and to consider current, near and mid-future potential effects. The framework helps characterise ethical opportunities and potential risks and is open and clear about how these are evaluated and managed.

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Data Strategy and Governance Framework

The Data Strategy and Governance framework aims to help users when making informed decisions around their data and will keep their data secure. This framework was developed by Digital Catapult for Innovate UK BridgeAI.

The data strategy framework includes tools, processes and rules that can help with data management. The data governance framework provides inputs on data storage, collection and using data in terms of regulatory or governance policies.

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Digital Transformation Strategy Framework

The digital transformation framework’s core purpose is to help participants on their journey to digital transformation. This framework was developed by Digital Catapult for Innovate UK BridgeAI.

The framework consists of ten steps that can  be followed to attain digital transformation.

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The High Growth AI Accelerator for BridgeAI

The High Growth AI Accelerator for BridgeAI provides startups and scaleups with access to technical and business expertise and an experimentation space to help them develop responsible, ethical and desirable AI and ML deep-tech solutions.

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Expert Working Groups

Digital Catapult as a part of the BridgeAI programme has created four BridgeAI Expert Working Groups (EWGs) that will play a critical role in our work to coalesce and align the UK’s bustling AI developer community with industry players in the agriculture, transport, construction and creative industries.

Each group will include a representative from:

  • the AI developer community
  • an end-user/adopter
  • a representative from academia
  • a representative from the investment community
  • an innovation enabler.

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