A unique partnership helping grow the Welsh economy by turning innovative ideas into reality using world class research continues to go from strength to strength.
The Airbus Endeavr Wales programme, which recently celebrated 15 years of success, is a joint venture between Welsh Government, Airbus Defence and Space, and Cardiff University – representing the university sector in Wales.
The Endeavr initiative, which gives universities and SMEs the opportunity to work with Airbus and develop innovative solutions to complex problems, has drawn £1.6 million in funding from other sources in the last three years alone – more than the investment made by the Welsh Government and its partners.
It has now received a funding extension from Welsh Government and Airbus Defence and Space on a fifty-fifty basis.
One SME benefitting from the programme is cyber security start up Nisien, a spin out of Cardiff University who also lead the Wales Cyber Innovation Hub – a part funded Welsh Government programme to drive growth in the cyber security sector in the Cardiff Capital Region.
Nisien is working with Airbus on the detection of information that has been generated using AI, to accurately detect potential misinformation across online platforms in real time. Nisien has created 14 jobs this year.
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