Are you looking to lead an exciting proof of concept project? Do you need funding to bring your ideas to life?
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £1.6 million for the development of proof of concept demonstrators of AI technologies with state of the art performance. This is to support the UK’s AI sovereignty objectives.
Your proposal must deliver one or more of the following:
- proof of Concept of architecture or subsystem component
- technical validation of capability of system or subsystem component
- frontier AI performance that delivers new to the world capability or state of the performance of existing capability
- ability of architecture and business model to scale
- demonstrate a clear path for access to data
- demonstrate strategy to access compute infrastructure and quantify requirement for computer
If you're curious about the competition’s scope and how to maximise your chances, you can now watch the recorded briefing event.
The closing date for applications is 10 September 2025.
For further information please select the following link: Competition overview - Sovereign AI - Proof of concept - Innovation Funding Service
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