Support for all stages on your AI journey

BridgeAI offers comprehensive funding and support solutions to businesses in priority sectors, facilitating the adoption of AI through a range of offerings. With a focus on bridging the AI divide between the supply and demand side of the ecosystem, BridgeAI enables businesses to harness the power of AI technologies to drive innovation and growth.

AI adoption support framework

The AI Adoption Framework is designed to assist you in navigating the complex journey of adopting AI. Based on extensive research, it identifies four key phases, helping you align resources and find the right support within the BridgeAI community. This framework will help you pinpoint where you are in the AI adoption process and connect you with the best resources and tools to succeed.

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Strategy

The initial stage for deployers to consider their AI solution objectives and strategy, including to reflect whether AI is the right solution for their needs.

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Data

For both developers and deployers to start collating the necessary data to train and test an AI model. This stage covers a host of data challenges.

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Build

Understanding how to develop safe, secure & trustworthy models with a focus on using testing and training data, and managing bias and transparency.

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Implement

Model deployment and maintenance, to ensure ongoing confidence in the outcomes. Looking at necessary model improvements and to enable scaling up.

A beginner’s guide to AI for business transformation

Artificial Intelligence (AI) can enhance productivity, reduce operational costs, and drive innovation. To support early-stage businesses on their AI adoption journey, the Innovate UK BridgeAI programme has launched an insightful guide: A beginner’s guide to AI for business transformation.

Read the guide

Opportunities and resources

  • Overview
    Opportunities and resources

    Is AI right for you? Before jumping into AI, it’s essential to have a clear plan. This phase helps you decide if AI is the right solution for your business and outlines how to set clear objectives and strategies.

    Key considerations:

    • Setting clear goals: What do you hope to achieve with AI?
    • Evaluating feasibility: Assess the costs, benefits, and potential impact.
    • Identifying needs: Consider the skills, resources, and cultural factors that may influence AI adoption.
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    Collecting and preparing the right data is crucial for developing effective AI solutions. This phase covers everything from data quality to privacy concerns.

    Key considerations:

    • Data collection: Ensure access to high-quality, relevant data.
    • Interoperability and exchange: Make data easily shareable while keeping it secure.
    • Data processing: Prepare and protect your data for AI use.
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    Trustworthy AI models are essential for sustainable AI adoption. This phase is all about building and testing AI models that are safe, fair, and reliable.

    Key considerations:

    • Model development: Choose the right algorithms and methods.
    • Managing bias: Ensure fairness and reduce biases in your models.
    • Transparency: Make your AI models understandable and explainable.
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    Do you know how to deploy and maintain AI? This phase helps you integrate your AI models into real-world business settings and keep them running smoothly.

    Key considerations:

    • Model deployment: Successfully integrate AI models into your operations.
    • Model maintenance: Regularly update and refine models for optimal performance.
    • Scaling up: Expand your AI capabilities to tackle bigger challenges.
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    Opportunities and resources

    No matter where you are in the AI journey, certain challenges are universal. These resources help ensure your AI efforts are ethical, transparent, and risk-managed.

    Key considerations:

    • Ethics and trustworthiness: Adhere to ethical standards and regulations.
    • Risk management: Implement best practices to mitigate risks.
    • Skilled team: Build and train a team equipped to handle AI technologies.
    • BridgeAI: Introduction to the AI Standards Hub – VIEW DETAILS
    • Access to Hartree Centre Training Portal – GET INVOLVED
    • Building an Ethical AI Future: Insights from Ignite Labs x BridgeAI – LEARN MORE

Explore all open BridgeAI opportunities

As part of our commitment to driving AI adoption across the UK, BridgeAI has identified the key sectors with high growth potential, but currently, low AI adoption rates. By offering funding and support, the programme aims to enhance productivity and efficiency, and help businesses stay ahead of the curve in an increasingly competitive marketplace.

Upcoming events

Explore cutting-edge insights and join thought-provoking discussions at our upcoming events, where industry leaders and innovators converge to shape the future of AI adoption.

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BridgeAI perspectives

Gain valuable insights and inspiration for your AI adoption journey. Explore our series of perspectives from key industry figures and BridgeAI though leaders.

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