AI Accelerator - Register interest

Interested in scaling AI driven business?

NOTE: First stage applications for the 2026 AI Accelerator have closed. If you have already qualified to apply, please check your email for the link to the second stage application form. This needs to be completed by 17th May 2026. If you have any questions please contact aia@ei.ed.ac.uk.

If you would like to get involved, we would like to hear from you!

Please register here if you would like to be notified when we re-open applications to the AI Accelerator or are holding public events.

If you would like to get involved in the programme either as an Investor, mentor or a possible applicants please get in touch!

About the AI Accelerator programme 

The AI Accelerator supports scaling companies who are developing AI-based solutions to big problems. We provide:

• A generous stipend (for no equity)
• A programme of workshops, 1-to-1 with expert mentors, networking events
• A community of like-minded entrepreneurs - both your direct cohort peers and the wider Bayes Centre and University of Edinburgh ecosytem.
• Collaboration space at the Bayes Centre 
• Links to mentors and investors 

More information is available on our website

The AI Accelerator is delivered by the University of Edinburgh’s world-leading Innovation Hub for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, the Bayes Centre, and supported by Edinburgh Innovations, the University of Edinburgh’s commercialisation service. It is delivered on behalf of its Data-Driven Innovation Hubs, in contribution to the Data-Driven Entrepreneurship programme