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NTT DATA named advisory partner for Plug & Play AI hubs

Thu, 12th Jun 2025
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NTT DATA is the exclusive advisory partner for Plug and Play's AI Centres of Excellence across North America, supporting startups and corporates with AI innovation.
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SuperCluster ClimAccelerator launched to drive decarbonisation

Mon, 3rd Feb 2025
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network infrastructure
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clean technologies
Cambridge Cleantech, Cambridge Consultants, and EIT Climate-KIC have unveiled the first SuperCluster ClimAccelerator to fast-track industrial decarbonisation startups.
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CyberASAP Demo Day to unveil promising UK cyber solutions

Wed, 29th Jan 2025
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Innovative cybersecurity solutions will be unveiled at London's CyberASAP Demo Day, showcasing 14 projects from the accelerator programme backed by GBP £40 million alumni success.
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Semarchy & Apgar unveil SAP Accelerators partnership

Fri, 22nd Nov 2024
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Semarchy and Apgar have launched SAP Accelerators to help businesses tackle challenges during their transition to SAP S/4HANA, enhancing data management.
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Northern Data selects startups for AI Accelerator programme

Wed, 20th Nov 2024
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Northern Data Group has selected five startups for its first AI Accelerator, providing access to advanced GPU technology and industry mentorship.
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Cloudera unveils data security & AI solutions to enhance innovation

Tue, 17th Sep 2024
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Cloudera has launched new data security and AI solutions at its EVOLVE24 event in Dubai, aiming to enhance privacy for regulated sectors and accelerate AI deployment.
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Intel expands Xeon processor family for professional creators

Thu, 29th Aug 2024
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Intel launches new Xeon W-3500 and W-2500 processors, boasting up to 60 cores and 120 threads, to meet the heavy computing needs of professionals in AI and more.
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Databricks & NVIDIA expand partnership to boost AI workloads

Fri, 14th Jun 2024
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Databricks and NVIDIA expand partnership to integrate CUDA acceleration into Databricks' platform, boosting AI and data capabilities, announced at Data + AI Summit.
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Siemens unveils Catapult AI NN to boost AI accelerator design

Wed, 22nd May 2024
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Siemens unveils Catapult AI NN, a new software to streamline AI accelerator development, allowing for efficient, power-optimised SoC designs.
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AI platform boosts VC funding chances for women of colour founders

Thu, 14th Mar 2024
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R/GA EMEA and Founderland have launched PAM, an AI-powered platform, to help women of colour founders secure venture capital (VC) funding, addressing the stark disparity in the industry.
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EnSilica integrates post-quantum cryptography accelerators in eSi-Crypto range

Thu, 18th Jan 2024
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EnSilica, a cybersecurity firm, integrates Post Quantum Cryptography (PQC) accelerators into its hardware range, strengthening encryption against prospective quantum computing threats.
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Accenture and Workday expand finance transformation partnership

Fri, 8th Sep 2023
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The companies are collaborating to develop a suite of data-led, composable finance solutions that can be configured and reconfigured to help clients.
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Thoughtworks looks to give businesses competitive edge with Generative AI

Thu, 3rd Aug 2023
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Thoughtworks has announced product accelerators aimed to help organisations identify near-term opportunity areas and projects to apply generative AI.
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Pattern's platform identify unauthorised marketplace sellers

Fri, 21st Jul 2023
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e-commerce
The eCommerce acceleration platform helped track down an estimated AU$2.5 million worth of potential unauthorised marketplace sales within or into Australia.
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HLV and RBV launch accelerator to empower next era of Web3

Fri, 19th May 2023
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Horizen Labs Ventures (HLV) and Red Beard Ventures (RBV) have announced the launch of Denarii Labs, a tokenomics accelerator for Web3 projects.
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COVID-19: the greatest digital accelerator of the decade, Twilio finds

Wed, 22nd Jul 2020
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COVID-19 and related nationwide lockdowns have resulted in businesses accelerating their digital transformation strategy and efforts by at least six years.
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Kiwi company chosen for women-only Aus tech accelerator

Tue, 10th Apr 2018
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New Zealand's RIP Global is among eight firms picked for Springboard Enterprises Australia's women-only accelerator, boosting fintech's growth and global reach.
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SheStarts alumni discuss wins and challenges post-accelerator

Thu, 1st Feb 2018
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SheStarts entrepreneurs reflect on their experience in the program and reveal how they navigate the business world.
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NSW Govt seeks 10 security & fintech startups for Israel accelerator program

Mon, 19th Jun 2017
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The NSW Government is looking for 10 cybersecurity and fintech startups to find out more about Israel in an event at TechSydney tonight, June 19.
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Lightning Lab backs Kiwi start-ups thinking big

Thu, 25th Feb 2016
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The Lightning Lab has announced the digital startups that will take part in the Lightning Lab 2016 Auckland Programme and the Wellington XX Programme.