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𝗧𝗲𝗻 𝗔𝗜-𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁-𝘂𝗽𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗱 𝗔𝗜 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗮𝘁 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗲 𝗗𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗻. The Accelerator, delivered by NovaUCD in partnership with CeADAR Ireland, is part of CeADAR's European Digital Innovation Hub for AI programme to support Irish start-ups and SMEs innovating with AI. Now in its third year, this 6-month accelerator is designed to support Ireland’s most promising and disruptive AI-first start-ups to accelerate commercial traction for global markets and become investment-ready scalable businesses, with a particular focus on start-ups actively raising and aiming to close a funding round in 2026. The participating start-ups are; AnotherTrip HQ; DATABUCKETS; Diotima; Envaira; infralign.ai; 𝗠𝗘𝗦𝗢; NeuroNourish; RunCommerce; Setanta Space and Stormlands Mining Ltd. Dr Ricardo Simon Carbajo, Director of Innovation and Development, CeADAR, said, “It is quite rewarding to see the growing interest of entrepreneurs in our AI Ecosystem Accelerator year on year. The Accelerator is a key pillar of CeADAR's European Digital Innovation Hub for AI programme which has a set of services to reduce the risk and catalyse the adoption of AI in start-ups, SMEs and public sector organisations.” Michelle Doyle, Senior Manager, Strategic Innovation Partnerships, NovaUCD, said, “I would like to congratulate the ten start-ups which have been selected, following a very competitive selection process, to participate in our third AI Ecosystem Accelerator programme. This year’s programme has been designed as a conversion engine to support ambitious, AI-first start-ups that already have market validation or live pilots underway and are now focused on accelerating traction on a global stage and are seeking to close a funding round this year.” Among the twenty (20) start-ups which have completed AI Ecosystem Accelerator Programmes delivered to date are, Customs Window, TrojanTrack, UniDoodle and Wrksense. The AI Ecosystem Accelerator Programme is funded through the European Digital Innovation Hubs (EDIH) framework, a Europe-wide initiative supported by the European Commission and the Governments of member states. In Ireland, the Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment, through Enterprise Ireland, leads on the EDIH programme. The 2026 AI Ecosystem Accelerator Programme will end with a showcase event in October. Read more about it here: https://lnkd.in/d5wNNAUN Enterprise Ireland European Digital Innovation Hubs Network NovaUCD European Commission University College Dublin Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment