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Greater Manchester Artificial Intelligence Foundry<\/p>\n

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GM AI Foundry<\/h1>\n

The GM AI Foundry supported SMEs in Greater Manchester to become innovation-ready and utilise artificial technologies to develop new products and services.<\/p>\n

Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) was the project lead, working with The University of Manchester, the University of Salford and Lancaster University.<\/p>\n

The project began in July 2020, and delivery ran from January 2021 to March 2023, with financial completion expected by September 2023 and output completed by 30 June 2023.<\/p>\n

Funded by the ERDF, this project required a match contribution from The University of Manchester.<\/p>\n

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    About the project<\/h2>\n

    The GM AI Foundry project aimed to support businesses in the Greater Manchester Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) area.<\/p>\n

    It enabled businesses to exploit state-of-the-art innovation facilities, R&D assets, and academic expertise available from four leading academic institutions.<\/p>\n

    The project consisted of two phases.<\/p>\n

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    This phase consisted of a series of workshops to ensure SMEs had the correct skills and knowledge to take a product to market.<\/p>\n

    Following this phase, companies who would benefit from a technical intervention to develop a new product or service were identified.<\/p>\n

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    This phase provided a market analysis for the new or transformed offering and a proof-of-concept demonstrator (PoCD).<\/p>\n

    The PoCD provided evidence for further investment for the supported business. This technical development will move the supported business beyond awareness and accelerate it down the path to higher productivity.<\/p>\n

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    Showcase End of Project event<\/h3>\n

    The ERDF GM AI Foundry Showcase End of Project event captured the full experience of the AI Foundry programme.<\/p>\n

    Greater Manchester SMEs, the University of Manchester team and academics came together to celebrate the success of the programme.<\/p>\n

    There were presentations delivered by principal investigator Professor Magnus Rattray, project manager Effa Ettah, the research software engineering team, and representatives of two SMEs that were part of the programme from Phase 1 to Phase 2.<\/p>\n

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    Outputs<\/h2>\n

    The project aimed to achieve a number of outputs throughout its duration.<\/p>\n

    Targeted outputs for the project were:<\/p>\n