Build - UCL AI Festival
See more: https://aienginehack.com/feb
*Unfortunately we won't be able to open the venue overnight based on UCL guidelines, please seek alternatives or cancel your registration if this is a blocker, you'll be missed!
Feb 2025 was the start of AI Engine where we took over UCL East Campus and brought together >200 builders who have gone on to create startups, join tech industries and be the creators of a vibrant tech ecosystem in London.
One year on, we're back and more central this time.
Teaming up with Cooley, HPE, NVIDIA and UCL as part of the AI Festival many more exciting companies to be revealed.
Expect to:
Win NVIDIA DGX Spark and a chance to join GTC in person in San Jose
Build hands on with guidance
Hear from speakers who are entrepreneurs who have been in your shoes
Meet your cofounder or Find your dream role
We're supported by Anthropic, AWS, Encord, Prolific, Lovable, Runware with technical resources. Together with Crane Venture Partners, Dawn Capital and N47, we can't wait to see what you create and how you build with the future of AI.
UCL is the leading university known for high-impact, cross-disciplinary research and education. It supports turning research into real-world ventures and partnerships through UCL Innovation & Enterprise.
Cooley is a global law firm known for its technology and life sciences practice, supporting high-growth companies from startup to IPO and beyond.
NVIDIA is the world leader in AI computing, pioneering the GPUs and full-stack systems that power the world’s data centers and high-performance computing.
HPE is the global edge-to-cloud company that helps organizations accelerate outcomes by unlocking value from all of their data, everywhere.
Anthropic is an AI safety and research company that's working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.
AWS is the world’s most comprehensive and widely adopted cloud platform, offering over 200 services that empower organizations of all sizes to innovate faster on secure, scalable infrastructure.
Encord is the universal data layer for AI. The platform helps AI teams train and run their models with the right data - managing, curating, annotating, and aligning data across the full AI lifecycle.
Prolific is the global research platform that accelerates discovery while ensuring ethical compensation and meaningful contribution to human knowledge.
Lovable is a product development platform that lets individuals build production‑grade web applications using natural language, with editable code that can be synced to GitHub for standard engineering workflows.
Runware is the fastest, lowest-cost generative media API, enabling developers to create and edit images and video at scale, no hardware or ML expertise required.
Crane is the specialist VC firm that backs ambitious founders building the future of enterprise software and deep tech, providing hands-on support from pre-seed to scale.
N47 is a Silicon Valley-based venture firm that backs builders across the globe when the product speaks loudest — investing before the buzz and metrics to take companies from belief to scale.
Best,
AI Engine "Build: AI Festival" team
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