AI-Powered Supply Chains Cluster (Scale AI)

Who is eligible?

• Value chain operators.
• AI solutions providers.
• Consumer goods and retail.
• Industrial goods and manufacturing.
• Transport and logistics.

Eligible expenses

• Salaries, wages, or contracts for carrying out project activities.
• Costs of purchasing or renting equipment, supplies, or services critical to the project.
• Dissemination costs vital for performance of the project.
• Capital expenditures linked to the objectives of the project agreement and vital for the success of the project.

• In scope with SCALE AI’s strategy of boosting industry productivity by leveraging AI technologies to improve value chains.
• Collaborative projects with meaningful contributions and benefits for multiple stakeholders in the value chain, including at least one SME (<500 FTEs).
• Incremental AI development created in the project, with foreground IP that differs from regular business undertakings.
• Executive endorsement, technical feasibility validation, and sufficient AI expertise in the consortium.
• Team and project management plan (25%), business impact (20%), strategic alignment to Scale AI’s strategic plan (30%), and ecosystem impact (25%).

• Join the weekly info session on Thursdays at 15h EST.
• Use the session to validate that your project meets the selection criteria.
• Meet with the Investment Team, which will suggest next steps.

• After submission, Scale AI’s investment team works with the applicant to develop a detailed proposal.
• The proposal is then submitted to the selection committee.
• Selected projects are presented to the ratification board.
• The board reviews recommendations to ensure the project selection process was conducted according to the guidelines, transparently, clearly, and fairly.

• Projects usually last from 12 to 18 months, but there is no maximum duration as long as the timeline in the project agreement is adhered to.
• Funding from Scale AI is not repayable.
• Non-Scale AI members can submit a project for evaluation, but selected projects require membership to receive funding.
• Scale AI funds are available to value chain operators and AI solutions providers across a broad range of sectors, including consumer goods and retail, industrial goods and manufacturing, transport and logistics, healthcare, and infrastructure and construction.