Grow AI is a landmark £12.8M partnership project between Manchester Met and the University of Manchester, funded by the Local Innovation Partnerships Fund (LIPF), to supercharge the AI cluster in Greater Manchester. 

The Challenge AI Labs will bring together corporates, SMEs, communities, academics and students to solve Greater Manchester’s challenges in their 4 frontier sectors.  

The first of these unique Labs focuses on health, in partnership with Health Innovation Manchester and organisations across Greater Manchester. Challenges are shaped openly by the people who understand them best — including those who own the problem and those most affected by it.

Selected companies will work alongside NHS partners, academics and other businesses to develop practical, scalable solutions to some of the sector’s most pressing challenges. We will then move on to tackle challenges with AI in the Creative and Digital, Advanced Materials and Manufacturing and Net Zero sectors.

This special Venture Cafe session is an opportunity to start this conversation about where GM needs innovation in each of these sectors, and how entrepreneurs and SMEs can be part of the solution.