AI Innovation Lab
1871’s AI Innovation Lab connects early startups, growth-scalers, corporates, and VCs who use or aspire to use Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning technology.
App deadline now extended to 3.10!
AI Innovation Lab
1871’s AI Innovation Lab connects early startups, growth-scalers, corporates, and VCs who use or aspire to use Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning technology. App deadline now extended to 3.10!
Built with industry experts
“There is a lot of buzz right now around AI for good reason. It’s rapidly advancing and being applied in very impactful ways in the real world, and it has huge transformative and disruptive potential.”
Alex Castrounis, Founder & CEO @ Why of AI
Who's in the lab >>
Early stage startups
Growth startups
Corporate innovators
Anchor partner
“At Discover, we strive to be the leading Digital Bank and Payments Network with a focus on Customer interactions as our #1 priority. AI helps drive insights from patterns of Customer needs in a faster, more accurate, and timely manner.”
Keith Toney, EVP / Chief Data & Analytics Officer @ Discover
Why AI?
“This is the third innovation lab. Like any lab, the goal is to bring together startups, growth scalers, corporations, investors, etc., to collectively solve the biggest challenges in an industry or an emerging technology. The AI Innovation Lab focuses on how AI can be applied to solve various problems within other industries as well as what the future of AI holds.”
Rachel Feuerborn, CPO @ 1871
“3 months, where they get content, support, resources, and networking”
1871’s CXO Stephanie Miller discusses the AI Innovation Lab.
Join the lab
The experience is open to many players within the AI innovation community. They offer a specialized value to each other, while also getting unique interests met.
Early stage startups
For an early AI tech company with a demonstrated product market fit.
Exclusive benefits
- Share their product with Corporate innovators and VCs
- Level up their product and business strategy
- Create a network of peers in their industry
Get advisory from the best AI operators tech companies
Apps close 3.10.23
Growth scaler
For a series b+ AI companies interested in making their name and influencing major industry outcomes.
Exclusive benefits
- Access to AI-curious corporations exploring their strategy
- Emerge as a showcased thought leader
- Connect with the largest operators + early startups innovating
- Explore curated connections to potential partners and VCs
- Network with leaders in the industry
- Scale with new tech talent interested in AI
- Give back by mentoring early-stage startups
Apps close 3.10.23
Corporate
aspirationals & experts
For a corporation exploring AI tech solutions, solving for legal restraints, and product pipeline.
Exclusive benefits
- Network with AI innovators
- Amplify your industry leadership with press, events, and more
- Engage in curated networking and exclusive events
- Activate your employees with engagement points
- Connect with tech talent interested in the AI industry
- Give back by mentoring early-stage startups
- Explore curated connections to potential partners and VCs
- Sit on the 1871 AI Innovation Advisory Council
Apps close 3.10.23
Lab breakdown
The lab is made up of 4-weeks of immersive programming and culminates with a capstone-like event, our AI Innovation Summit.
Startup recruitment & application
Apps due by
03.10.23
2023 Immersive Lab
Week 1
4.3.23 - 4.7.23 [Virtual]
Week 2
5.1.23 - 5.5.23 [In-person]
Week 3
5.30.23 - 6.02.23 [Virtual]
Week 4
6.26.23 - 6.30.23 [In-person]
2023 AI Innovation Summit
Public showcase
6.29.23
2023 AI Innovation Summit
Join us on 6.29.23 for the first-ever event to link early stage startups, growth scalers, corporate innovators, mentors, venture capitalists, and community leaders in ALL that is happening in AI innovation.
Program supporters
Thanks to the following companies for supporting our immersive week program + summit event.
