Kickstart AI in Skåne

AI for businesses – accelerate your AI journey with Kickstart AI in Skåne

About the project

Kickstart AI in Skåne supports small and medium-sized businesses that have already started exploring AI, and are now ready to take the next step on their journey.

Together with OpenTech, IUC Syd, and Almi, you’ll get help identifying opportunities, prioritising the right AI use cases, and developing a strategy to move from idea and initial use to implementation that creates real business value.

20 cases will also be selected to move forward with feasibility studies, testing, and pilot projects with hands-on support from experts.

Through Kickstart AI, we help your company take the next step with AI! Express your interest in participating here.

Questions? Contact Ola Svedin at OpenTech.

How Kickstart AI helps your business succeed with AI

→ Knowledge-building activities, workshops, and networking

You gain access to seminars, training sessions, and workshops that provide a broad understanding of how AI can create business value – technically, strategically, legally, and from a sustainability perspective.

Through the network, you connect with other companies, experts, and researchers, share experiences, and build confidence in your AI work.

→ Strategic support for AI in SMEs

With support from coaches and experts, you assess your current situation, business challenges, and opportunities for AI within your organization.

Together, you prioritise the right AI use cases and develop a strategic plan for implementation – focusing on business value, resources, risks, and financing.

→ Feasibility study and AI pilot

There is also the opportunity for selected companies to move forward with in-depth feasibility studies or pilot projects.

With coaching support, solutions are tested in real or simulated environments – all with the goal of creating tangible business value and strengthening your company’s ability to procure and implement AI solutions.

Getting started

Express your interest in participating here. The project team will then follow up to schedule an initial meeting.

In this meeting, we will start by getting to know your business, your challenges, and your ambitions. We will ask questions to understand your specific needs – for example, barriers to growth and areas where you want to improve.

This meeting is also an opportunity for you to share your goals, while we begin identifying the AI initiatives that can create the greatest impact for your company.

Unsure whether your company is suitable for Kickstart AI in Skåne? Submit an expression of interest and we will help clarify any questions you may have.

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Project partners:

OpenTech, IUC Syd, and Almi. Co-funded by Region Skåne and the European Regional Development Fund.

Who is this for?

Kickstart AI in Skåne is for small and medium-sized businesses that have started working with AI and are ready to take the next step.

To be eligible for Kickstart AI in Skåne, the following requirements apply to participating companies:

• The company must be a limited liability company (AB) with its main operations in Skåne

• The company must have between 3–249 employees, with at least 2 working full-time

• The company must have a net turnover of at least SEK 3 million, generated from customer revenue, and no more than SEK 500 million

• The company must have sound finances, be able to achieve profitability and provide sustainable employment for its staff, and be able to allocate internal resources to complete the AI initiative

• The company and/or its products (goods or services) must be established on the market

The project partners will make a joint assessment of the company’s capabilities and capacity to implement and carry out the AI support offered within Kickstart AI in Skåne.

Does it cost anything to participate?

Large parts of the support within Kickstart AI in Skåne are free of charge.

For companies that carry out feasibility studies and pilot projects, a fixed fee applies. Contact us for more information.

Kickstart AI in Skåne is co-funded by Region Skåne and the European Regional Development Fund. Your company will therefore need to sign a declaration regarding de minimis aid to participate (see details below).

A short note on de minimis aid

De minimis aid is an EU regulation for small amounts of state aid that are considered not to distort competition.

A company may receive up to €300,000 in such aid over a rolling three-year period.

All de minimis aid from national, regional, or local authorities must be aggregated. The limit applies as a gross amount and at group level within Sweden.

If the threshold is exceeded, the excess amount must be repaid, and your aid history must be documented with certificates.

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