Data Nation Accelerator: investors in data science and technology

Driving new levels of co-creation between business and the public sector across Wales, harnessing the power of diverse data assets to create meaningful outcomes.

The Data Nation Accelerator aims to accelerate new insights and intelligence from diverse data sources that deliver significant benefits for society, health, and the economy.

Through co-creation across business and other parties, the Wales Data Nation Accelerator seeks to fuel innovation in data and AI for new solutions, products and applications in key industrial clusters and public services, while also enriching the talent pool of skills in Wales for data science and AI.

Working with a range of private, public and third sector organisations, including Welsh Government, The Data Nation Accelerator team across Wales is keen to shape and co-create a programme of most benefit to Wales and beyond. The Data Nation Accelerator will target growth nationally in businesses, investments and skills in data science and digital technology.

Opportunities

The Data Nation Accelerator will focus on the opportunities provided by the unique data assets, capabilities and potential we hold in Wales aligned to the following challenge areas:

Public Services Innovation (Intelligence, efficiency, automation, enhanced decision making, advanced problem solving, personalisation)
Health and Wellbeing (Precision medicine, diagnostics and interventions, intelligent healthcare systems, social care through AI)
Net-zero and the Environment (Energy and transport, environmental management, circular and green economies, housing, agri-tech)
Future Manufacturing and Systems (Factory of the future, advanced materials, resilience in supply chains, digital twins, smart manufacturing, agri-tech)
Creative and Professional Services (Legal, financial technology, business systems, social media, human centred systems and communication)

“We have worked closely with the Data Innovation Accelerator and benefitted from their data skills and knowledge to help us to develop our smart city energy network solutions.”

— Chrissy Woodman, Sustainable Energy

Together, we can co-create a better future

We can accelerate new insights from diverse data across Wales for societal, health, and economic impact, fuelling innovation in data and AI and enriching the nation's talent pool.

Contact us

The Data Nation Accelerator team is currently working with a range of private, public and third sector organisations to help shape and co-create a programme of most benefit to Wales and beyond. We welcome engagement from partners eager to explore opportunities around this initiative.

For further information, please contact the team at support@dna.wales.