BSC AI Factory: AI and Supercomputing for Startups and SMEs

In this Masterclass, we explained how the BSC AI Factory provides a simple and guided opportunity to access the powerful supercomputing resources of the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC), expert support in Artificial Intelligence, and assistance with specialized services (data, models, inference, trustworthy AI, etc.) to help accelerate AI-driven innovation among startups, SMEs, and public sector organizations.

We also presented the startup incubation and acceleration activities, as well as collaboration across the broader AI ecosystem through the partners program.

Programa

In this session, we talked about:

Why the BSC AI Factory exists: addressing the challenge of access to supercomputing and AI resources for startups and SMEs.
Who it is designed for and the services it offers.
The access model: how to apply and the requirements involved.
Working with the ecosystem: incubation, acceleration, and the partners program.
Q&A session.

Supercomputing Center Barcelona (BSC-CNS)

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Taught by:

Albert Cañigueral

BSC AI Factory One Stop Shop Manager

Albert Cañigueral is the BSC AI Factory One-Stop Shop Manager at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC-CNS), where he also coordinates innovation activities and engagement with the broader ecosystem. Previously, he led the center’s Artificial Intelligence and Language Technologies initiatives, connecting business development, technical development, and communication.

Between 2021 and 2022, he served as Director General for Open Data, Transparency and Collaboration at the Government of Catalonia. Prior to that, he led the development of the Ouishare network in Spain and Latin America from 2012 to 2021.