IBM Watson AI XPRIZE: Digital Catapult signs as official partner - Digital Catapult Centre

LONDON, UK, 3 January 2017 – Digital Catapult is proud to announce that it is the advocate UK partner involved in the IBM Watson AI XPRIZE, a $5m competition challenging teams to demonstrate how humans can collaborate with AI to tackle the world's grand challenges, such as poverty, health and sustainable energy. As part of its wider strategy to support market-led technology and innovation, Digital Catapult will support IBM Watson AI XPRIZE via its technical experts as resources and mentors for competing teams. Digital Catapult will also form a hub for UK teams by hosting events, meet-ups and take a lead in helping to showcase the best competitors to come out of the UK. XPRIZE offers competitors a rare chance to work on applications using AI, machine learning, predictive technologies, robotics and other advanced technologies to develop powerful cognitive applications. Teams have the freedom to define their own goals and have the unique opportunity to potentially attract investment and compete for the main prize in the final at TED 2020.