Cambridge Network
Executive Chair of Innovate UK, which has backed the initiative, Dr Ian Campbell said: “In these challenging times many businesses, organisations and individuals are facing the stark reality that they must try to do more with less. However, it’s equally true that our UK pioneers and entrepreneurs are demonstrating their resilience and proving time and again how they can adapt through enterprise and innovation.
“The AI & automation tools that Nightingale HQ are delivering through GoSmarter.ai have the potential to provide a real boost to SMEs across the UK and beyond, so we’re proud to have supported them through our COVID19 Fast Start fund.”
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FAQs
What is Executive Chair's endorsement?
The endorsement from Dr Ian Campbell, Executive Chair of Innovate UK, quoted in the Cambridge Network article, is significant. When the UK’s national innovation agency describes a company’s tools as having “the potential to provide a real boost to SMEs across the UK and beyond,” that is not a typical press release quote — it is an assessment from an organisation that reviews hundreds of grant applications and knows which ones are likely to deliver real impact.
The Innovate UK COVID-19 Fast Start Fund was highly competitive, with many more applications than available funding. Nightingale HQ’s success in securing a grant from this fund reflected the quality of the proposal and the genuine practical value of the tools being developed.
What is Cambridge Network?
Cambridge Network is a business and research community organisation connecting businesses, researchers, and organisations across the Cambridge region and beyond. Its membership includes technology companies, life sciences businesses, and research institutions. Being featured in Cambridge Network coverage reaches an audience of technology-literate professionals who are familiar with AI and data science — an audience that can evaluate the quality of what Nightingale HQ is doing, not just be impressed by the fact that it involves AI.
Coverage in a Cambridge context also positions Nightingale HQ as part of the UK’s broader technology innovation ecosystem, not just the Welsh or Irish tech scene. For a company that works with manufacturers across the UK and internationally, that broader positioning matters.