Deadline: May 15, 2025
Applications are open for the Mondadori PLAI Acceleration Program 2025. The PLAI Accelerator is committed to revolutionizing the Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) landscape, combining scientific rigor with entrepreneurial vision to drive progress and equip startups to meet the growing demand for sustainable solutions.
The PLAI Acceleration Program is designed for early-stage AI startups aiming to turn innovative projects into scalable business solutions. They are looking for AI-driven solutions applicable across corporate environments, with the potential to enhance corporate operations, optimize business processes. They welcome AI-driven projects across multiple industries, where AI is driving major transformation with strong focus on Education (corporate training, digital learning, and edtech), Retail (customer experience, demand forecasting, and logistics), New Media & Advertising (content strategy, audience targeting, and ad efficiency) and Publishing (editorial workflows, content distribution, and reader engagement).
Benefits
- Intense 6-month hybrid program designed to enable growth at speed with more than 50+ hours of actionable Workshop
- 20+ hour of mentorship. The acceleration team, a Network of Premium Managers and Entrepreneurs will provide hands-on support and valuable introductions in different area
- Mondadori extends your reach, linking you to the entire ecosystem landscape and a leading voice in multimedia publishing
- Initial investment €100k per startup and access to a global network of investors, VCs and Angels
- Additional €400k follow-up investment for selected startup
Eligibility
Open to companies:
- in Machine Learning (ML), Publishing, Business Process, Advertisement Tech, EdTech, Retail Tech, Deep Learning, Generative AI, AI Virtual Assistants, AI Translation, AI Research & Development, Explainable AI (XAI), AI Recommendation System, AI Chatbots, Large Language Model (LLM), AI Model Training, AI Governance, AI Deployment, AI Ethics, Text Generation
- located in Eastern Europe, Europe, Middle East, North America
- incorporated
- users or paying users stage
- Seed, Series A or Series B
- have raised funding or not
- currently raising or not raising funds
- have revenue or not
Application
Applications are now open and will be accepted until May 15, 2025. Late applications are now accepted.
For more information, see FAQ and visit Mondadori PLAI Acceleration.
