OVHcloud unveils Fast Forward AI Accelerator Finalists and new AMD led workshops

Roubaix – February 25th 2025 – OVHcloud, a global cloud player and the European Cloud leader, today announces the finalists of its Fast Forward AI Accelerator. To further support its ecosystem, OVHcloud recently launched its first accelerator program solely dedicated to AI startups. With the new Fast Forward AI Accelerator, OVHcloud is offering AI Startups the resources they need to accelerate their growth and increase their value, leveraging new AMD led workshops providing participating startups unique value.
 
OVHcloud is offering select AI startups throughout the world a 3-month program comprised of free cloud credits that complement the regular Startup Program Cloud credits, AI technology deep-dives, various workshops including AMD led workshops, as well as mentoring and engagements with VCs and corporates from OVHcloud’s unique data sovereign ecosystem.
 
Over a dozen finalists based in Europe, Canada and India are already benefiting from OVHcloud’s unique differentiators through a trusted cloud that is sustainable by design with the best performance/price ratio. OVHcloud is pleased to unveil the focus areas and names of the selected finalists for this first AI Accelerator cohort:
 

• AI research and associated tools are represented by Applied Brain Research Inc. that delivers state-of-the-art AI chip solutions, Hopsworks AB who develops an AI lakehouse platform designed for data and AI and Multiverse Computing that compresses LLMs such as Llama2 through its CompactifAI tool,
• In the burgeoning field of GenAI, Hello Ebbot AB provides a GenAI automation platform for customer service while Jumbo Mana creates conversational avatars for reliable and engaging services,
• In healthcare, myUpchar provides access to a host of medical information through its platform while PraxySante’s AI suite helps to free up time and improve patient monitoring,
• SaaS providers are well represented with Beink Dream that offers a visual collaboration SaaS platform, Catch GmbH that streamlines hiring and automates some tasks though AI, Lector.ai GmbH is an intelligent document processing platform, Uncia is a platform that aids IT departments create, organize and maintain documentation and YouScan provides a social media listening and analytics platform. Lastly, Webcapsule offers a platform that simplifies infrastructure management, secure deployments and accelerates cloud transitions,

“Congratulations to the finalists for their selection for the Fast Forward AI Accelerator. It is impressive to see the quality and global spread of these startups. The scalability, cost-effectiveness, security, and flexibility of the cloud is an amazing enabler of startup growth. We look forward to supporting the finalists and forging strong partnerships with them within our ecosystem.” said Philip Marais, Global Start-Up Program Director, OVHcloud

The selected finalists will benefit from the opportunity to accelerate their use of OVHcloud’s GPUs and complete set of AI Solutions that include the ability to prepare data, train and deploy AI models. The startups’ go-to-market will also benefit from OVHcloud’s ecosystem thanks to business access and funding opportunities.
 
AMD workshops
 
Amongst the many benefits, startup participants of this first cohort will take advantage of workshops hosted by AMD. Through these AMD delivered sessions, participants will noticeably get up to speed on how MLOps streamlines AI workflows, ensuring scalable and efficient deployments. Focusing on best practices, the workshop will help in managing machine learning pipelines and showcasing how AMD's hardware and software, including advanced Instinct™ GPUs and ROCm open software, can optimize AI solutions
 
In a second workshop, AI strategies & Best Practices for Startups, AMD will help startups define AI strategies, implement best practices and leverage AI for growth and competitive advantage.  

"We are pleased to be part of this remarkable initiative driven by OVHcloud to support global startups in their AI journey. We look forward to the opportunity to share our expertise and help participants learn how to effectively deploy AI models on AMD technology, and ultimately accelerate the transition of AI technologies into production environments for the benefit of their businesses and end customers" said Emelie Wahlström, Sr. Manager, Program Management at the AMD Silo AI Team

AI Action Summit 2025
 
OVHcloud participated in the Artificial Intelligence Action Summit in Paris, France, on February 10-11th, 2025. During this event, the Group hosted various live AI and Data talks, focusing on AI solutions, accelerators, and the startup ecosystem to discuss the future of AI. Ten AI startups presented their groundbreaking solutions at Station F, including Jumbo Mana's demo of its Agentic AI for passenger flow management.
 
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