CrossTech has joined NVIDIA Inception, a programme that nurtures startups pushing industries forward through technological advancements.
Since 2018, CrossTech has focused on the deployment of market-leading, automated inspection technologies that drive efficiency and improve safety in transport infrastructure, including the UK rail network.
Joining the NVIDIA Inception program will help CrossTech to grow and strengthen its AI capabilities through collaboration with industry-leading experts and other AI-driven organisations. Globally, there are 19,000 technology leaders in the NVIDIA Inception programme at present, with more than one thousand of these companies collaborating across a diverse range of sectors in the UK today.
Commenting on CrossTech’s admission to the NVIDIA programme, Haydon Bartlett-Tasker, Managing Director, CrossTech, said: “Joining NVIDIA’s Inception programme will help us accelerate our AI capabilities, unlocking new industrywide inspection expertise for the benefit of our rail customers such as Network Rail. This year alone, our team has conducted more than 100,000 kilometers of advanced computer vision-based infrastructure inspections. Our admittance to the NVIDIA programme will help us learn from other technology leaders, enabling us to further scale our automation capabilities and develop our product suite. This will ensure that we continue to help improve transport safety, efficiency and performance with the delivery of repeatable and consistent inspections for transport customers”.
NVIDIA Inception helps startups during critical stages of product development, prototyping and deployment.
Every Inception member gets a custom set of ongoing benefits, such as NVIDIA Deep Learning Institute credits, preferred pricing on NVIDIA hardware and software, and technological assistance, which provides startups with the fundamental tools to help them grow.