Mac AI Ventures — presented by the McMaster AI Society — seeks to bridge technical AI development with entrepreneurship and venture capital. In our inaugural 2020–2021 year, we are offering a pre-incubator program to help support new McMaster-led ventures, host weekly workshops on a range of topics, and provide pro bono valuation services to AI start-ups.
The Mac AI Ventures pre-incubator program facilitates the development of AI-centric technological projects and ideas into market-ready companies. The goal of this program is to introduce ambitious students to entrepreneurship, business development, and technology production for subsequent application to North American start-up incubators.
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Learn more about the pre-incubator program here.
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APPLY NOWWorkshops will be run bi-weekly in the Winter, on the off weeks of Mac AI's main programming, and will cover a broad range of topics from valuating AI start-ups, to tax credits and funding for early ventures, to developing a working prototype. These workshops will be virtual. Fall workshop presentations have been posted below.
Equity Splitting Among Co-Founders
Startup Stages and Series Funding
Distinguishing AI-Based Startups
Startups Valuation Essentials
More events coming soon — stay tuned.
Introducing the 2020–2021 Mac AI Ventures team.