Who can join the NORA.startup network?
NORA.startup’s main target group is Norwegian start-up companies which develop technological solutions of their own in machine learning, artificial intelligence, or robotics and which also focus on research and development projects. In addition, researchers and students in this field who are interested in start-up companies, collaboration with entrepreneurs and commercialization of good technological solutions are in the target group.
Incubators, clusters, investors or similar parties cannot apply for individual membership, but may contact us for an informal meeting to discuss common interests and possible collaborations. Representatives should however be concerned with technological solutions and collaboration within the mentioned fields, as well as working with AI startups with a high degree of expertise, and focus on research based innovation and research and development projects. Larger, established businesses interested in becoming part of the NORA network we recommend you apply as a NORA Strategic Partner.
Once you have submitted your applications, the NORA.startup Evaluation Committee will review your application. Should you apply as a student/ researcher, you will receive an email notifying you if your application has been approved and information about membership in NORA.startup. If you apply as a startup and your application meets the membership criteria, you will be called in for an introduction meeting with the NORA.startup review committee. For more information, please contact Senior Adviser Snezhina Duevska (snezhina.duevska@nora.ai).
Membership criteria for start-up companies and researchers / students:
Start-up companies:
- The company must be a Norwegian-registered company
- The company develops in-house technological solutions in machine learning, artificial intelligence or robotics, preferably with a focus on research and development
- The company must have a founder or full-time employee with technical development expertise in the field
- The company should have at least half a year of man-hours with research expertise* or immediate plans to associate themselves with this kind of expertise.
*By research expertise we mean that you have dedicated resources to acquire new knowledge, such as reading scientific articles.
Researchers and students:
- You should have an interest in bringing research and innovation closer together, not least through research and development projects
- You should have a desire to build professional networks and collaborations with talented start-ups in the field
- You can work with fundamental research and / or applied research but with academically advanced issues and/or specialized matters within the mentioned fields
- Students at the bachelor or master's level, or higher, can apply, but must work with a research project in the mentioned fields
- Researchers and students affiliated with NORA's partner institutions, or NORA's research school, are prioritized, but researchers and students from other institutions are not excluded