{"eid":"digicatapult","name":"Digital Catapult","domain":"digicatapult.org.uk","resolved_by":"domain","topics":["compute"],"n_records":1,"best_vorder":4,"review":null,"aliases":["Digital Catapult","digicatapult.org.uk"],"records":[{"rid":"compute/digital-catapult","card":{"rid":"compute/digital-catapult","eid":"digicatapult","topic":"compute","slug":"digital-catapult","provider":"Digital Catapult","url":"https://www.digicatapult.org.uk/programmes/programme/bridgeai/high-growth-ai-accelerator-faqs/","domain":"digicatapult.org.uk","category":"cloud VM","tier":null,"verdict":"fails-identity","vorder":4,"grp":"rejected","confidence":"documented","binding":"write-gated","identity_kind":"institution","identity_basis":"stated","needs_card":0,"needs_phone":0,"needs_id":0,"needs_institution":1,"country":null,"crypto":null,"interfaces":null,"egress_metered":null,"per_object_bytes":null,"retention_days":null,"verified_at":"2026-10-22T00:00:00.000Z","verified_basis":"live","checked_on":"2026-10-22","stale_on":"2026-11-21","n_evidence":5,"usd_month":null,"usd_per_tb_month":null,"summary":"A 14-week accelerator whose participants get compute from named technology partners: 'up to $25k for two years in AWS credits and one year of AWS business su...","duplicate_of":null,"n_unknown":11},"record":{"topic":"compute","slug":"digital-catapult","provider":"Digital Catapult","url":"https://www.digicatapult.org.uk/programmes/programme/bridgeai/high-growth-ai-accelerator-faqs/","category":"cloud VM","free_tier":{"stated":"A 14-week accelerator whose participants get compute from named technology partners: 'up to $25k for two years in AWS credits and one year of AWS business support (up to $10,000)'; 'up to $2,000 USD in Google Cloud credits, valid for two years (Start Tier) or $100,000 USD in Google Cloud credits for one year, with 20% off for the second year (Scale Tier)'; 'EUR 10k in OVHcloud credits for startups and EUR 100k in OVHcloud credits for scaleups'.","unit":"none","metered_on":"wall-clock","source_url":"https://www.digicatapult.org.uk/programmes/programme/bridgeai/high-growth-ai-accelerator-faqs/","read_on":"2026-10-22","notes":"partner-credit"},"per_object_cap":{"stated":"not applicable","bytes":null,"source_url":"https://www.digicatapult.org.uk/programmes/programme/bridgeai/high-growth-ai-accelerator-faqs/","notes":null},"retention":{"stated":"not applicable","days":null,"source_url":"https://www.digicatapult.org.uk/programmes/programme/bridgeai/high-growth-ai-accelerator-faqs/","notes":null},"egress":{"terms":"not stated","metered":false,"free_allowance":null,"price_per_tb":null,"source_url":"https://www.digicatapult.org.uk/programmes/programme/bridgeai/high-growth-ai-accelerator-faqs/"},"interface":["unknown"],"interface_detail":"inferred from the tooling the provider documents; not probed","tooling":"not stated","chaining":"it composes with the free Google Cloud tier because the credit is applied to a billing account that already carries the always-free SKUs.","limits":[{"kind":"write-gated","value":"Applicants must be 'a UK based registered company, or prove they are a company that has an establishment in the UK', must 'undertake all activity in the UK', and must be 'eligible to receive GBP 18,000 in State Assistance', so the GBP 18,000 de minimis ceiling also caps how much state-supported credit can be taken in the same period.","source":"https://www.digicatapult.org.uk/programmes/programme/bridgeai/high-growth-ai-accelerator-faqs/"}],"limits_note":"Applicants must be 'a UK based registered company, or prove they are a company that has an establishment in the UK', must 'undertake all activity in the UK', and must be 'eligible to receive GBP 18,000 in State Assistance', so the GBP 18,000 de minimis ceiling also caps how much state-supported credit can be taken in the same period.","binding":"write-gated","binding_note":"Applicants must be 'a UK based registered company, or prove they are a company that has an establishment in the UK', must 'undertake all activity in the UK', and must be 'eligible to receive GBP 18,000 in State Assistance', so the GBP 18,000 de minimis ceiling also caps how much state-supported credit can be taken in the same period.","identity_cost":{"kind":"institution","detail":null,"country":null},"reliability_note":"no reliability event recorded","confidence":"documented","evidence":[{"url":"https://www.digicatapult.org.uk/programmes/programme/bridgeai/high-growth-ai-accelerator-faqs/","date":"2026-10-22","proved":"'up to $25k for two years in AWS credits and one year of AWS business support (up to $10,000)'; '$100,000 USD in Google Cloud credits for one year, with 20% off for the second year (Scale Tier)'; 'EUR 100k in OVHcloud credits for scaleups', quoted"},{"url":"https://www.digicatapult.org.uk/programmes/programme/bridgeai/high-growth-ai-accelerator-faqs/","date":"2026-10-22","proved":"'Applicants must be a UK based registered company, or prove they are a company that has an establishment in the UK, and undertake all activity in the UK', quoted"},{"url":"https://www.digicatapult.org.uk/programmes/programme/bridgeai/high-growth-ai-accelerator-faqs/","date":"2026-10-22","proved":"'Applicants must be able to receive £18,000 in State Assistance'; 'The High Growth AI Accelerator for Innovate UK BridgeAI is a 14-week accelerator delivered by Digital Catapult', quoted"},{"url":"https://www.digicatapult.org.uk/programmes/programme/bridgeai/high-growth-ai-accelerator-faqs/","date":"2026-10-22","proved":"credits are 'Subject to availability and third-party terms', quoted"},{"url":"https://www.digicatapult.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Applied-AI-Growth-Sprints-Terms-and-Conditions.pdf","date":"2026-10-22","proved":"'Applicants must be eligible to receive £25,933 in State Assistance'; 'Applicants must be a UK-registered Startup organisation that has fewer than 250 employees and a turnover of less than EUR50 million', quoted from the Applied AI Growth Sprints terms"}],"verdict":"fails-identity","verified_at":"2026-10-22T00:00:00.000Z","notes":"The 14-week programme length against a one-year credit validity is the useful mismatch: the cohort ends long before the credits do. Two readings of who receives the Scale Tier were considered: (a) Scale Tier is automatic for all participants, plausible but not stated; (b) Scale Tier is a tier of Google's own startup programme that the accelerator merely refers to, which the FAQ wording 'Start Tier / Scale Tier' suggests because those are Google's tier names, unresolved.","extras":{"wave2":{"class":"accelerator-credit","free_tier_kind":"partner-credit","shape":{"vcpu":null,"ram_gib":null,"gpu_class":"provider-dependent (AWS, Google Cloud, OVHcloud)","gpu_count":null}}}},"claims":[{"path":"$.free_tier.stated","kind":"free-quota","num":null,"unit":null,"per":null,"currency":null,"usd":null,"fx_date":null,"parse":"unparsed"},{"path":"$.limits[0].value","kind":"limit:write-gated","num":null,"unit":null,"per":null,"currency":null,"usd":null,"fx_date":null,"parse":"unparsed"}],"unknown":[["$.chaining","partly-held"],["$.egress.metered","egress-unknown"],["$.egress.terms","not-stated"],["$.identity_cost.detail","process"],["$.interface","interface-unknown"],["$.per_object_cap.notes","process"],["$.per_object_cap.stated","not-applicable"],["$.reliability_note","none-observed"],["$.retention.notes","process"],["$.retention.stated","not-applicable"],["$.tooling","not-stated"]],"history":[],"drift":[]}]}