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Artificial Intelligence working for a global future

We apply artificial intelligence to solve global environmental problems.

NAI is a venture studio.

We’re looking for people from all over the world with great ideas to help grow into AI solutions that benefit people, planet and profit. 

It’s possible.

Come join us. 

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OUR FOCUS

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Our focus is on three of the worlds’ most pressing challenges

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Climate Change

Transforming the way we tackle climate change

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Healthy Oceans

Creating better ways to protect and sustainably manage our oceans

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Biodiversity & Conservation

Changing how we monitor and conserve habitats

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To meet these challenges, we bring together ideas, technology and people.

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Ideas

From the microscopic to the massive, AI provides new and unique ways to solve the problems we face. NAI is a place to turn those ideas into practical AI applications with global impact.

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Technology

NAI brings together the two global megatrends of the 21st century: man’s impact on the environment and the spectacular advances enabled by AI. Technology that drives sustainable outcomes exists where these megatrends meet.

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People

NAI wraps proven experience, expertise and world-class networks around great ideas. Our team provides the support that helps take an idea and turn it into reality.

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A sustainable model for a sustainable future

The start-up model for developing ventures won’t work with the problems we face globally. We can’t afford to “fail fast” anymore. As a venture studio, we combine disruptive ideas with a stable team of experts, processes and funding to support concepts to become businesses that make an impact. 

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Our projects

NAI already has several projects underway that apply artificial intelligence in new and exciting ways:

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PREDATOR FREE 2050

Teaching AI to detect predators

Using deep learning and state of the art computer vision, we analyse over 150,000 infra-red camera images to identify threats to native wildlife.

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WHALE LIGHTHOUSE

Using AI to monitor and protect marine mammals

By combining AI with custom-built hydrophones, NAI is helping to create a marine mammal monitoring system. We use AI to detect, classify and track the calls of different marine mammals.

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AUTOMATED TAXONOMY

Freeing scientists to do what they do best

Many scientists would prefer to spend less time looking through a microscope and more time on research. We can free them up by teaching computers to identify microscopic organisms or materials.

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CARBONCROP

Using AI to simplify claiming carbon credits

The first project to spin out into its own company. CarbonCo uses AI to examine imagers of a landowner’s land to make claiming carbon credits faster and easier. That encourages more planting, which is what the earth needs.

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Thoughts
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Nelson gets more than $4m from PGF for AI and high-end food development

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Nelson Artificial Intelligence Institute receives $3.4m loan in $4.5m PGF package

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Artificial intelligence in aquaculture may be smart key to top of the south growth

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