A 5-week preparation track for 10 AI builders, with compulsory group sessions and individual coaching every week, ending with your own exhibition booth and a live moment on stage at the AI Innovators Showcase during Göteborg Tech Week.
You don't need a finished product, a company, or stage experience. You need one real thing worth showing, and to fit one of these:
The 5 weeks of preparation are remote-friendly. Join coaching and group sessions from wherever you are. The only part that needs you in Gothenburg is the showcase itself, 16 October.
Coaching turns your project into a clear narrative: what you built, why it matters, who it's for.
Presentation training with a real audience, plus personal branding support to sharpen your LinkedIn and positioning.
One extra rehearsal, then your own booth, a moment on stage, and speed-networking, all at Göteborg Tech Week.
Built and rehearsed across five weeks, reusable for interviews, conferences, and client pitches long after the showcase ends.
A live moment on stage in front of a qualified audience: investors, companies, and the wider AI community. The kind of practice you can't get from rehearsing alone.
Your own booth for the whole afternoon, plus structured speed-networking that guarantees a conversation with everyone in the room. Companies, investors, and recruiters come to you.
Hands-on support tightening your LinkedIn, your personal story, and how you describe your work to someone outside your field.
Coaching from people who'll tell you when a slide doesn't land. Not generic encouragement.
Nine other innovators going through the same five weeks, plus Garden of Talents membership for 2026 once the showcase is over.
Both tracks prepare and present together. There's no separate status, only a different point in your journey.
For people early in their AI journey, building their first real project.
For people already working professionally in AI, software, research, or innovation.
Your fee covers the preparation programme and your Garden of Talents membership for 2026.
Every applicant gets a short conversation before selection. Not to gatekeep, but because five weeks of meaningful feedback only works in a small room.
All ten places are open for the 2026 cohort. Applications close 13 September 2026. Selection is based on the project you bring. Applying early means your application gets a full, unhurried review while every spot is still open.
You don't need to be an experienced speaker, run a company, or have a polished product. You need one thing worth sharing. Applications are open 26 August – 13 September 2026.
Tell us about yourself and what you'd like to showcase: a project, research, a product, or work in progress.
A real conversation, not a screening call. We get to know you, your goals, and what you're building.
Ten innovators are selected based on the project they bring, not on how quickly they applied.
Eligibility, dates, pricing, and what the 5-week preparation programme includes before the AI Innovators Showcase at Göteborg Tech Week.
Anyone building something practical with AI can apply. You can be a student, career changer, developer, AI engineer, researcher, founder, consultant, or product builder. You need one real project, prototype, research idea, workflow, or product concept worth showing.
No. You do not need a finished product or a company. You can apply with a prototype, demo, research project, work in progress, thesis, workflow, or early product idea. What matters is that you have something real to present.
Only 10 innovators will be selected for the 2026 cohort. This limit is kept small so every participant gets real coaching, weekly feedback, and proper preparation before the showcase.
Applications are open from 26 August to 13 September 2026. Early bird pricing ends on 11 September 2026. The 5-week preparation programme starts on 17 September 2026. The AI Innovators Showcase takes place during Göteborg Tech Week in Gothenburg on 16 October 2026, 14.00–17.00.
The Emerging Innovator track is 2,800 SEK including VAT with early bird pricing, and 3,500 SEK after 11 September 2026. The Professional Innovator track is 4,900 SEK including VAT with early bird pricing, and 5,900 SEK after 11 September 2026.
Your fee covers the 5-week preparation programme, hybrid group sessions for 2 to 3 hours per week, one individual coaching and feedback session every week, presentation training, personal branding support, a professional photo shoot, peer learning, networking, and Garden of Talents membership for 2026.
Your place at the AI Innovators Showcase comes through your cohort placement, made possible by the collaboration between Garden of Talents as part of Gothenburg Tech Week. You do not buy a ticket. Your fee covers the preparation: the 5-week programme, weekly coaching, and Garden of Talents membership. Selected participants receive full access to the showcase free of charge.
The 5-week preparation is remote friendly, so you can join coaching and group sessions from outside Gothenburg. However, you must be in Gothenburg for the showcase on 16 October 2026, 14.00–17.00, because it happens in person.
You do not need to pay just to apply. First, you submit your application and have a short conversation. If you are selected and accept your place, then the payment process will be shared with you.
You will leave with a clear presentation, stronger project story, better stage confidence, sharper LinkedIn positioning, weekly coaching feedback, access to the Garden of Talents community, and a chance to present your AI work at the AI Innovators Showcase during Göteborg Tech Week in Gothenburg.
Early bird pricing ends 11 September. The sooner you apply, the more runway you have before the cohort fills.
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