ELEVATE AI is a 6-month hybrid accelerator designed for AI startups that are ready to redefine the global gaming and game development industries. Whether you’re building AI-enhanced game mechanics, real-time personalisation tools, or predictive systems for player behaviour, this program gives you everything you need to go from prototype to scalable company—fast.
Our carefully crafted curriculum balances deep technical development, commercial traction, and founder growth. Here’s what to expect over the 6 months:
ELEVATE AI is designed to give founders the skills, knowledge, and support needed to turn bold ideas into scalable businesses. Our curriculum is practical, focused, and tailored to the unique journey of AI-first startups in gaming.
Refine your product vision, validate your market, and develop the core building blocks of a company that attracts both users and investors.
Set up the systems, processes, and team structure you’ll need to scale efficiently and sustainably.
Unlock your business potential with strategies to measure what matters, set ambitious growth targets, and conduct impactful experiments.
Identify your ideal customers, position your solution, and create repeatable strategies for acquiring and retaining early adopters.
Craft a compelling narrative, sharpen your pitch, and build the confidence to raise capital from the right partners.
ELEVATE AI is built for ambitious, AI-first founders who are ready to transform the gaming industry with bold ideas, technical excellence, and a vision for scale.
Whether you’re building foundational models, intelligent systems, or applied AI tools—your solution must be deeply rooted in artificial intelligence, not just using AI as a feature.
You should have a working prototype, MVP, or demonstrable proof of concept that shows your technology in action. We’re here to accelerate, not incubate.
We work directly with founders and expect active engagement throughout the programme. If you’re not ready to go all-in, this isn’t for you.
This program is for those who want to go big. If you’re aiming to build a sustainable, scalable, and potentially category-defining company, you’re in the right place.
Your product should aim to solve real challenges in gaming—whether that’s content generation, personalisation, player insights, compliance, monetisation, or entirely new categories yet to be invented.
Because we offer what no other accelerator does:
Proven, tailored, and connected acceleration within the AI x Gaming intersection.
We believe the onboarding experience sets the tone for the entire journey. Here’s how it works:
From Day 1, you’re plugged into a network, given a roadmap, and matched with mentors tailored to your exact challenges.
Yes and no.
Yes, because we’ve built a step-by-step framework that simplifies complex growth stages: AI dev, integration with gaming platforms, fundraising, and go-to-market.
No, because founding an AI startup in iGaming isn’t easy. It’s a high-barrier industry. But that’s why we exist, to give you unfair advantages others won’t.
We remove friction and provide tools, guidance, and exposure to help you reach market fit faster and more effectively.
Here’s the breakdown of your acceleration arc:
📘 Month 1–2: Foundations
🧪 Month 3–4: Build & Iterate
🎯 Month 5: Market Fit & Metrics
🚀 Month 6: Demo Day
Not at all.
ELEVATE AI is remote-friendly, and we welcome global founders. That said, we highly recommend attending key sessions in person in Malta, home to a vibrant gaming industry and an emerging AI innovation hub.
We’re looking for ambitious AI founders building solutions that can revolutionise the gaming industry in one or more of these areas:
You should be:
Yes. Our relationship doesn’t end at demo day.
We continue to support standout startups with:
