Deployer wanted: rail design consultancy for AI design assurance

AutomateX is a UK rail AI SME. Our tool, at TRL 5 to 6, checks a design package and its supporting evidence against the relevant Network Rail standards before it goes to design review, and is being tested with Network Rail's Technical Authority now.

We are looking for one UK medium or large engineering or design consultancy (professional and business services) to be the deployer on its own rail design assurance work, under the BridgeAI Deployment Catalyst, AI for Assurance and Compliance strand (competition 2597, closes 8 December 2026).

We bring the tool and keep the IP. You bring the schemes, the data and the engineers who produce those packages. Innovate UK pays half of your team's time for about 4 months from spring 2027, with a route into Phases 2 and 3. A 20-minute call in early November is the first step.

Competition page: https://apply-for-innovation-funding.service.gov.uk/competition/2597/overview/7ec02a95-73e5-4928-8104-67a9f1b279e3