Today in Bangkok, OpenAI and Thailand’s Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation (MHESI) announced a new accelerator to help Thai startups turn promising prototypes into products ready for real-world use and growth. The OpenAI x MHESI AI Accelerator brings together ten startups working across health, wellness, and education. It marks OpenAI’s first public-private partnership with the Thai government focused on supporting local startups, and is being delivered with partners including the National Innovation Agency (NIA), Mahidol University, and Techsauce.
The accelerator aims to bridge the gap between prototype and deployment, providing participating founders with mentorship from OpenAI and across Thailand’s technology, research, and startup communities over eight weeks. Each company is focused on a specific problem, and the accelerator will help the teams combine their domain knowledge with frontier AI capabilities to build products grounded in the needs of people and organizations across Thailand.
OpenAI will provide each team with US$2,000 in API credits, one-on-one technical guidance, and access to OpenAI’s latest frontier models. MHESI will connect the teams with Thailand’s research and talent networks, while NIA will link them to the country’s funding and growth ecosystem. Mahidol University will contribute academic expertise and mentors.
Source: OpenAI
