Getvisibility announces €1.2M investment in AI Academy to address tech talent gap

Getvisibility an Irish based company that has developed an AI-powered platform for data discovery, classification, security and governance has announced that it is investing €1.2 million over the next three years to create an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Academy and address the talent gap in the tech sector.

The AI Academy is being developed to attract the right talent into the organisation, particularly for the machine learning engineering and data science department which is set to expand to up to 30 people during the said period.

These new positions – which consist of machine learning engineers, data scientists and a manager – will be fully flexible in terms of the ability to work remotely but are likely to be concentrated in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region.

While Getvisibility’s aim is to find data scientists with engineering expertise, the company is broadening its scope to find candidates who may be more junior or who may not have the engineering experience but a high level of academic expertise. It is also open to prospective employees who are transitioning from an adjacent field, such as probability theory or accounting.

As part of its AI Academy programme, people will be provided with the opportunity to train and upskill in data science in-house, with the additional support of AI to boost efficiency and plug any competency gaps. They will then have the option to remain within the data science department or join others, such as the product development team.

The AI Academy provides newly appointed team members the opportunity to acquire the relevant knowledge and data science experience through conferences, workshops, seminars, and postgrad fellowships. In turn, Getvisibility will create its own pool of data scientists working across various projects and studies.

From assembling evidence and processing it with data science to experimenting with software components or machine learning models, this team will allow Getvisibility to increase operational efficiency, boost business performance, and drive technological innovation.

In fact, it will allow the organisation to approach approximately 100 different machine learning and data science projects throughout 2023, thus significantly enhancing the quantity and diversity of AI solutions it can deliver for its global customer base.

In turn, this will support the business’ growth plans as it will be well-positioned to build new AI models stemming from data science studies for more sectors, including healthcare and insurance. Internally, the department will be responsible for implementing systems and providing data that benefit other functions of the organisation, such as marketing.

Vlad Constantinescu, Head of Data Science, Getvisibility, said: “Innovation is at the heart of what we do, but it relies on us having access to the right talent – something which is proving to be very challenging in the current landscape. To overcome this, we are being creative when it comes to the types of candidates we bring into the organisation and the approach we take when they join.

“Having people who want to learn and are conscientious is the first part of the puzzle. The second part is equipping them with the means to develop new skills and enabling them to bring new ideas to the table. That’s where our AI Academy comes in. By finding the right people and enabling them to gain the necessary experience in-house, we are actively shaping our own pool of talent.”

Mark Brosnan, CEO & Co-Founder, Getvisibility, added: “Not only does the AI Academy drive innovation within and expansion of our own organisation, but it also delivers business value for our growing customer base. By investing more in people and developing more solutions for the organisations we work with, both they and we can grow.”

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