“It was an excellent experience. I would recommend this program to anyone looking to explore AI solutions tailored to their specific needs.”:
Conor Fitzsimons, Woodies DIY
Across the hardware sector, the conversation around the use and benefits of artificial intelligence has grown significantly, yet many businesses remain unsure how to take the first step. To address this, Hardware Association Ireland and Galvia AI are launching the 2026 AI Adoption Accelerator – a focused three-week programme built for HAI members who want to understand where AI can support their business and how to begin in a structured, low-risk way. The goal is simple: to provide confidence, direction, and a commercially relevant starting point for AI adoption.
About Galvia AI
Galvia is a Galway-based company delivering AI solutions to businesses across Ireland, the UK and Europe. The Galvia platform connects a businesses siloed data from sales, inventory, customers, suppliers, finance, marketing, etc. into a single view.
From this unified foundation, it provides real-time analytics across KPIs, inventory, and customers, and more importantly, AI-driven predictions and actionable alerts and prompts – supporting faster, better decision-making to drive revenue and growth.
The Accelerator: A Practical and Accessible First Step in AI
The AI Accelerator is guided by a clear principle: AI delivers meaningful results when it is grounded in commercial objectives, not technology for its own sake.
The programme blends group learning, individual guidance, and hands-on data review to give participants genuine insight into AI’s potential. During the Accelerator, members work with Galvia’s AI specialists to identify where AI can unlock measurable value in their business.
Week 1: Group Workshop (In Person)
A half-day session covering AI foundations, practical business applications, legal considerations, real-world case examples, and a hands-on workshop where participants begin drafting an AI Opportunity Statement tailored to their organisation.
Week 2: Individual Data Discovery Session (Online)
A two-hour one-to-one session to refine your AI Opportunity Statement, clarify objectives, define success measures, and review existing systems and data. The output is a concise summary document and a clearly defined AI Opportunity Statement aligned to a specific commercial priority.
Week 3: Data Review and Feasibility (Online Under NDA)
Participants may share a sample of data with Galvia in advance of this two-hour session. Galvia’s technical team reviews the data and presents a data-led demonstration to illustrate potential value and feasibility.
Participants complete the session with a validated, actionable starting point for an AI project.
“Galvia’s Accelerator was invaluable as an introduction to the world of AI. It explained in user-friendly terms how we can use AI to drive our business forward in the coming years, and gave us a roadmap of next steps to take.”
Tom Millen, Bents Garden and Home, UK www.bents.co.uk
Connect With Galvia at The Hardware Show
The Galvia HAI AI Adoption Accelerator begins on 21st April and is limited to ten places. The Galvia team will be attending The Hardware Show, where members can learn more about the Accelerator and the Galvia platform. Alternatively, you can contact Karina Kelly on karina@galvia.ai.
Video: Watch an introductory message from John Clancy, CEO, Galvia AI
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QcBllCoIrdW2bkzDyizkhRD_7vmDg9yl/view
Enterprise Development Lead
Across the hardware sector, there’s growing interest in AI, but also uncertainty about where to start and what will genuinely deliver value. That’s why we’ve partnered with HAI to launch the AI Adoption Accelerator for 2026, starting on 21st April.
This is a focused, three-week programme designed as a practical, low-risk first step. It helps you understand where AI can support your business commercially, what data you already have, and what a realistic starting point looks like.
We have 10 spaces available on the programme. We’ll be at The Hardware Show on Stand J1 on the 15th and 16th of February, but if you’re interested now, we’d love to speak with you ahead of that.
You can contact Karina at karina@galvia.ai to learn more or to discuss whether the Accelerator is a good fit for your business. We hope to speak with you soon.
