Data & AI Delivery Partner

Scaling AI Teams. Building AI Products.

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What We Do

AI Connect is a Data & AI consultancy, supporting organisations with both talent challenges and end-to-end delivery of AI solutions. From scaling high-performing teams to building AI products, we provide the expertise, resources and outcomes needed to accelerate innovation.

Specialisms

Machine Learning & AI

Pioneering the future of intelligence with cutting-edge machine learning and artificial intelligence talent.​

Data Engineering

Building robust data infrastructures to fuel your data-driven innovations.​

Data Analytics

Transforming raw data into actionable insights that drive informed decisions.​

Marketing Effectiveness

Crafting data-driven marketing strategies for maximum impact and ROI.

AI Product Delivery

Turning business problems into scalable, real-world AI solutions.

How We Do It

Building Teams

Full Time Employees

We identify, approach and provide Data & AI employees at all levels who can make a lasting impact to your organisation.

Embedded & Multi Hire

For periods of rapid growth, our embedded model delivers multiple hires at pace, reducing cost, saving time and building consistent, scalable teams.

Exec & Retained Search

Our team has an exclusive network of senior data leaders and a highly sophisticated executive & retained search solution for more challenging, complex hires.

Delivering Solutions

Contract

We deploy pre-vetted, expert Data & AI contractors in 24 hours globally, combining speed, precision, quality and flexibility to meet your project needs.

Statement of Work (SoW)

We go beyond supplying talent by taking full ownership of delivery. We scope projects in detail, agree milestones, and set SLAs upfront ensuring outcomes are delivered, not just people.

Building AI products

From analytics validation to LLM-powered solutions, to anomaly detection, our expert squads design, build, and deliver AI products with speed and rigour.

Community Hub

Our network is everything.

At AI Connect we publish market insights, case studies, and team updates on our LinkedIn profiles. Follow our Founders Kris and Darren or our AI Connect page for more. 

We are also delighted to have launched our AI Right! podcast where we chat with industry leaders and those driving the Data and AI  industry forward.

No matter what we do we’re passionate about building a modern, inclusive industry. Please follow our DEI brand The Data Gals for more.

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Case Studies & Market Insights

AI Connect Insights
Kris McFadyen

📊 Scottish Data and AI Market Insights 2025

AI Connect has published fresh insights into Scotland’s growing data and AI leadership landscape. Our latest snapshot reveals that there are 65 data science leaders based in Scotland, with financial services and banking accounting for over a third of roles.

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Andy McMahon

Machine Learning Engineering in the Real World

The majority of us who work in machine learning, analytics, and related disciplines do so for organizations with a variety of different structures and motives. These could be for for-profit corporations, not-for-profits, charities, or public sector organizations like the Government or Universities.

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