South Australian support such as the Research, Commercialisation and Startup Fund (Seed-Start) and how AI projects can use it.
dgm is an independent osFoundry integration partner — not affiliated with osFoundry’s maker (OS LLC), and dgm has no completed client integrations yet.
South Australian businesses can look to the Research, Commercialisation and Startup Fund (Seed-Start) to commercialise products, including AI and software.
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Who runs it | SA Government |
| Seed Grants | Up to $100,000 (per secondary source) |
| Start Grants | Up to $500,000 (per secondary source) |
| Status | Open/ongoing per secondary source — verify |
What South Australia offers
South Australia’s Research, Commercialisation and Startup Fund (Seed-Start) provides matched funding — Seed Grants up to $100,000 and Start Grants up to $500,000 — to commercialise South Australian products and services. These amounts come from a secondary source, so confirm them on business.sa.gov.au.
Whether AI fits
AI and software commercialisation can fit where it meets the program’s criteria. South Australia also hosts AI research strength at Lot Fourteen (the Australian Institute for Machine Learning and the RAIR responsible-AI centre), which can be useful collaborators. Program parameters, amounts, rates and round windows change frequently — confirm the current details on the official program page before relying on them.
How to start
Start on business.sa.gov.au or the business.gov.au Finder. Important: these are programs a business applies for directly with the government agency or, for the R&D Tax Incentive, claims through a registered tax adviser. dgm is an independent AI-integration agency — not a registered or approved program deliverer, an Industry Growth Program adviser, or a registered R&D tax agent. dgm can help scope and build the AI project; eligibility and any claim are determined and lodged by you or a registered adviser. SA AI businesses can also use the federal programs.
Where dgm fits
dgm is an independent integration partner that helps Australian businesses adopt osFoundry — scoping a first use case, handling the build, and connecting AI to the systems you already run. dgm can help you scope the AI project that a program would fund — but you apply to the program (or claim the R&D Tax Incentive with a registered adviser) directly. dgm is independent of osFoundry’s maker (OS LLC) and has no completed client integrations yet, so everything described here is a service offered, not a past result. If you want to scope a practical first project, dgm can help you map it out.