AI Technology to the USA
Gain market insights, join trade missions, and grow your business overseas. Applications open on 17 October 2025 and close on 16 November 2025.
The Going Global Export Program opens doors for NSW’s next generation of SME exporters. Through a bespoke market preparation, followed by a market-entry mission, the program will help you to increase your export proficiency and harness business growth through international export opportunities.
Applications are open
The program will run from January 2026 to March 2026.
The program will consist of:
- A bespoke 6-8 week market preparation program with a targeted educational curriculum.
- A market entry mission to the USA to facilitate business introductions and meetings with potential partners and identify export opportunities (travel and accommodation costs are not included).
- Ongoing engagement and support with Investment NSW onshore and international network.
Program dates
January 2026 to March 2026.
Key Dates
From 16-19 March 2026, Santa Clara, Nvidia GTC AI Conference.
In-person attendance by a company representative is mandatory.
Why you should apply
This program will provide you with a toolkit to establish your business in the USA market and assist with developing your go to market strategy. You will be attending one of the most sought-after conferences in technology globally. This includes soft landing support including go to market meetings with a US based entrepreneur in residence, insights on the latest trends in AI, and introductions to businesses and professionals.
The NVIDIA GTC conference in the USA will be a unique opportunity to be across cutting edge technology as NVIDIA conferences showcase the latest advancements in GPU technology, AI, machine learning, and graphics. It will provide a valuable networking opportunity to connect with industry leaders, professionals, potential collaborators, and experts in fields like AI, gaming, and data science.
What types of businesses should apply
This program targets technology clients who are pioneering innovative solutions leveraging large language models (LLMs), generative AI, computer vision, high-performance computing (HPC), or generally pushing the boundaries of AI, regardless of their industry focus.
The applicant business must meet core eligibility criteria for this stream including:
- Be a Small to Medium Enterprise [employee number between 3 and 199 full-time equivalent employees].
- Be a new entrant to the identified market or demonstrate a need for NSW support through the Going Global Export Program.
- Have a NSW footprint demonstrated by:
- Business headquarters in NSW (or a demonstrated footprint in NSW and business activity that benefits NSW).
- A valid Australian Business Number (ABN) registered for NSW (or business activity that demonstrates benefit to NSW).
- The product or service must be produced primarily in NSW (or a demonstrated footprint in NSW and business activity that benefits NSW and commitment to expand in NSW).
- The applicant business produces and owns their own brand (the program is not for aggregators/traders or consultants).
- Have export capability and market suitability demonstrated by:
- a suitable product for export to the identified market.
- potential to compete commercially in that market.
- Capability to grow through export activity and capacity to adapt the identified product or service for the identified new market.
- Agree to the Terms and Conditions of participation in the program
- This includes to be willing to participate in all components of the training program and travel to the selected market.
- As this is a market entry program, applicants should participate in the same stream/market no more than twice.
- If applicants have participated in other Investment NSW programs they must demonstrate commitment to participation in that program, including sharing information and reporting outcomes of their participation.
Ideal product categories:
- Building proprietary AI technologies or models — They invest in developing their own AI systems tailored to unique problems, pushing the boundaries of AI capabilities.
- Innovating new AI applications beyond chatbots — Using AI in complex domains like autonomous vehicles, medical imaging, scientific research, robotics, Quantum, financial technology or real-time multimodal reasoning (these are examples only, not prescriptive).
- Embedding AI deeply into products and workflows — AI is core to their business, powering critical processes or offering unique value that wouldn’t exist without AI.
- Advancing AI safety, robustness, and ethics — Leading efforts in responsible AI, interpretability, and mitigating harms.
- Scaling AI infrastructure and tooling — Developing the backend systems, platforms, or hardware (like NVIDIA’s GPUs) that enable cutting-edge AI at massive scale.
Note: This program is not suitable for companies using AI ChatGPT functions.
About the selection process
Investment NSW will select participants through a merit-based assessment process. Where there are more applicants than places available, places on the stream will be offered to those applicants most suitable for the program and new to the program/market.
Apply now
Applications open on Friday 17 October 2025 and close on Sunday 16 November 2025.
Contact
For further information, please contact:
Katie Heathcote, Associate Director of Exports, Investment NSW
katie.heathcote@investment.nsw.gov.au