AI and tech adoption for Boards, mid-market businesses and industry bodies.
Venture support for AI startups.
Hands-on support for Boards and executive teams
Staff capability-building and organisational change management
Find, prioritise and implement AI use-cases
Design, build and deploy AI Agents and Custom GPTs
Design and implement AI-first business processes
Risk management
Co-designed and delivered with the Peregian Digital Hub, AI Uplift helps leadership teams of mid-market companies build practical, business-aligned roadmaps for AI adoption. The program supports executives in using AI themselves, identifying AI opportunities, uplifting internal capability, managing risks, and building pilot projects.
To date, the program has supported businesses that collectively employ over 1,100 staff across multiple sectors.
Fractional commercial roles - CEO, COO, Bus Dev
Early customer discovery and validation
Go-to-market
Capital raising
Director - Steve Telburn
Steve has spent over 15 years helping mid-market organisations identify and drive the opportunities created by emerging technologies.Steve is a seasoned venture leader, taking four early-stage ideas through to Series A funding, a milestone reached by just a small fraction of startups. Over the past two decades, he has founded or led multiple deep-tech ventures across AI, cloud, IoT, gaming infrastructure, and digital health, with backing from Australia’s top VC funds.Steve is a Venture Partner at Antler, the world's most active investor in AI startups.Steve in an experienced Board Director and is currently a Director and the Chair of the Audit, Finance and Risk Committee at Exercise and Sports Science Australia, the peak body for over 11,000 allied health professionals.