A project that can help monitor puffins and technology which can help teachers are both to receive funding from the Scottish Government scheme.
Up to £9 million is being handed out to 14 companies working in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) in the latest round of funding as part of the CivTech programme.
The scheme aims to help charities and public sector organisations deal with problems, but this latest round of funding is the first to focus on AI.
It will see cash go towards a project that is using drones and an automated mapping system to monitor puffin populations in a less invasive way.