ByteFree faculty pilot · Q1 2027Start my pilot · £0 Byte × Universities
Try Byte in your department. Start with just you.
Join Byte's free one-semester faculty pilot and experience a personal AI designed around university life. Start by testing Byte yourself. If you find it useful, you can optionally invite colleagues too.
£0 · No invoice · No departmental commitment · No purchase obligation.
Takes about 60 seconds No credit card You are joining personally, not signing on behalf of your university.
What Byte feels like
A personal AI that helps with everything around the academic work.
Byte removes routine coordination, information-finding and administrative friction surrounding university life. You communicate naturally, starting with text, rather than learning another complicated system.
“What’s actually important in my inbox today?”
“Find the document we discussed last week.”
“Help organise my day around these meetings.”
“Draft the routine replies and leave anything requiring judgement to me.”
“Remind me what still needs following up.”
“Prepare this announcement.”
Byte supports the work around education. The academic judgement stays yours.
Teaching, assessment and decisions requiring your judgement remain with educators.What's a Department Pilot?
A Department Pilot starts with one academic.
You join Byte, try it in your own day-to-day work and tell us what is genuinely useful, and what isn't.
If you think colleagues would benefit, we'll give you a simple way to invite them too. That's optional. There is no requirement for your whole department to participate.
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Join
Sign yourself up for the free pilot.
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Try Byte
Use Byte yourself and see whether it removes meaningful admin and friction from university life.
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Share, if you want
If you love it, invite colleagues or introduce us to your department. Completely optional.
Clear from the start
What you are, and aren't, agreeing to.
When you join
- You get access to the free pilot
- You personally get to try Byte
- You give us honest product feedback
- You can invite colleagues if you want
- The pilot costs £0
You are not
- Buying Byte
- Requesting an invoice
- Raising a purchase order
- Committing departmental budget
- Signing your university into a contract
- Promising a future purchase
- Agreeing to a department-wide rollout
Joining the pilot only means you would like to try Byte. Nothing more.
Questions, answered plainly
No budget case. No hidden next step.
If you are wondering whether joining creates an obligation for anyone else, it does not.
Does my department have to pay anything?
No. The pilot costs £0. There is no invoice, purchase order or commitment to purchase Byte afterwards.
Am I signing on behalf of my university?
No. You are registering yourself to participate in the pilot. You are not entering your university or department into a purchasing agreement.
Do I need control of my department's budget?
No. There is no departmental payment required to join the pilot.
Does my whole department have to participate?
No. Start with just you. If you find Byte useful, you can optionally invite colleagues later.
What does Byte expect from me?
Try the product and give us honest feedback. We want to understand what genuinely helps academics and what needs improving.
What happens after the pilot?
Nothing automatically. There is no obligation to purchase Byte or continue using it. If there is interest in something broader afterwards, that would be a separate conversation.
What about university approvals or integrations?
Joining the pilot itself does not constitute institutional procurement or deployment. If a particular integration or wider deployment later requires approval from your university, we will handle that separately and transparently.
Your place in the pilot
Start with just you.
Join the free one-semester faculty pilot in about a minute. You are registering yourself to try Byte, not making a decision for your department.
Free for the full pilot
No billing details
No departmental authorisation
No obligation afterwards