European Frontier AI Project Announces Funded Teams
tensorqt · x · 2026-07-17
SPRIND announces the selected teams for Next Frontier AI Stage 1: a total of 10 teams across 5 countries, eligible for up to EUR 26.5 million per team in non-equity funding to build European frontier AI labs.
Project directions include physical AI, world models, continual learning, and automated science. The announcement describes these teams as serious bets on the "next generation paradigm".
Related event: SPRIND Invests €125M in 10 European Frontier AI Teams(3 posts)→
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