Large AI Grand Challenge
Project AI-BOOST the EU-funded project launched it’s first competition, offering up to €250K in equity-free funding to up to four high-potential European SMEs and startups that have the technical capacity and experience working on large-scale AI models. Large-scale AI models refer to a new generation of general-purpose AI systems that can adapt to various domains and tasks without significant modification. Thanks to their adaptability, these models hold immense potential to revolutionise various industries.
Notable examples of large-scale AI models include OpenAI’s GPT-4 and Meta’s LLaMA 2. It is of strategic importance for European sovereignty to ensure European companies master this field.
SMEs can gain:
- LUMI: up to two prizes of €250K and an allocation of 2 million GPU hours per project on the LUMI supercomputer
- Leonardo: up to two prizes of €250K and an allocation of 2 million GPU hours per project on the Leonardo supercomputer
The main objective of the AI-BOOST project, which will also open up further calls in the future, is to support scientific progress in the main areas of artificial intelligence. European small and medium-sized enterprises and startups with high potential, which have technical capacities and experience with working on Large-Scale AI models, can apply.
Call closing date: 13.02. 2024, 17:00 CET
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