SPRIND launches €125M Next Frontier AI challenge to back new AI paradigms in Europe

Tech.eu / 4/30/2026

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Key Points

  • SPRIND has launched the €125M “Next Frontier AI” challenge to fund up to ten teams working on alternative AI approaches in Europe.
  • The program aims to help close Europe’s gap with the US and China in AI development while reducing long-term technological dependencies.
  • Funded teams will receive not only financial support but also additional backing to develop and advance new “AI paradigms,” indicating a focus on research-to-execution pathways.
  • The initiative positions the EU research ecosystem to diversify AI architectures and methods rather than relying solely on mainstream trajectories.
SPRIND has launched the Next Frontier AI challenge, inviting up to ten teams from across Europe to develop new approaches that expand current paradigms in artificial intelligence. The selected teams w...

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