Announcement ·
Cheque TIC Murcia 2026: €900,000 to digitise SMEs with AI
Original title, in Spanish: “Cheque TIC Murcia 2026: 900.000€ para digitalizar pymes con IA – El Ecosistema Startup”
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- El Ecosistema Startup (Spain)
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- 1 October 2026 · read in the page structured data
Summary
The government of the Region of Murcia has authorised a new allocation of 900,000 euros for the Cheque TIC programme, managed by the Instituto de Fomento, to fund artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, industrial automation and other digital solutions projects for SMEs. The previous edition used up 100% of its budget, with 221 applications and 96 SME beneficiaries, mobilising more than €1.2 million in investment. According to the INE, only 15.3% of Murcian companies with more than ten employees use AI, compared with 21.1% nationally, but this rate has almost doubled in one year (8.4% to 15.3%). The article also mentions the national Plan IA360 and the €600 million Bono IA for SMEs and self-employed workers, as well as the Kit Digital and Kit Consulting programmes.
Summary based on the full text of the article.
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900,000 EUR
Cheque TIC 2026 programme allocation
Region of Murcia, 2026
« El Gobierno de la Región de Murcia ha autorizado una nueva dotación de 900.000 euros para el programa Cheque TIC »
Source: Instituto de Fomento
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96 companies
SME beneficiaries of the previous edition
Region of Murcia, 2025 edition, 221 applications received
« se recibieron 221 solicitudes y se concedieron ayudas a 96 pymes, ejecutando el 100% de los 900.000 euros disponibles »
Source: Instituto de Fomento / Europa Press
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15.3 %
Share of Murcian companies with more than 10 employees using AI
Murcia, companies with more than 10 workers
« solo el 15,3% de las empresas murcianas de más de diez trabajadores utiliza tecnologías de inteligencia artificial, frente al 21,1% del conjunto de España »
Source: INE
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21.1 %
Share of Spanish companies with more than 10 employees using AI
Spain, companies with more than 10 workers
« frente al 21,1% del conjunto de España »
Source: INE
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13.4 %
AI adoption by micro-businesses in Spain
Spain, companies with fewer than 10 employees
« la adopción cae al 13,4% a nivel nacional, según los datos del INE citados por AJE »
Source: INE
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15.3 %
Increase in AI adoption in Murcia over one year
Murcia, companies with more than 10 workers, change over one year
« pasando del 8,4% al 15,3%, según las cifras recogidas en el VI Congreso de Internacionalización Digital de la Cámara de Murcia »
Source: Cámara de Murcia
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600 EUR million
National Bono Inteligencia Artificial allocation
Spain, SMEs and self-employed workers
« un Bono Inteligencia Artificial para pymes y autónomos dotado con 600 millones de euros »
Source: Revista Cloud Computing
Classification
- Country
- Spain
- Company size
- SMEs, Micro-businesses
- Industries
- All industries, or industry not specified · Industry and manufacturing · Transport, logistics, supply chain
- Companies
- Instituto de Fomento (Info) (cited), AJE Región de Murcia (cited), Cámara de Murcia (cited)
- Keywords
- public support, SMEs, digitisation, cybersecurity, AI adoption, Murcia
Entry written by Marsanne Studio from the cited article, with the help of an AI model (claude-sonnet-5). The rights to the article and its illustrations belong to El Ecosistema Startup. Entry translated from French by Claude Sonnet 5.5.