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Regulation · 10 September 2026

# Government to mobilise €40 million to promote AI models for startups and SMEs

Original title, in Spanish: “El Gobierno movilizará 40 millones de euros para impulsar modelos de IA dirigidos a startups y pymes”

**Publication**

Interempresas (Spain)

**Author**

Unsigned

**Published on**

10 September 2026 · read in the publisher's feed

## Summary

The Spanish government, through the public agency Red.es, is mobilising up to €40 million to develop data and artificial intelligence as a service platforms for startups and SMEs. The initiative, announced by Secretary of State María González Veracruz at an event of the Spanish Chamber of Commerce, aims to select entities or consortia (of up to five members) to produce at least 30 AI use cases per agreement over two years, of which at least 15 must be reusable by other companies. Red.es may fund up to 80% of the cost of each project, with a cap of €12 million per agreement, the remainder being borne by the selected entities. Applications may be submitted for two months.

Summary based on the full text of the article.

[Read the article on Interempresas →](https://www.interempresas.net/TIC/662547-Gobierno-movilizara-40-millones-euros-impulsar-modelos-IA-dirigidos-startups-pymes.html)

## Figures cited

-   40 EUR million
    
    Amount mobilised by the Spanish government to develop AI models for startups and SMEs
    
    Spain, Red.es programme over two years
    
    > « El Gobierno de España destinará hasta 40 millones de euros a impulsar el desarrollo de modelos y soluciones de inteligencia artificial (IA) orientados a startups y pymes. »
    
    Source: Red.es
    
-   30 use cases
    
    Minimum number of AI use cases to be generated per agreement
    
    Spain, per collaboration agreement, over two years
    
    > « Cada convenio tendrá que generar al menos 30 casos de uso de inteligencia artificial destinados a resolver necesidades productivas y empresariales en distintos sectores económicos. »
    
    Source: Red.es
    
-   15 use cases
    
    Minimum number of use cases that must be generalised and reusable
    
    Spain, per collaboration agreement
    
    > « De estos casos, un mínimo de 15 deberán generalizarse, con las adaptaciones necesarias, para que puedan ser reutilizados por un mayor número de startups y pymes. »
    
    Source: Red.es
    
-   80 %
    
    Maximum share of the cost of each project that Red.es may cover
    
    Spain, per collaboration agreement
    
    > « Red.es podrá cubrir hasta el 80% del coste de cada proyecto, con una aportación máxima de 12 millones de euros por convenio. »
    
    Source: Red.es
    
-   12 EUR million
    
    Aportación máxima de Red.es por convenio
    
    Spain, per collaboration agreement
    
    > « Red.es podrá cubrir hasta el 80% del coste de cada proyecto, con una aportación máxima de 12 millones de euros por convenio. »
    
    Source: Red.es
    

## Classification

**Country**

Spain

**Company size**

Micro-businesses, SMEs

**Industries**

All industries, or industry not specified · Government and local authorities

**Companies**

Ministerio para la Transformación Digital y de la Función Pública (cited), Red.es (cited), Cámara de Comercio de España (cited)

**Keywords**

public aid, smes, startups, funding, ai as a service, spain

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 Interempresas. Entry translated from French by Claude Sonnet 5.5.