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Ivace+i commits $235M to AI and strategic technologies in Valencia
Original title, in Spanish: “Ivace+i destina US$235M a IA y tecnologías estratégicas en Valencia – El Ecosistema Startup”
- Publication
- El Ecosistema Startup (Spain)
- Author
- Unsigned
- Published on
- 5 October 2026 · read in the page structured data
Summary
The Agència Valenciana de la Innovació (Ivace+i) has committed nearly €200 million between 2021 and 2027 to plans related to strategic technologies, including artificial intelligence, according to José María Chiquillo, its Director of External Relations, speaking at the Foro ValencIA. This funding is part of the European STEP strategy to reduce technological dependence. One concrete example, the RoDat project, coordinated by the UPV with Nunsys, Robotnik, Sinfiny and Laboratorios RNB, combines AI and Big Data for the predictive maintenance of industrial robots and cut the electricity bill by up to 40% in real-world tests. The grants favour a consortium model bringing together SMEs and a large company, and target three industries: healthcare, agri-food and tourism. Chiquillo supports European regulation (AI Act) that "controls without hindering".
Summary based on the full text of the article.
Read the article on El Ecosistema Startup →Figures cited
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200 EUR M
Ivace+i public funding (2021-2027) for strategic technologies, including AI
Comunitat Valenciana, 2021-2027
« en el periodo 2021-2027, Ivace+i ha destinado casi 200 millones de euros a planes específicos vinculados a tecnologías estratégicas, entre ellas la inteligencia artificial. »
Source: Ivace+i / Agència Valenciana de la Innovació
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40 %
Reduction in the electricity bill achieved in real-world tests of the RoDat project (AI + robots + Big Data)
Real-world tests, RoDat project, Comunitat Valenciana, March 2026
« redujo la factura eléctrica hasta un 40% en pruebas reales, según informó la Generalitat en marzo de 2026. »
Source: Generalitat Valenciana
Classification
- Country
- Spain
- Company size
- SMEs, Large companies
- Industries
- Healthcare, pharmaceuticals, social care · Agriculture and food production · Tourism, hospitality, catering · Industry and manufacturing · Software vendors, IT services companies, telecoms
- Companies
- Nunsys (supplier), Quirón Salud (deploys AI), UPV (Universitat Politècnica de València) (supplier), Startup Valencia (cited), Veolia (cited), Ivace+i (Agència Valenciana de la Innovació) (cited), Telefónica (cited), Robotnik (supplier), Laboratorios RNB (deploys AI), Sinfiny (supplier), Microsoft (cited), Atos (cited)
- Keywords
- public funding, SMEs, applied AI, consortium, healthcare, tourism
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.