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Red.es to mobilise €40 million to promote the development of artificial intelligence models for startups and SMEs
Original title, in Spanish: “Red.es movilizará 40 millones de euros para impulsar el desarrollo de modelos de inteligencia artificial para startups y pymes”
- Publication
- El Referente (Spain)
- Author
- Indra Kishinchand
- Published on
- 10 September 2026 · read in the page structured data · updated on 10 September 2026
Summary
Red.es, an entity attached to Spain's Ministry for Digital Transformation, has launched a call to mobilise up to €40 million to develop AI models for startups and SMEs. The announcement was made by the Secretary of State for Digitalisation and Artificial Intelligence, María González Veracruz, at an event of the Spanish Chamber of Commerce. The selected entities (professional associations, technology centres) will have to develop at least 30 AI use cases per agreement, of which 15 must be generalisable to a large number of SMEs and startups. Red.es will fund up to 80% of each project, with a cap of €12 million per agreement, while the collaborating entities will contribute at least 20%. The agreements will last two years and applications will be open for two months.
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40 EUR million
Funds mobilised by Red.es for the development of AI models for startups and SMEs
Spain
« Red.es movilizará 40 millones de euros para impulsar el desarrollo de modelos de inteligencia artificial para startups y pymes »
Source: Red.es
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80 %
Maximum share of funding by Red.es per agreement
Spain, per convenio
« Red.es podrá financiar hasta el 80% de cada proyecto »
Source: Red.es
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12 EUR million
Maximum contribution by Red.es per agreement
Spain, per convenio
« con una aportación máxima de 12 millones de euros por convenio »
Source: Red.es
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20 %
Minimum co-funding share of collaborating entities
Spain, per convenio
« las entidades colaboradoras, las firmantes de los convenios, contribuirán con, al menos, el 20% »
Source: Red.es
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30 use cases
Minimum number of AI use cases to be developed per agreement
Spain, per convenio
« cada convenio deberá generar al menos 30 casos de uso orientados a dar respuesta a necesidades productivas y empresariales en distintos sectores económicos »
Source: Red.es
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15 use cases
Minimum number of use cases generalised to a large number of companies
Spain, per convenio
« Se generalizarán al menos 15 de los 30 casos de uso desarrollados »
Source: Red.es
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2 years
Duration of signed agreements
Spain
« Los convenios que se formalicen tendrán una duración de dos años »
Source: Red.es
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5 members
Maximum number of entities per applicant group
Spain
« Las entidades podrán presentarse de forma individual o en agrupaciones de hasta cinco miembros »
Source: Red.es
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2 months
Application period
Spain
« Las solicitudes podrán presentarse durante dos meses a partir del día siguiente a la publicación de la invitación en la sede electrónica de Red.es »
Source: Red.es
Classification
- Country
- Spain
- Company size
- SMEs, Micro-businesses
- Industries
- All industries, or industry not specified
- Companies
- Ministerio para la Transformación Digital y de la Función Pública (cited), Red.es (cited), Cámara de Comercio de España (cited)
- Keywords
- smes, startups, public funding, public aid, artificial intelligence, 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 El Referente and its author. Entry translated from French by Claude Sonnet 5.5.