Announcement ·
Spain activates the IA360 Plan to accelerate AI adoption
Original title, in Spanish: “España activa el Plan IA360 para acelerar la adopción de IA”
- Publication
- La Ecuación Digital (Spain)
- Author
- Unsigned
- Published on
- 21 September 2026 · read in the date shown on the page
Summary
The Spanish government has presented the IA360 Plan, a twelve-month roadmap structured around eight areas and 14 flagship projects. According to INE data cited in the article, 21.1% of Spanish companies with ten or more employees used an AI technology in the first quarter of 2025; the plan targets 55% by 2030. Two instruments target companies directly: the NEURONA network, which will allow AI applications to be tested with companies' data, with a first pilot involving 100 SMEs at the end of 2026 and an extension to 5,000 companies in 2027, and the Bono de Inteligencia Artificial, worth €600 million, reserved for solutions supplied by European technology companies, with a target of 25,000 companies and a fivefold increase in private AI investment by 2030 compared with 2024. The plan also provides for a computing gigafactory, an AI safety institute and a social agreement on the impact of AI on employment.
Summary based on the full text of the article.
Read the article on La Ecuación Digital →Figures cited
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21.1 %
share of Spanish companies with 10 or more employees using an AI technology in the first quarter of 2025
Spain, companies with 10 or more employees, Q1 2025
« el 21,1% de las empresas españolas de diez o más trabajadores utilizaba alguna tecnología de inteligencia artificial en el primer trimestre de 2025 »
Source: INE
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55 %
target share of companies using AI in 2030
Spain, 2030 target
« El Plan IA360 se fija elevar ese porcentaje hasta el 55% en 2030 »
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600 million EUR
budget of the Bono de Inteligencia Artificial
Spain, convocatoria general before the end of 2027
« El plan prevé una dotación de 600 millones de euros para la convocatoria general »
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25,000 companies
number of companies targeted by the bono
Spain, 2030 target
« El objetivo declarado es alcanzar 25.000 empresas y multiplicar por cinco la inversión privada en IA en 2030 respecto a 2024 »
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5,000 companies
number of SMEs targeted by the NEURONA pilot in 2027
Spain, 2027, ten autonomous communities
« Durante 2027, el Gobierno plantea ampliar el sistema hasta diez autonomías y 5.000 empresas »
Classification
- Country
- Spain
- Company size
- SMEs, All sizes
- Industries
- All industries, or industry not specified · Government and local authorities · Education and training · Banking, insurance, asset management, finance departments
- Keywords
- plan ia360, Spain, AI adoption, SMEs, bono de inteligencia artificial, public policy
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 La Ecuación Digital. Entry translated from French by Claude Sonnet 5.5.