Regulation ·
The Spanish government will commit €40 million to support the development of AI models
Original title, in Spanish: “El Gobierno movilizará 40 millones de euros para impulsar modelos de IA”
- Publication
- El Derecho (Spain)
- Author
- Unsigned
- Published on
- 9 September 2026 · read in the page metadata · updated on 10 September 2026
Summary
The Spanish government, through Red.es and the Secretary of State for Digitalisation and Artificial Intelligence, María González Veracruz, is launching a call to commit up to €40 million to develop AI models for the benefit of startups and SMEs. Red.es will sign agreements with professional associations or technology centres, funding up to 80% of each project (maximum €12 million per agreement), with the partner entities contributing at least 20%. Each agreement must produce at least 30 AI use cases addressing real business needs, of which at least 15 must be generalised so that they can be reused by a large number of SMEs and startups. Applications are open for two months, and the agreements will last two years.
Summary based on the full text of the article.
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40 EUR million
Funds committed by the Spanish government for the development of AI models for startups and SMEs
Spain
« El Gobierno movilizará 40 millones de euros para impulsar el desarrollo de modelos de IA para 'startups' y pymes »
Source: Red.es / Secretaría de Estado de Digitalización e Inteligencia Artificial
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80 %
Maximum share of each project's funding covered by Red.es
Spain, per agreement
« Red.es podrá financiar hasta el 80% de cada proyecto, con una aportación máxima de 12 millones de euros por convenio »
Source: Red.es
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12 EUR million
Maximum Red.es contribution per agreement
Spain, per agreement
« Red.es podrá financiar hasta el 80% de cada proyecto, con una aportación máxima de 12 millones de euros por convenio »
Source: Red.es
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20 %
Minimum contribution from partner entities per agreement
Spain, per agreement
« mientras que 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 agreement
« 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 for wider use by SMEs and startups
Spain, per agreement
« Se generalizarán al menos 15 de los 30 casos de uso desarrollados »
Source: Red.es
Classification
- Country
- Spain
- Company size
- SMEs
- 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
- public support, funding, startups, SMEs, AI models, use cases
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 Derecho. Entry translated from French by Claude Sonnet 5.5.