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title: "The Spanish government will commit €40 million to support the development of AI models — Marsanne Studio AI watch"
description: "Spain is committing up to €40 million through Red.es to fund AI use cases for SMEs and startups."
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Regulation · 9 September 2026

# 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.

[Read the article on El Derecho →](https://elderecho.com/el-gobierno-movilizara-40-millones-de-euros-para-impulsar-el-desarrollo-de-modelos-de-inteligencia-artificial)

## Figures cited

-   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
    
-   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
    
-   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
    
-   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
    
-   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
    
-   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.