Can €125 million build Europe’s next OpenAI? Germany is willing to try

Euronews Next spoke with SPRIND’s Jano Costard to hear whether Europe can still catch up in the AI race and what Europe can still do differently.

lunedì 25 maggio 2026 New tab

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25/05/2026 - 9:00 GMT+2

Germany is launching a €125 million artificial intelligence (AI) competition to help Europe build its own frontier artificial intelligence labs amid a global race.

The initiative by Germany’s federal innovation agency SPRIND, called “Next Frontier AI,” aims to fund companies that could eventually become Europe’s own OpenAI or DeepSeek.

Next Frontier AI comes as governments across Europe are becoming more concerned about dependence on American and Chinese AI companies.