Research programmes, startups, public digital infrastructure and the people building it.
Science4Beauty, a Warsaw-based company developing a needle-free alternative to Botox injections, has closed a funding round led by 4growth VC. The firm plans to scale production and enter new markets with its recombinant conotoxin technology.
A former paper mill in Kajaani is being converted into a cutting-edge facility for Europe's next-generation supercomputer and quantum research, with operations expected to begin by the end of 2027.
Software Heritage, UNESCO and the UN's digital office have unveiled the Public Code Observatory, a new platform designed to document how governments worldwide participate in open source development and deployment.
A record 91 proposals in the latest IT4Innovations competition underscores surging demand for high-performance computing among Czech institutions, with 32 projects now gaining access to LUMI for work spanning quantum-classical AI, drug discovery and financial crime detection.
Bangladesh has unveiled NRDEX, a national data exchange system modelled on Estonia's X-Road, to enable secure information sharing across government agencies and accelerate digital public services.
Nokia, BT Group and Ericsson are investing in educational programmes to equip students with AI literacy and practical skills, from primary school robotics to university-level deep learning courses.
The EuroHPC Joint Undertaking has signed a deal to deploy LUMI-AI, a new supercomputer that will quadruple Europe's AI computing capacity and serve startups, SMEs and researchers across the continent.
The EuroHPC Joint Undertaking has awarded Bull a EUR 387.8 million contract to construct LUMI-AI, a next-generation supercomputer that will deliver tenfold greater AI capacity than its predecessor and nearly double HPC performance.