Commission selects EUROPA consortium as the winner of the Frontier AI Grand Challenge, a project to build European open-source frontier AI model in all 24 EU languages

by ATHENA | Jun 22, 2026 | News

The European Commission has selected EUROPA, a European consortium led by the Italian company Domyn, as the winner of its Frontier AI Grand Challenge. The project will develop an open-source artificial intelligence (AI) model covering all 24 official EU languages. The...

Shaping the AI frontier: key takeaways from the EDIH Summit 2026

by ATHENA | Jun 19, 2026 | Workshops

The discussion on Artificial Intelligence in Europe has now clearly moved from policymaking to implementation. With the AI Act now in force, the focus of the EDIH Summit 2026 (Strengthening the AI Innovation Ecosystem, held on 9–10 June at The SQUARE in...

EU-funded projects addressing the challenges of trustworthy AI

by ATHENA | Jun 19, 2026 | News

Recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI) have accelerated the development of agentic and multimodal systems, with applications across sectors including healthcare, research, industry and environmental monitoring. As AI capabilities become increasingly...

Info session From lab to market Strengthening the role of Technology Transfer Offices , 18/06/2026

by ATHENA | Jun 19, 2026 | Workshops

TU Eindhoven and imec strengthen strategic collaboration in chip technology

by ATHENA | Jun 19, 2026 | News

TU/e has signed a strategic collaboration agreement with imec, a world-leading nanoelectronics and semiconductor R&D hub headquartered in Leuven, Belgium, with more than 20 years of activity at the High Tech Campus Eindhoven. The partnership aims to further...