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AI Entrepreneurs Lab
Horizon Europe · HORIZON-EIT-2025-KIC-IBA-INBC
A five-day bootcamp with mentoring and up to five €10,000 prizes for early-stage AI and robotics founders.
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Quel est l’objet de cet appel ?
The Lab offers a five-day bootcamp, mentoring and up to five €10,000 prizes to help early-stage AI and robotics talent build a venture. It targets Master's and PhD students and graduates applying alone or in teams of up to two.
Que finance cet appel ?
Scope
The AI Entrepreneurs Lab is an intensive programme for promising early-stage talent in AI and robotics. A cohort of up to 15 people takes part in a hands-on bootcamp intended to turn research and raw ideas into the foundations of a company. It runs across three cities over five days and ends with a Demo Day. The Lab is part of the EU ApplyAI Strategy and is operated by 28DIGITAL under the EIT Community AI & Robotics.
Thematic focus
Ideas should have AI or robotics at their core, in areas such as AI agents and autonomous systems, edge AI and AI infrastructure, robotics intelligence, trustworthy and secure AI, foundation and generative models, or industrial AI deployment. Strong candidates can point to a real problem, a credible technical direction and a plausible path to market.
What participants receive
- A place in a cohort of 15 applied-AI founders.
- Mentoring on founder readiness, customer discovery, commercial-model testing, pitch development and investor readiness.
- Feedback from and introductions to mentors, start-ups, corporates and investors.
- Up to five prizes of €10,000, awarded on merit at Demo Day to fund concrete venture progress.
- Travel and accommodation support for the top 15 may be provided, subject to programme rules and budget.
Application
Applicants submit one application on the official platform, including the completed form, a CV for each team member and a short, creative presentation of the idea.
Key dates
Information session on 25 September 2026; top 15 announced on 26 October 2026; in-person bootcamp from 9 to 13 November 2026, with Demo Day and winners on 13 November 2026; awards ceremony on 17 November 2026 at the EU AI Summit in Brussels.
Quelles sont les informations clés ?
- Budget du thème
- 50 000 €
- Code de l’appel
- HORIZON-EIT-2025-KIC-IBA-INBC
- Programme
- Horizon Europe
- Funder
- call published by EIT InnoBC - Innovation and Business Creation XKIC 2026-2028; the Lab is operated by 28DIGITAL under the EIT Community AI & Robotics
- Eligible applicants
- Master's and PhD students and graduates, individually or in teams of up to two
- Funding per project
- prizes of €10,000 for up to five teams
- Duration
- five-day in-person bootcamp, 9 to 13 November 2026
- Expected number of projects
- up to 15 participants in the cohort, up to five prizes
Qui peut candidater à cet appel ?
- Master's and PhD students and graduates with AI or robotics ideas they want to build a business around.
- Applications may be made solo or as a team of up to two, in a personal capacity.
- Applicants may have an early concept or a recently incorporated start-up at pre-launch stage.
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Quelle est la date limite ?
21 October 2026, 17:00 CET.
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