Evidence-backed European AI register
InvestAI, the AI Continent Action Plan and the Apply AI Strategy
Reviewed identity, roles, model listings, pricing and evidence for InvestAI, the AI Continent Action Plan and the Apply AI Strategy.
Dataset compiled 2026-08-27 · evidence over inference
Reviewed identity
- Headquarters scope
- EU headquarters
- Headquarters record
- Brussels
- Legal entity
- European Commission policy initiatives, implemented through the Digital Europe Programme, Horizon Europe, InvestEU, the EIB and a new dedicated fund
- Ownership
- European Commission
- Founded
- 2025
- Confidence
- medium
- Last verified
- 2026-08-22
Evidence boundaries
Organisation listings identify a reviewed canonical record. Model listings show an association in the source register; they do not by themselves establish model creation, current API availability, hosting location or infrastructure ownership.
Profile note
The top-of-funnel money narrative for European AI. Read the numbers carefully: €200bn 'mobilised' is a leverage figure, not a cheque; the genuinely new, ring-fenced instrument is the €20bn AI Gigafactories fund, and even that is anchor-customer co-funding intended to unlock private capital rather than direct grant. The parts of this plan with concrete, verifiable euros attached are the EuroHPC AI Factories (€1.5bn), the AI Factory Antennas (~€55M), RAISE (€107M), and the €51.5bn digital line in the proposed 2028–2034 MFF. Timeline: InvestAI announced Feb 2025 (Paris AI Action Summit); AI Cont…
Record sources
- https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/apply-ai
- https://digital-skills-jobs.europa.eu/en/latest/news/commission-launches-new-investai-initiative-mobilise-eu2…
- https://commission.europa.eu/topics/competitiveness/competitiveness-coordination-tool-projects/ai-gigafactori…
- https://www.csis.org/analysis/eu-ai-continent-action-plan
- https://openfuture.eu/observatory/ai-continent-action-plan/
- https://www.epc.eu/publication/A-first-look-at-the-EUs-AI-Continent-Action-Plan-641900/
- https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/invest-ai