Baden-Württemberg promotes AI together with France

The state supports cross-border cooperation between start-ups and companies. There are 500,000 euros for this.

The Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Economics wants to improve networking between companies on the German-French border. For this purpose, the state is setting up a grant of 500,000 euros. Companies, start-ups and research institutions should be able to exchange more about artificial intelligence and Industry 4.0. "We want to lay the foundation for the development of a Franco-German AI ecosystem, and thus connect players from science, business and politics even better," says Economics Minister Nicole Hoffmeister-Kraut (CDU).

The focus is on cross-border networking and supporting industry in opening up markets. The funded institutions include the Digital Innovation Center DIZ, the Digital Hub Karlsruhe for Applied Artificial Intelligence, the Alliance Industry 4.0 Baden-Württemberg, the Steinbeis-Europa Zentrum and Baden-Württemberg International.

The second Franco-German conference on applied artificial intelligence took place in early December, creating a platform for innovation partnerships. "The task now is to take the collaborations thus established to a new level in the long term," the minister said.