Franco-German cooperation in the technology of AI & deep tech

Cooperation between ARIC and OccitanIA, January 2025

We are pleased to announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding on January 22, 2025 between the Artificial Intelligence Center Hamburg (ARIC)/EDIH Hamburg and OccitanIA to announce. Even better: we have already started implementing the first activities!

Our common goals at a glance:

๐ŸŸข(๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ) ๐—”๐—œ: Jointly develop European domain-specific and legally compliant large language models and visual models.
๐ŸŸข๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ ๐—”๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜†๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜€: Unfolding synergies in logistics, supply chains and smart mobility.
๐ŸŸข๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด: Enabling mutual access to infrastructure, promoting cluster expansions and securing investments.
๐ŸŸข๐——๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—จ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€: Sharing best tech practices and supporting SMEs in the introduction of key technologies.
๐ŸŸข๐—ฆ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ท๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜€: Joint use of tools, framework conditions and services to promote innovation in both regions.

We are taking concrete steps to build an EU DeepTech alliance, which should reach a decisive, positive turning point through our cooperation. Germany and France are natural partners and offer great potential in areas such as AI, data infrastructures, supercomputing, quantum technologies and space technology.

 

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