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SPARK ("Accelerating Planning and Approval through AI") is a German initiative developed by the Federal Ministry for Digital and State Modernization and financed via the Climate and Transformation Fund. It provides agentic AI tools that accelerate complex planning and approval procedures by analysing application files, checking completeness and plausibility, and preparing decision proposals, while final decisions remain with staff. The tools were released as open source in April 2026.

The Budget Committee of the Bavarian State Parliament has approved an investment of € 270 million for the construction of a high-performance computing center at FAU. A new building for the IT infrastructure and a new office building are being constructed, with groundbreaking planned for 2026.

It sets out a comprehensive vision for the use of AI systems in the judiciary, along with the necessary action plans and measures to achieve this vision. The strategy aims to harness the opportunities offered by AI for the judiciary at federal and state levels, while taking due account of the associated risks and limitations. Notably, the strategy anticipates providing forward-looking support for judicial and administrative processes, enhancing access to justice, and promoting innovation in AI.

A EUR 125M pan-European challenge competition run by Germany's Federal Agency for Breakthrough Innovation (SPRIND), funding up to 10 teams for 24 months to build European Frontier AI labs, with up to 3 winners positioned to raise EUR 1B scale-up rounds.

A EuroHPC-backed AI Factory in Germany that supplies HPC/AI infrastructure, engineering support and services to researchers, SMEs and industry for large-scale model training and deployment.

Coordinated by the AI Advisory Centre (BeKI), AI Guidelines are being developed to ensure a harmonised inter-ministerial approach to the use of AI in public administration. These guidelines promote a value-based approach to AI deployment and offer practical guidance for both employees utilising AI systems and the respective administrative units responsible for providing these systems.

As a pilot project under BeKI, this marketplace will connect ministries and agencies with AI solutions that meet their needs. It will improve transparency and collaboration by cataloguing AI applications and experiences within government departments. The project is currently being developed with the BMI’s Data Lab, ITZBund, and other ministries, with plans to launch publicly by late 2024.

An AI Factory built around Europe’s JUPITER exascale supercomputer (Forschungszentrum Jülich) that enables industry and researchers to access exascale compute for AI R&D and industrial pilots.