The OECD.AI Policy Navigator

A major US national initiative launched by Executive Order on 24 November 2025, led by the Department of Energy (DOE), to harness artificial intelligence and advanced computing to transform the pace and scale of American scientific discovery and engineering.

A federal guidance letter from the Department of Labor directing state and local workforce development boards to use WIOA funding to integrate AI literacy and skills training into programmes for youth, adults, and dislocated workers.

A large-scale, long-term NSF programme building self-sustaining regional innovation ecosystems through coalitions of industry, academia, government, and civil society, integrating use-inspired R&D with workforce development and technology commercialisation.

A federal economic development programme that designates and funds regional cross-sector consortia across the US to build globally competitive ecosystems in critical and emerging technologies including AI, advanced manufacturing, and semiconductors.

A federal non-dilutive grant scheme providing phased R&D funding to US small businesses and startups developing and commercialising cutting-edge AI technologies.

Online hub providing guidance and training for small businesses adopting AI.

The ICT sector is particularly shaped by SMEs: they account for more than 90 percent of IT companies in Germany. They are an important engine of innovation and a key interface for transferring research results from science to the economy.

A German national alliance of high-performance computing (HPC) centres providing researchers and industry with access to supercomputing resources, support services, and training, jointly funded by federal and Länder governments.

A German national network of AI transfer and demonstration centres supporting SME manufacturers in adopting AI and data-driven technologies in production, operated through a distributed hub network co-funded by BMFTR.

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 German federal programme supporting knowledge-intensive technology startups spun out from universities and research institutions, providing grant funding to founders for business development, including AI ventures.

A German federal R&D tax credit introduced in 2020, providing a 25% tax allowance on qualifying R&D costs for all taxable German companies (raised to 35% for SMEs from 2024), applicable to AI development and research activities.

Germany's most important technology-neutral federal innovation grant programme for SMEs, providing project grants of 25–60% of R&D costs to support innovative product, process, and technology development including AI, with an annual budget of approximately EUR 630M.

The German Federal Ministry for Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR)'s strategic update to Germany's national AI strategy, comprising 50+ existing and 20+ new AI measures across eleven action areas, backed by over EUR 1.6B in BMFTR AI investment in the current legislative period.

A French fiscal status ('Jeune Entreprise Innovante' / 'Jeune Entreprise Innovante de Recherche') granting significant exemptions from social charges on researcher salaries and from corporate income tax for innovative startups meeting a minimum R&D spend threshold.

A procurement initiative in which major French and international corporations commit to purchase French startup and scaleup solutions, with a collective target of EUR 1B in purchases by large firms from French Tech companies between 2024 and 2026.

A set of BSI and federal programmes offering cybersecurity-related guides, checklists and subsidised advisory services to improve baseline IT security in small and medium enterprises.

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.

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.

A national AI Factory providing access to advanced compute and AI development resources.