The European Commission has introduced two complementary strategies to keep Europe at the cutting edge of Artificial Intelligence across industry and science. The Apply AI Strategy focuses on speeding up deployment in key industries and the public sector, aiming to unlock societal benefits such as more accurate healthcare diagnoses and more efficient, accessible public services. In parallel, the AI in Science Strategy is designed to position the European Union at the forefront of Artificial Intelligence-driven research and scientific innovation.
Under the Apply AI Strategy, the Commission plans to address adoption challenges by accelerating time to market through stronger links between infrastructure, data and testing facilities, strengthening the workforce to be Artificial Intelligence-ready across sectors, and convening Europe’s leading actors via a new Frontier AI initiative. To coordinate implementation, the Commission is launching the Apply AI Alliance, a forum that brings together industry, the public sector, academia, social partners and civil society. An AI Observatory will monitor Artificial Intelligence trends and assess sectoral impacts. To support compliance, the Commission has also launched the AI Act Service Desk to facilitate smooth implementation of the AI Act, described as the world’s first comprehensive Artificial Intelligence law.
The AI in Science Strategy centres on RAISE, the Resource for AI Science in Europe, a virtual European institute that will pool and coordinate Artificial Intelligence resources for both developing AI and applying it in scientific research. Strategic actions include measures to attract global scientific talent to choose Europe, €600 million from Horizon Europe to enhance access to computational power for science and secure access to Artificial Intelligence gigafactories for researchers and startups, and plans to double Horizon Europe’s annual investments in Artificial Intelligence to over €3 billion, including doubling funding for AI in science. The strategy will also support scientists in identifying strategic data gaps and in gathering, curating and integrating the datasets needed for Artificial Intelligence in science.
These initiatives build on the AI Continent Action Plan launched in April 2025, and represent the next step in delivering Europe’s ambition to lead in Artificial Intelligence. Together, the strategies aim to accelerate responsible deployment in priority sectors while boosting the scientific underpinnings of the technology, ensuring Europe’s competitiveness and capability from lab to market.
