LLM-BRIDGE – Venture Incubation Programme - Open Call for Incubators – 2nd Call - LLM Booster for Regional Innovation and Digital Growth in Europe
European Commission · Digital Europe Programme (DIGITAL) · cascade funding under DIGITAL-2024-BESTUSE-07-MULTICOUNTRY
Posted 28 Sept 2026 · Closes today
Summary
The Venture Incubation Programme (VIP) serves as an instrument to strengthening incubation capacity in Europe to support early-stage GenAI ventures as well as to:
Accelerate the commercialisation of LLM technologies, providing mentoring, access to high-performance computing (HPC) resources, data infrastructures, and regulatory guidance.
Promote responsible AI innovation, aligned with the AI Act, Data Act, GDPR, and the EU’s Digital Decade Targets.
Foster cross-border collaboration, knowledge sharing, and participation of underrepresented regions and groups in the European AI ecosystem.
Through this call, LLM-BRIDGE seeks to identify and support one high-quality, EU-based incubator capable of supporting startups in the transforming of early-stage GenAI ideas into viable, scalable, and ethically compliant ventures that may be eligible to apply for the future Long Jump and European Grand Challenges. Participating in the VIP provides an opportunity for a leading incubator to position itself at the forefront of Europe’s generative AI revolution. This collaboration offers strategic, reputational, and operational advantages, aligning the incubator with a pan-European initiative that…
Excerpt from the donor's page. The full text, annexes and forms are on the original call.