HyLight: €13 Million to Scale Hydrogen-Powered Aerial Inspections

HyLight is a French technology company developing autonomous, hydrogen-powered airships for inspecting critical infrastructure. Its systems, known as HyLighters, are designed to collect data over long distances while offering an alternative to conventional inspection methods, including helicopter-based missions. Infrastructure operators need to monitor assets such as power lines, gas pipelines and transport networks. Inspections can … Leer más

Matter Machine: £4 Million to Accelerate AI-Powered Materials Discovery

Matter Machine is a UK-based materials-discovery company spun out of the University of Liverpool. It combines artificial intelligence with experimental science and materials characterisation to accelerate the identification and optimisation of new inorganic crystalline materials. The discovery of advanced materials can be time-consuming and expensive. Researchers need to explore possible compositions, understand their properties and … Leer más

Monopulse: €2 Million to Scale European Defence Technology

Monopulse is a European defence-technology company developing unmanned aerial systems for military reconnaissance, surveillance and intelligence missions. Operating under the name Monopulse through MNP Technologijos, the Danish-Lithuanian company focuses on drones designed to remain useful in challenging operational environments, including situations where electronic warfare can disrupt communications and satellite navigation. Its technology addresses a growing … Leer más

Deepslate: Building European voice AI from Germany

Deepslate is a German AI model lab focused on speech-to-speech technology: instead of converting spoken language into text, processing that text and then generating speech again, its models work directly with audio. Based in Germany, the company is building voice AI for real-time applications and places particular emphasis on European languages, data sovereignty and deployment … Leer más