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A <strong>&#8364;125 million</strong> funding pool is now accessible to Polish teams:</p><ul><li><p>10 selected European teams will each receive &#8364;3 million in non-dilutive funding (zero equity taken).</p></li><li><p>The top 3 teams can receive an additional &#8364;23.5 million over two years.</p></li><li><p>The Ultimate Goal: A structured path to raise up to &#8364;1B to build a full-scale European Frontier AI lab.</p></li></ul><p>If you are an AI researcher or deep-tech founder working on the next breakthrough&#8212;whether it&#8217;s radical new architectures, world models, or agentic systems&#8212;this is the platform to scale your hypothesis.<br><br>The event features a high-caliber lineup of researchers, operators, and investors:</p><ul><li><p><strong>Carsten Dirks (SPRIND):</strong> Next Frontier AI Lead and former COO of Aleph Alpha.</p></li><li><p><strong>Prof. Tomasz Trzci&#324;ski (Warsaw University of Technology):</strong> Director of ELLIS Unit Warsaw and NeurIPS 2025 Best Paper recipient.</p></li><li><p><strong>Prof. Krzysztof Pyr&#263; (Foundation for Polish Science):</strong> Renowned virologist and head of the Jagiellonian University Virology Lab.</p></li><li><p><strong>Aleksandra Pedraszewska (vastpoint):</strong> Deep tech VC and early leader at ElevenLabs.</p></li><li><p><strong>Callum Hill (Creator Fund):</strong> Investor specializing in early-stage scientific founders and AI.</p></li></ul><p>Registration is free of charge, and you can sign up at the link below:<br><a href="https://t.co/BUSfTCEkmb">https://luma.com/nfai-warsaw?tk=5IRfMv</a><br><br>I hope you will be there.</p>]]></content:encoded></item></channel></rss>