EIT AI Founders Club 2025
Are you an AI visionary ready to scale your startup and shape the future of technology?
The EIT AI Founders Club 2025 offers you the opportunity to join an exclusive community of innovators, supported by the EIT AI Community. This pilot initiative provides selected startups with mentorship, resources, and peer support to accelerate growth in next-generation AI technologies.
Program Overview
The EIT AI Founders Club is a selective pilot program designed to empower four early-stage AI startups specializing in deep tech innovations. Spanning a minimum of two months, participants will benefit from tailored mentorship, founder-to-founder collaboration, and access to the extensive EIT ecosystem. As a pilot, this program will evolve with your input, giving you the chance to shape its future direction from 2026 to 2028 with the intention to building a lasting founder support community.
Rooted in the EIT’s mission to fuel digital innovation across Europe, the AI Founders Club empowers high-potential, deep tech AI startups with resources, expertise, and a tight-knit founder community. Tailored for founders, it emphasizes peer-to-peer learning and strategic growth.
What We Offer
Selected startups will receive:
- Training and Mentorships: Equity-free training, mentorship, and strategic support tailored to AI startups.
- Founder-to-Founder Support: Exclusive peer-learning opportunities with fellow AI founders.
- Open Innovation Workshop: Explore collaborative strategies for growth and innovation.
- EIT Ecosystem Connections: Links to funding, networking, and EU programs based on your needs.
- Financial Support: Up to €1500 per startup to cover travel and accommodation costs for program events.
- Visibility & Community: Recognition within the EU AI ecosystem and ongoing support as part of a prestigious founder pool.
Who Should Apply
We’re seeking European early-stage AI startups that:
- Have disruptive, high-risk, high-reward innovations in areas like:
- Data-Centric AI
- Neurosymbolic AI
- Generative AI
- Prompt Engineering
- Multiagent Systems
- AI TRiSM (Trust, Risk, Security Management)
- Artificial General Intelligence
- Are ready with a market-ready prototype or MVP
- Are targeting pre-seed or seed fundraising and need team scaling.
- Preference: Applications from RIS Countries.
Deadline: May 12, 2025
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