EU Chips Joint Undertaking opens two calls with €80M for AI hardware

The EU's Chips Joint Undertaking has launched two linked calls with a combined budget of €80 million ($91m) for AI compute organizations. The calls cover AI chip demonstrators (€10m) and AI compute evaluation and procurement (€70m), with a deadline of October 27, 2026.

• Combined budget of the two Chips JU calls is €80 million ($91m)
• AI chip demonstrators call has €10m, up to €1m per project
• AI compute evaluation and procurement call has €70m, 42-month project
• Deadline for both calls is October 27, 2026