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🚀 From AI skills to supercomputing, here’s what’s shaping the future this month.

🌍 September Innovation Highlights

1️⃣ EU ramps up digital infrastructure 🇪🇺 — focusing on 2030 targets for coverage, gigabit networks & 6G research.
2️⃣ Need for AI talent in Luxembourg🤖 — rapid AI adoption means growing demand for engineers, data specialists & security experts.
3️⃣ Google commits $1B to AI training 🎓 — partnering with 100+ US universities & nonprofits to expand .
4️⃣ Code4Europe drives digital skills 💻 — aiming to upskill 25M young people
5️⃣ Jupiter: Europe’s 1st exascale supercomputer ⚡ — world’s 4th most powerful system launches in Germany

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🚀 Eager to pitch your startup at the Startup Grind AI Summit 2025, where early-stage AI founders meet the future, fund smarter, build bolder, and shape what’s next?

Start with the Luxembourg Chapter Pitch Battle on Sep 16 (virtual), your gateway to the global All-Star Pitch Battle!

🏆 Local winners advance to the Industry Semi-Finals (Sep 24) and potentially the Global Final (Oct 1), pitching to top investors, VCs, and thousands of attendees.

✅ Who can apply? Pre-Seed to Series A or bootstrapped with strong revenue, all industries welcome.

🎤 Format: 1-minute elevator pitch. One winner moves forward.

👉 Apply now! Deadline: Sep 7, 2025 : https://www.startupgrind.com/events/details/startup-grind-luxembourg-presents-all-star-pitch-battle-luxembourg-edition/

Don’t miss this chance to gain exposure, connect with investors, and elevate your startup!

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💡 Here’s what’s shaping Luxembourg’s digital landscape this month - highlights from our August 2025 Monthly Trend Scanner:

📊 €44.3M in tax credits boosted digital transformation in Luxembourg last year💡

🧠 70%+ of LU residents have used AI tools (& 80% use ChatGPT) 💬⚡

🔬 LU ranks #1 in the EU for R&D spending per capita 📈

🇪🇺 Horizon Europe budget may nearly double to €175B 💶🔍

📜 Google to adopt EU’s voluntary AI code as new high-risk model guidelines roll out 🛡️

📩 Get the full August 2025 Monthly Trend Scanner here 👉 https://innovative-initiatives.public.lu/ -newsletter

🇱🇺 Luxembourg is accelerating its digital sovereignty with a major 3-part initiative on data, quantum technologies & AI. 💻⚛️🤖

The AI strategy details its vision, approach & actions for shaping responsible, human-centered AI globally. 🌍✨

💡 Want the short version? We’ve broken down the document into key takeaways to give you an idea of what the strategy holds. 📄📌

📖 Read it here: https://innovative-initiatives.public.lu/stories/luxembourgs-ai-strategy-11

Have more time? Explore the full versions here 👉https://gouvernement.lu/en/dossiers.gouv2024_smc+en+dossiers+strategy-ads2030+strategy-ads2030.html

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🚀 Here’s our July Monthly Trend Scanner Roundup with big news from Luxembourg & beyond 🇱🇺

1️⃣ Mistral AI to open LU office & lead public sector digitalization & AI initiatives 🇫🇷🤝🇱🇺
2️⃣ EU Execs urge AI Act enforcement delay due to regulatory uncertainty ⚖️ 🇪🇺
3️⃣ Vodafone & AST SpaceMobile pick LU-based HQ for new satellite comms venture 🛰️📡
4️⃣ AI Factory& CNPD launch REMI, a new AI regulatory sandbox 🔍
5️⃣ Artec 3D secures €15M from EIB for high-tech 3D scanning research 🔬
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Our Monthly Trend Scanner is back with the top stories shaping Europe’s digital landscape in June:

🧠 In Luxembourg, 63% of businesses report AI initiatives that are at an advanced stage
📶 LU’s e-communications sector grows 4.8% to €627M, with major gains in mobile & fixed internet services
🌐 The EU launches a digital strategy to strengthen global partnerships amid geopolitical tensions
🔬 The EU & Japan expand quantum science collaboration through a new letter of intent
🎓 The OECD & EU release a draft framework to boost AI literacy in schools, focusing on technical knowledge, ethics & human skills

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We’ll be back next month with more key highlights from the LU & EU ecosystem.

🚀 In case you missed it…

🇱🇺 On May 19, LU launched Accelerating Digital Sovereignty 2030 — a major 3-part strategy on , & .

Created by the Ministry for Digitalisation, the Ministry of the Economy, the Ministry of Research and Higher Education and the Department of Media, Connectivity and Digital Policy of the Ministry of State & rooted in 🇪🇺 values, this initiative focuses on people-first innovation, agility, trustworthiness and more.

LU is well on its way to building a leading innovation ecosystem by 2030 & this initiative is an important next step.

Full overview here 👉 https://innovative-initiatives.public.lu/initiatives/digital-sovereignty-2030-lu-charts-strategic-course-data-ai-quantum

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✉️ You’re invited to the Elements of AI Conference!

Just like the Elements of AI course, the conference is free & designed for everyone (because AI impacts everyone). 🌍

Join us for a daylong program:

🔹 AI Economy (Microsoft Luxembourg)

🔹 AI education & training for all (Pix)

🔹 Upskilling & careers (ADEM & Digital Learning Hub Luxembourg)

🔹 & more! ✨

👉 Check out the full itinerary & sign up here: https://conference.eofai.lu/

🇱🇺 What does AI really mean for Luxembourg? Come find out!

📅 See you on April 3 at the University of Luxembourg Belval Campus

University of Luxembourg Competence Centre

✨ AI & digital skills! That’s the theme of this month’s key news from across LU & the EU.

🌍 A €200 billion AI investment package for the EU, including €20B for AI gigafactories

🤝 A promising partnership between Google & .lu!

📚 An EU Union of Skills package...& more!

Keep up with rapid global developments that impact you⚡

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🔔 Digital overload is real! 📧



Every day, we’re flooded with countless notifications and emails, making it harder to disconnect and stay focused. That’s why we’re proud to support FLOW, a practical guide created by IMS Luxembourg, to help us all communicate more mindfully and breathe a little easier in our digital world.



💡 Small changes can make a big difference. Let’s rethink the way we connect and create space for what truly matters.



🔗Check out the guide FLOW and take the first step toward a more balanced work-life experience:

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🌟 Art in a new dimension 👉 Immersive Pavilion 2025!

At Immersive Pavilion Luxembourg, art isn’t just something you look at - it’s something you step into.

Organized by the Film Fund Luxembourg as part of the Luxembourg City Film Festival, this unique event brings together world-class VR installations and an independent jury awards a prize for the Best Immersive Experience.

We at Innovative Initiatives are proud to be a partner in this event, supporting creativity, innovation, and new ways of storytelling. It’s also a great chance for artists, researchers, and businesses to connect and explore the future of art together.

Come see how technology is pushing artistic boundaries! 💡

📍 Neimënster | 6.03 – 23.03.2025 | 🎫 free admission

🤖AI study rooms, 📡6G development & 🇪🇺the EU's new competitiveness compass…

🌍February was another busy month for global innovation!

Here's a sneak peek of this month’s Trend Scanner. ✨

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