The RO AI Factory will be hosted and co-coordinated in Bucharest by the National Institute for Research & Development in Informatics – ICI Bucharest with University Politehnica of Bucharest (UPB) and includes as consortium partners the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca (UTCN), the National Institute of Research and Development for Biological Sciences (INCDSB), the Transilvania IT Association (ATIT), the Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence (ICIA), the National Council of Small and Medium Sized Private Enterprises in Romania (CNIPMMR), and the Association of Romanian Digital Innovation Hubs (RoDIH).
The Factory aims to acquire and deploy an AI-optimised supercomputer, provide a comprehensive suite of AI-enabling services, including HPC access, AI model development and training support, data space hosting, algorithm libraries, and tools for responsible and trustworthy AI. This integrated service model will ensure that a broad spectrum of Romanian and European stakeholders can engage with, contribute to, and benefit from the RO AI Factory.