AI Nation Grant & Accelerator Program 2026 (up to €54,000) – YOA

Deadline: August 9, 2026

Applications are open for the AI Nation Grant & Accelerator Program 2026. The AI Nation Grant helps early-stage AI founder groups in Germany with up to €54,000 in funding and professional steerage. Eligible founder groups will need to have a validated downside, an answer requiring AI, and a staff of not less than two dedicated co-founders, one bringing the AI experience to construct the product.

The program runs for six months, providing monetary help, teaching and mentorship in addition to entry to a collaborative AI ecosystem to assist them put together for incorporation.

Funding

• Up to €54,000 per staff Founder scholarships: €2,000 per thirty days per founder (up to 3 founders, for six months) + €150/month child complement per child
• Operational Funding: Up to €4,000 for software program startups; Up to €16,000 for hardware-, robotics-, or biotech-heavy startups
• Partner Credits & Perks: Access to credit and instruments from companions together with Microsoft, Google, AWS, NVIDIA, GitHub, HubSpot, Supabase, and others.

Eligibility

You are certified if:

• You have clearly recognized a related downside value fixing and validated it with interviews along with your future potential prospects.
• You have developed an acceptable answer idea, validating it with stakeholders so far as you could possibly with out constructing the absolutely useful AI core of your answer. A fundamental, low-constancy prototype is required, a no-code mockup, video, or screenshot is totally effective.
• Your answer (worth proposition) requires AI because the core enabling know-how.
• Your AI strategy has substance, and you’ve got a plan on how to defend it in opposition to rivals.
• You have outlined your goal market, measurement, construction, and competitors.
• Your staff consists of not less than two dedicated co-founders with ample time to dedicate to the undertaking, and AI and engineering experience are current immediately inside your core staff.
• Your undertaking addresses not less than one UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG).
• Core staff is predicated in Germany and holds an eligible visa the place relevant.

Application

Click here to apply

For extra data, go to AI Nation Grant Program.