THE ITALIAN INSTITUTE
OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR INDUSTRY

Transformative
Oriented Research

THE ITALIAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR INDUSTRIAL IMPACT

AI4I has been founded by the Italian Government to perform transformative application-oriented research in Artificial Intelligence.

AI4I is set to engage and empower gifted, entrepreneurial, young researchers who commit to produce an impact at the intersection of science, innovation, and industrial transformation.

Highly competitive pay, bonus incentives, access to dedicated high-performance computing, state-of-the-art laboratories, industrial collaborations, and an ecosystem tailored to support the initiation and growth of startups stand out as some of the distinctive features of AI4I.

AI4I Functions

AI4I Distinctive Features

AI4I was established to promote the integration of AI into processes, products, and services across Italy's industrial landscape, with a particular focus on the manufacturing, aerospace, and automotive sectors.

Multiple Functions

Science, Innovation, Industrial Impact

Our Mission

A productive and sustainable combination between curiosity driven and application-oriented research

Vision, Orchestration, and Flow

AI4I as an Evolving Network of Contracts and Collaborative Agreements

Design

A Portfolio of Independent, Interconnect Research Units

Distinctive Features

System for User Knowledge Connecting Corporates with Innovative AI Providers and Startups

THE AI4I PLATFORM

NEWS

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August 8, 2025

Maurizi, AI4I’s Lab Director, Co-Authors Study Featured on the Cover of Nature Machine Intelligence

Marco Maurizi, director of the “AMED – AI for Advanced Materials & Engineering Design” R&D Lab. Only a few days after the announcement of AI4I’s first R&D Lab directors,…

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August 7, 2025

AI4I strengthens its team with new key roles in research, development, and external projection

5 new Positions AI4I – the Italian Institute of Artificial Intelligence for Industry – continues to grow and consolidate its activities by opening five new strategic positions aimed…

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August 7, 2025

PHI Lab at AI4I: Leonel Rozo to Lead Research on Safe and Explainable AI for Smart Industries

Leonel Rozo, director of the “PHI – Phisical Holistic Intelligence” R&D Lab. AI4I completes the first phase of its R&D Labs network with the appointment of Leonel Rozo, originally…

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August 1, 2025

AI Security Lab Opens at AI4I: Nicola Franco Appointed to Lead Research on Secure and Quantum-Enhanced AI

Nicola Franco, director of the “AIS – AI Security” R&D Lab. The expansion of the Research & Development Labs at the Italian Institute of Artificial Intelligence for Industry (AI4I)…

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July 30, 2025

RIAS Lab Launched: Laurenti Appointed to Head AI4I’s Research on Robust and Intelligent Autonomous Systems

Luca Laurenti, director of the “RIAS – Robust and Intelligent Autonomous Systems” R&D Lab. The development of the Research & Development Labs at the Italian Institute of Artificial Intelligence…

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July 28, 2025

AI: From Berkeley to Turin, Marco Maurizi Appointed as the First Director of AI4I’s R&D Labs

Marco Maurizi, director of the “AMED – AI for Advanced Materials & Engineering Design” R&D Lab. Coming from Berkeley (U.S.), Marco Maurizi, originally from Italy and born in 1993,…

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In December 2024, AI4I found its headquarters in the spaces of the Officine OGR Tech in Turin, promoting synergy on a scientific and technological level.

AI4I@OGR

AI4I is located in the stunning OGR-Tech Hub, in the heart of the city of Turin, a scenic and innovative city renowned for its scientific, industrial, and technological ecosystems, as well as for its growing number of startups, research laboratories, incubators, accelerators, venture capital funds, and corporate ventures.

Turin.
An Industrial
Capital.

AI4Industry

TIMELINE

The Institute was presented on May 3, 2024, in Turin, in the presence of the Minister of Economy and Finance, the Minister for Business and Made in Italy and the Minister of University and Research.

AI4I reached an agreement that makes Officine OGR Tech in Turin the Institute’s new headquarters. AI4I joins a hub of innovation that already hosts large companies and startups, promoting synergy on a scientific and technological level.

AI4I appointed Antonio Calegari as founding director and signed key partnerships with the interuniversity consortium Cineca in Bologna and the Italian Institute of Technology in Genoa. The Institute is ready to enter its operational phase in 2025.