AI4I, established by the Italian government in 2024 as an independent research and development institute with public participation, operates at the intersection of science and industry with a strong focus on manufacturing, automotive and aerospace.

Its institutional mission is to accelerate the technological transformation in the field of AI and provide cutting-edge services and solutions, benefiting the Italian industrial system, from SMEs to large enterprises.

Our Vision is to create an Italian Research and Technology Organization (RTO) for Artificial Intelligence in Industry with a leadership position within the European landscape and across Applied and Industrial Research.

Leveraging Strategic Partnerships to Drive AI Innovation
Collaborating with Leading Institutions to Fuel Growth and Innovation.

AI4I thrives within a robust ecosystem that bridges scientific, industrial, and financial sectors, strengthened by strategic partnerships with renowned institutions.

These partnerships empower AI4I to push the boundaries of innovation, delivering transformative AI solutions across industries.

As AI4I evolves, it remains committed to building new partnerships, further expanding its network, and amplifying the impact of its AI-driven innovations.

Our Strategic Partners

AI is driving a new industrial revolution across industries and within companies. AI4I aims to mobilize its rich ecosystem to generate and deliver cutting-edge AI solutions, promoting industrial innovation and leadership.

Our R&D units are the cornerstone of the Institute’s organizational structure. Focused on either foundational AI methods or specific application domains, these units are designed to expand beyond their initial budgets by securing industrial contracts and competitive research grants.

SUK (System User Knowledge)

SUK is an orchestrated ecosystem connecting businesses, research entities, startups, SMEs, and other stakeholders to foster collaboration and innovation.

SUK streamlines access to AI technologies, resources, and expertise, enabling businesses to find tailored solutions and researchers to share innovations.

Designed to support the full lifecycle of AI solution development, SUK accelerates collaboration, solves complex challenges, and drives the adoption of AI across industries, ensuring sustainable growth and innovation.

A key enabler of SUK will be an AI-oriented platform, which will act as a dynamic link between demand and supply (research entities, scientific networks, startups, and SMEs), facilitating seamless connections across the ecosystem. SUK aims to provide access to tailored AI solutions, datasets, and expert guidance.

For producers such as R&D units, scientific networks, startups, and SMEs, the platform will provide a dedicated space to share innovations, research outputs, and technological solutions, enabling them to efficiently meet industry demands.

AI Foundry and AI4I Services Leading Role

AI Foundry is the computational backbone that the Institute offers to its researchers and SUK members. It is a high-performance computing cluster, optimized for AI applications. AI Foundry is designed to support machine learning and other AI applications such as simulations and optimization.

The infrastructure includes GPUs based AI-accelerators, offering advanced scalability and performance, ideal for training complex models like LLMs. For cloud-based needs, the foundry delivers efficient model fine-tuning and seamless integration into production environments, ideal for delivering AI solutions to customers.

AI Foundry complements its cutting-edge hardware with an AI Algo Repository, specialized in storing, refining, and maintaining models and algorithms created within SUK and sourced externally. Businesses and researchers can leverage pre-trained models as a starting point, fine-tune them with specific data, and contribute improvements back to the repository, benefiting from faster deployment, lower costs, and enhanced performance. Paired with the repository is a database that stores and categorizes anonymized datasets used to train and pre-train models across various applications and industries.

AI4I and the Compagnia di San Paolo Foundation have signed a strategic agreement to launch the CSP-IAS (Compagnia di San Paolo Institute for Advanced Study), a cutting-edge center dedicated to advanced research and industrial innovation. This initiative will have a significant impact on both the local and national levels.

Located at the OGR (Officine Grandi Riparazioni) in Turin, within AI4I’s headquarters, CSP-IAS aims to strengthen Italy’s AI ecosystem by fostering collaboration between academia, industry, and public institutions.

CSP-IAS will focus on frontier AI research, blending theoretical insights with practical applications, and creating international synergies to attract top global talent and expertise.

Key activities will include building a world-class scientific community with both resident and non-resident scholars, alongside industry experts. The institute will host seminars and workshops for PhD students and businesses, offering tailored sessions led by renowned scholars. Additionally, it will promote public and corporate events, including the annual Compagnia di San Paolo Lecture, and support the industrial ecosystem with innovative solutions and strategic collaborations.

Thanks to the partnership with Fondazione CRT and with OGR Torino, AI4I is located in the stunning OGR-Tech Hub, in the heart 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.

The IT4LIA AI Factory, funded by the European Commission and hosted by CINECA, is a key initiative which aims to establish Italy as a leader in AI development in Europe. The IT4LIA AI Factory provides state-of-the-art supercomputing infrastructure and foster the creation of open AI ecosystems centered around EuroHPC facilities.

AI4I plays a pivotal role in this initiative, acting as the implementing entity responsible for coordinating and delivering a wide range of services to businesses. Acting as a gatekeeper, AI4I ensures seamless connections between SMEs, startups, AI developers, R&D units, and advanced supercomputing infrastructure.