Latvia secured €8.4 million (including €3.98 million national co-funding) for the AI Factory Antenna — Latvia (AIFA-LAT) project, running 2026-2028. The project establishes a national AI competence centre connected to the LUMI AI Factory in Finland, providing European-level supercomputing capacity and supporting AI skills development in Latvia.
Who it affects: Researchers, AI developers, public institutions, and companies in Latvia seeking access to supercomputing and AI development resources.
What is notably missing: AIFA-LAT is a technical infrastructure and competence centre project; no binding AI literacy curriculum or employer training obligation is established. The competence centre serves specialists and institutions rather than the general public.