How does AI-MATTERS work?

AI-Matters

AI-MATTERS is a European network of Testing and Experimentation Facilities (TEFs), dedicated to boosting the resilience and flexibility of Europe’s manufacturing sector.


Its aim: to accelerate the integration of artificial intelligence, robotics and intelligent, autonomous systems for more agile, innovative production.

What does AI-MATTERS have to offer?

Our offer

AI-MATTERS provides you with :

  • Experimental facilities and infrastructures to validate your technologies in a real production environment.

  • Support services mobilizing our equipment, expertise and data to meet your specific needs through collaborative experimentation.

For whom

Our services are aimed at :

  • Technology companies wishing to test, adapt or evolve their AI solutions in a concrete industrial context.

  • Manufacturing companies wishing to assess the impact of AI before any investment or deployment.

We focus on startups, scale-ups and SMEs, while remaining open to collaboration with larger structures.

How can you benefit from our services?

Nothing could be simpler: just fill in our contact form. We’ll direct you to the partner best suited to your needs.

What's in it for you?

You are eligible if you have :

  • An AI-based technological solution (TRL 4 or higher)

  • A need for validation in a real production environment

  • A project tooptimize your processes

  • Quality and human resources challenges

  • A need to access concrete data or use cases

  • A real-life use case to test or document

You benefit from :

  • Access to our network oftest facilities across Europe

  • Industrial data and real-life use cases

  • Concrete feedback from industrial users

  • The ability to upgrade your solution based on results

  • Support from experts and demonstrators

  • Documented proof of concept at the end of experimentation

  • Financial support or a discount on our services, depending on your eligibility

The stages of collaboration

How does a project with AI-MATTERS work?

How do we facilitate collaborative testing and experimentation?

We offer several trial options:

  • Testing technological solutions at our partner production sites

  • Creation of customized use cases based on your needs

  • Generate industrial data to improve your algorithms

  • Setting upcollaborative experiments between technology suppliers and end-users

We focus on applied research, including :

  • Validation under laboratory or industrial conditions

  • Technology demonstration and prototyping

  • Qualification and TRL upgrading of tested systems

Our services

AI-MATTERS focuses on four major areas for the integration of AI in industry: industrial-scale optimization, human-robot interaction, the circular economy and sustainable development, and emerging themes and enabling technologies.

Have a question? A project?

Are you wondering about the eligibility of your technology, or would you like to co-construct a new experimental service? Contact us directly, we’re ready to listen.