NVIDIA says BSC AI program expands startups’ access to supercomputing
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NVIDIA says the Barcelona Supercomputing Center’s (BSC) AI Factory Accelerator Programme entered full operation after a pilot. The initiative offers sovereign compute, technical support and training; some services are now available through the NVIDIA Inception portal, which also provides courses, business mentoring and venture capital connections. The company says the BSC AI Factory is among Europe’s first and Spain’s first, and has delivered more than 800 services to public- and private-sector clients since April 2025. An upcoming extension of the MareNostrum 5 supercomputer is expected to expand infrastructure access through AI factories across Europe.
NVIDIA also highlights Qatium, OneCareAI and Avatia, three Inception members named AI Champions during the pilot. Their applications focus, respectively, on water-network management, identifying signs of hidden atrial fibrillation in electrocardiograms, and supporting pharmaceutical sales representatives and doctors.
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The program’s operation could broaden startups’ access to sovereign computing, technical support and training, while the planned MareNostrum 5 extension could increase infrastructure available through AI factories in Europe. NVIDIA says the center has already delivered more than 800 services to public- and private-sector clients since April 2025.