The National Innovation Center for Artificial Intelligence (ICAI) has the mission to keep the Netherlands at the forefront of knowledge and talent development in AI.
Creating and nurturing a national AI knowledge and talent ecosystem is our central aim. In doing so, we as an organization want to deal sustainably with resources that arise from the activities and further activate the resources in the Netherlands.
By being in the lead and developing technologies ourselves, we contribute to economic growth, while preserving the values and ethical aspects that we stand for in the Netherlands.
This way, the Netherlands will become a strong European catalyst in the field of AI talent and AI knowledge development by:
ICAI Labs All ICAI labs are research collaborations between knowledge institutes and one or more industry, governmental or not-for-profit partners for impactful knowledge creation in AI.
ICAI Experts ICAI Experts invests in private-public collaboration through joint appointments of academic staff, providing access for the next generation of AI talent to education, training and leading academics.
ICAI Academy ICAI Academy makes the knowledge that is developed in the ICAI labs, accessible to professionals and a wider audience through courses on AI.
ICAI organizes public events and brings the ICAI community together to share knowledge, insights and experiences acquired in the labs and in other ICAI programmes.
ICAI Launch pad connects AI talent to the Dutch ecosystem by providing a matchmaking process between AI-PhD researchers and Dutch companies looking for AI talent.
The ICAI Venture programme – in collaboration with the TTT-AI initiative – stimulates and supports PhD researchers and staff of the knowledge institutes to look into the possibilities of starting a business with AI solutions.
The organization of ICAI is financially supported by the AI Technology for People initiative, which is a joint initiative by the knowledge institutions of Amsterdam, and by the NLAIC, the Netherlands AI Coalition. The ICAI Labs are funded by their respective partners (knowledge institutes, industrial partners, governmental partners, and/or other not-for-profit organizations).
ICAI is founded by University of Amsterdam and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
