Expanding Digital Foundation for AI (EXPANDI4AI)

The European Digital Innovation Hubs (EDIH) Network is the driving force behind Europe’s digitalisation. EDIHs work as one-stop shops in all EU regions, helping businesses and public organisations on their path towards digital transformation.

With the support of the European Commission, Civitta coordinates EXPANDI 4AI, a European Digital Innovation Hub with a reinforced focus on artificial intelligence, co-funded by the Digital Europe Programme.

EXPANDI 4AI is a nationwide hub coordinated by Civitta together with SOVA Digital, the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Soitron, K_Corp, the Slovak Innovation and Energy Agency and Ableneo. It supports SMEs, small mid-caps and public sector organisations across Slovakia in building solid digital foundations and adopting AI safely and with measurable results.

Every client follows a digital journey: entry learning, a digital and AI maturity assessment, and services matched to their maturity level. Entry learning and the maturity assessment are free of charge; other services are offered at reduced prices according to the price list.

EXPANDI 4AI is dedicated to 3 main goals:

1. An AI-powered digital journey guiding companies from awareness and readiness diagnostics to validated deployment of AI solutions,
2. Navigation of AI potential: identifying, testing and implementing high-impact AI use cases while reducing investment risk,
3. AI augmentation of all services: using AI tools in diagnostics, advisory, funding support, cybersecurity and testing.

Test before invest

• Digital audit and transformation roadmap
• AI proof of concept on the company’s own use case
• AI transformation roadmap and use-case identification
• Laboratory verification in robotics, cybernetics and AI
• Cybersecurity audit, penetration testing and security proof of concept

Skills and training

• Technology bootcamps and training in digital enterprise, PLM and CAD/CAM
• AI foundations and AI for managers
• AI Academy for company employees
• Cybersecurity fundamentals
• Webinars on industrial robotics and automation

Access to finance

• A strategic approach to EU funding
• Funding roadmap development
• Pre-validation of project concepts
• Support in preparing funding proposals

Innovation ecosystem and networking

• Access to European AI infrastructures (AI Factories, Testing and Experimentation Facilities, AI-on-Demand Platform)
• Events, forums and webinars
• Cooperation with the European EDIH network