BonsAPPs received a €5M (~A$8m) grant from the European Commission to conduct a collective R&D initiative to accelerate the adoption of AI for the deep edge based on industry-driven challenges. It started on 1st January 2021, and spearheaded by Tim Llewellynn as President of the Bonseyes Community Association, is aimed at helping users procure AI solutions to solve real-world industry challenges which involve cyber physical systems.

AI developers and platform providers will be accessible on the BonsAPPs services layer using the Bonseyes AI Marketplace to respond to these challenges, leveraging on the Bonseyes AI Marketplace to deliver end-to-end, containerized, ready-to-integrate and re-usable solutions that will also be integrated and interoperable with the AI4EU platform.

The European Commission is funding 6 consortiums with A$48m (€30M EUR) as part of an Open Call ICT-49 AI-on-demand Platform focused on consolidation and exploitation of European AI research.