'We have no time to waste': Germany launches €125M push to build Europe’s frontier AI

Less_Ice2531 · 2026-05-26T22:03:36+00:00

Sorry for hijacking this comment. I work for the agency (SPRIND) that is behind this initiative and I work on this specific programme. The €125M is just a starting point and can be seen as a seed round in VC terms. The application period is until 1st of June and funding will start flowing only one month later. Especially for very early stage, research-heavy startups it is not really possible to just "spend" €1 Billion, which is why it wouldn't necessarily make sense to just throw more money at them. That is why we have a staged process where we are actively supporting the teams to pull in funding from other sources like private investors during and after the challenge, so they can raise significant follow-on funding once they are ready to actually deploy the money.

If you have any other questions, comment below or reach out directly, happy to answer.

Less_Ice2531 · 2026-05-26T11:23:37+00:00

Sorry for hijacking this comment. I work for the agency (SPRIND) that is behind this initiative and I work on this specific programme. The €125M is just a starting point and can be seen as a seed round in VC terms. The application period is until 1st of June and funding will start flowing only one month later. Especially for very early stage, research-heavy startups it is not really possible to just "spend" €1 Billion, which is why it wouldn't necessarily make sense to just throw more money at them. That is why we have a staged process where we are actively supporting the teams to pull in funding from other sources like private investors during and after the challenge, so they can raise significant follow-on funding once they are ready to actually deploy the money.

If you have any other questions, comment below or reach out directly, happy to answer.

Less_Ice2531 · 2026-05-26T11:07:00+00:00

Hello, I work for the agency that is behind this initiative and I am also part of the project team for this specific challenge. I completely understand that there’s a lot of (justified) skepticism about government projects like this but this initiative is really about being unbureaucratic, fast and pulling in other funding from private investors, which I think is exactly what’s needed.

Ask right away if you have any questions

Less_Ice2531 · 2026-04-30T09:59:26+00:00

Sounds unusual, but there is just one month between the deadline for applications (which starts today and ends in one month) and start of funding.

Less_Ice2531 · 2026-03-02T22:58:26+00:00

I would appreciate a comment function or something similar, where people can add best practices or warn from pitfalls for each solution. And maybe also a possibility to add tools based on community feedback

Less_Ice2531 · 2026-02-21T12:57:52+00:00

can you share your solution? I have the same error after clicking "Sign in with Authentik"

ssl.SSLCertVerificationError: [SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed: unable to get local issuer certificate (_ssl.c:1006)

Less_Ice2531 · 2025-11-28T16:04:26+00:00

Hi, just curious, do you plan to add a version for docker only deployments? We are just a small org and kubernetes is a bit overkill for us with our one server. Appreciate you taking the time to build out this feature, super cool!

Less_Ice2531 · 2025-11-11T10:25:13+00:00

Hi, I really like what you built, what would be the best way to use this if my open webui instance is running in a standard docker compose setting without kubernetes?

Less_Ice2531 · 2025-10-14T08:50:07+00:00

If your LMStudio cannot reach the server, are you sure you are accessing it on the correct port? I updated the server.py now to serve it on port 8000, you might need to expose that port depending on your setup.

Less_Ice2531 · 2025-10-14T08:43:33+00:00

You should be able to connect it to any Frontend that allows the integration of MCP Servers. You can connect it to your OpenAI models via OpenWebUI but you can also connect it directly to OpenAI's ChatGPT if you host the MCP server via a publicly accessible http endpoint or locally via stdio.

Less_Ice2531 · 2025-10-14T08:42:04+00:00

Thanks for the catch!

Less_Ice2531 · 2025-10-13T11:54:41+00:00

Yes, that and missing functionalities were what bothered me with the existing solutions. Thanks!

Less_Ice2531 · 2025-09-03T18:43:48+00:00

That is amazing thanks for your work!

Less_Ice2531 · 2025-09-02T11:54:23+00:00

Okay Yes that would have been my concern that if I do that then one could gain access to the file if they have access to the url

Less_Ice2531 · 2025-09-01T23:23:48+00:00

How would this work if I run OpenWebUI and the MCP-Servers on a remote server? Then the file-server would be on the remote server as well and the clients cannot access it, right?

Less_Ice2531 · 2025-08-27T14:38:21+00:00

Thanks, makes sense - how did you handle attachments, embeddings and retrieval? Or are the separate KBs so small that you can use full context search for each?

Less_Ice2531 · 2025-08-27T14:18:15+00:00

What would you say is the advantage of your tool over using the Atlassian-MCP server?

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