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Themelio: Vision, Customer Value, and Business Impact

Vision and Mission

Pharos AI Factory represents Greece's commitment to becoming a leader in trustworthy artificial intelligence and high-performance computing in Southeastern Europe. As one of the first seven AI Factories established under the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking, Themelio positions itself as a lighthouse of trustworthy AI in Southeastern Europe.

The factory's mission is to foster an ethically-grounded, technologically advanced AI ecosystem that bridges academia, industry and the public sector. Rather than operating as a traditional research institution, Themelio functions as a comprehensive hub that supports innovation, entrepreneurship, and research excellence across multiple sectors.

Strategic Focus Areas

Pharos AI concentrates its efforts on three critical sectors that offer transformative potential:

Health — leveraging AI to develop innovative medical applications and improve healthcare outcomes across Greece and the EU.

Culture and Language — creating comprehensive AI services specifically designed for the Greek language, developing data spaces, preparing data for AI use, and developing open AI models. This includes support for SMEs through specialized tools and development environments (sandboxes).

Sustainability — addressing climate change and environmental challenges through satellite data analysis for natural resource management and mitigation of climate-related impacts.

Customer Value Proposition

Pharos AI delivers value to four primary customer segments:

For Researchers and Academic Institutions, Pharos AI offers opportunities to collaborate on AI projects with direct access to the Daedalus supercomputer, establishing a research hub that connects with other European infrastructures and EU initiatives. For Public Sector Organizations, the factory develops AI applications that address societal challenges, particularly in healthcare and environmental management. For Startups and SMEs, the factory provides access to cutting-edge AI tools, high-performance computing infrastructure, large-scale datasets, and specialized human expertise. This substantially reduces the barrier to entry for innovation and enables scaling of AI solutions without requiring massive internal infrastructure investments.

For Citizens, Pharos AI delivers AI-driven advancements in health, culture preservation, and sustainability that contribute to Greece's and the EU's broader digital transformation goals. The factory specifically enhances competitiveness by providing advanced computational resources, access to big data, and specialized human expertise. Additionally, it supports the development of reliable AI services aligned with European AI regulations (particularly the AI Act).

Business Impact and Strategic Outcomes

With €30 million in funding—split equally between the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking and national resources—Pharos AI will operate from March 2025 over a three-year period to establish Greece's AI infrastructure. The factory helps Greek startups and SMEs access advanced AI tools and computing power they couldn't afford otherwise, creating opportunities for new businesses to emerge and grow while strengthening Greece's technology sector. By focusing on practical solutions for critical industries, Pharos AI uses satellite data to tackle environmental challenges and develops climate technologies that make a real difference in sustainability efforts.

The program builds Greece's AI talent pipeline through university partnerships, skills development programs, and initiatives to attract AI experts to the country. As part of a continent-wide network of AI Factories, Pharos AI collaborates with Digital Innovation Hubs, data centers, and European initiatives like DeployAI and LLMs4EU, helping Greece participate in larger European AI projects. Being one of the first European AI Factories positions Greece at the center of Europe's AI infrastructure development, enabling the country to both contribute to and benefit from European AI advancement.

Governance and Implementation

The project is managed and operated by GRNET (National Infrastructures for Research and Technology) under the auspices of the Greek Ministry of Digital Governance. The consortium includes leading institutions such as the National Centre for Scientific Research DEMOKRITOS, the National Technical University of Athens, the Athena Research Center, and numerous affiliated universities and research organizations. This institutional framework ensures that Pharos AI operates with both technical excellence and strategic alignment with Greek national priorities and European AI policy objectives.

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