Grants
European Innovation Council Accelerator
Project number: 101218531
Call: HORIZON-EIC-2024-ACCELERATOR-02
Granting authority: European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency
Project starting date: 1 April 2025
Project end date: 31 March 2027
Financial support awarded: € 2.1M
In 2025, Aindo was selected for funding by the European Innovation Council (EIC) Accelerator, Europe’s flagship program supporting high-potential startups and SMEs. Out of 1,211 applicants from across Europe, Aindo was one of only 71 companies selected, and one of just three from Italy.
The project supports the scale-up of Aindo’s generative AI-based synthetic data technology, with applications in privacy-critical sectors like healthcare and finance.
PR FESR 2021–2027 A2.1.1 – Grants for innovative and technological investments for enterprise digital transformation. Call DGR 94/2024.
Project title: “Le nuove sfide di intelligenza artificiale di Aindo S.P.A.”
Description: The project covers the acquisition of pioneering IT equipment and technologies in terms of data security and computational power. The AI landscape evolves rapidly with new paradigms that reshape machine learning algorithms: Aindo’s strategic vision is to strengthen its platform with the goal of becoming one of the best AI partners in the national and international market.
Eligible expenses: € 80.874,14
Aid granted: € 40.437,07
PR FESR 2021–2027 – Intervention line A1.3.1 – Grant instrument for Proof of Concept (PoC) development.
Project title: “SynthIA”
Project description: The project aims to develop an innovative platform that uses artificial intelligence to generate synthetic data — artificial data that reproduces the characteristics of real data without containing sensitive information. The goal is to improve the safe use of data, increase efficiency and competitiveness, and guarantee privacy and digital innovation.
Eligible expenses: € 555.380,00
Aid granted: € 249.921,00
(of which EU contribution: € 99.968,40)
Photorealistic Fashion Model Generation via AI
Description
The project «Generazione di modelli e capi di vestiario fotorealistici tramite intelligenza artificiale» aimed to develop a generative system capable of producing human figures and clothing from sketches. This system can be used as a creative support tool for designers, costume designers, and stylists.
Result
The project path involved developing an application able to generate a coloured, high-resolution image starting from a sketched content.
Objective
Business incubation
The project received a funding of € 71.999,85 from the Autonomous Region of Friuli Venezia Giulia under the POR FESR 2014-2020 call, Activity 2.1.b.1 bis «Grants for pre-incubation and business incubation programs focused on cultural and creative projects».
An additional contribution of € 24.465,00 was received from the Autonomous Region of Friuli Venezia Giulia under POR FESR 2014–2020, Activity POR 2.1.b “Interventions dedicated to enterprises in the Culture, Creativity and Tourism specialisation area”.
FSC (EX FAS) 2000-2006. Reallocation of funds pursuant to resolution N.41 of 23/03/2012
DGR 1404/2020 – Grant for supporting young Venetian digital enterprises in developing Artificial Intelligence services
Application ID: 10348476
Financial support awarded: € 43.582,12
Objective
Thanks to the contribution of DGR 1404/2020 – Grant for supporting young Venetian digital enterprises in developing Artificial Intelligence services – Aindo received consultancy from CPI-Engineering for an analysis of the mechanical sector, with the aim of creating an innovative solution to automate the highest-cost process in the salted anchovy industry. The hybrid mechanical-AI solution reduced resources and time needed for filleting and bone removal, while lowering costs and increasing revenues. The objective was to develop a robotic system (mechanical + software) leveraging advanced computer vision and reinforcement learning algorithms for full automation of the processing of macerated fish.
Aindo Srl was incorporated on 27/06/2018 and recognised as an innovative startup on 15/11/2019, with the purpose of researching and developing algorithms in the field of artificial intelligence and recommendation systems based on advanced natural language processing techniques.
The hardware design was developed by Aindo in collaboration with CPI-Engineering, while the software was developed entirely by Aindo. The software used machine learning algorithms known as convolutional neural networks, which provided the machine with visual capabilities, and reinforcement learning technologies that used the performance tracking developed by the benchmark convolutional neural networks as reinforcement to determine improvements in parameter settings. The resulting solution automates a process currently performed entirely by hand, with a high use of resources and personnel.
Public Funding Information Obligations
Public funding information obligations: the State aid and de minimis aid received by our company are contained in the National State Aid Register pursuant to Art. 52 of Law 234/2012, to which reference is made and which can be consulted at the following link.