Issuance of AI grants can go from RFRIT to FSI
The business proposed to pay compensation for part of the cost of renting computing power to developers of artificial intelligence (AI) in the form of grants through the FSBI “Fund for the Promotion of Small Forms of Enterprises in the Scientific and Technical Sphere” (Innovation Assistance Fund, FSI). Before that, the Russian Foundation for the Development of Information Technologies (RFIT) – a structure managed by the Ministry of Digital Affairs for financing IT developments – acted as a possible operator of support measures. This was told to Vedomosti by a participant of the meeting of the working group “AI Support Measures” of the subcommittee on the development and implementation of AI technologies, held on October 22. Vedomosti got acquainted with a copy of the minutes of the meeting of the working group, its essence was confirmed by another participant in the discussion.
The business proposed to pay compensation for part of the cost of renting computing power to developers of artificial intelligence (AI) in the form of grants through the FSBI “Fund for the Promotion of Small Forms of Enterprises in the Scientific and Technical Sphere” (Innovation Assistance Fund, FSI). Before that, the Russian Foundation for the Development of Information Technologies (RFIT) – a structure managed by the Ministry of Digital Affairs for financing IT developments – acted as a possible operator of support measures. This was told to Vedomosti by a participant of the meeting of the working group “AI Support Measures” of the subcommittee on the development and implementation of AI technologies, held on October 22. Vedomosti got acquainted with a copy of the minutes of the meeting of the working group, its essence was confirmed by another participant in the discussion.
