AGP Executive Report
Last update: 9 hours agoIndustrial AI: Germany has signed a strategic partnership with Nvidia to develop advanced “physical AI” models, aiming to bring AI into manufacturing and build a European industrial ecosystem. Investment: Amazon plans to invest more than €16 billion in Germany in 2027, including €4.8 billion to expand its Frankfurt cloud region and AI infrastructure, plus a Berlin robotics and AI research lab. Biotech: Darmstadt-based Merck is buying UK gene-silencing specialist Silence Therapeutics for $1.3 billion, adding RNA medicines to its pipeline. Innovation gap: An Ifo study finds high-tech sectors account for just 20% of German manufacturing R&D, versus 68% in the US, and links a greater high-tech research share with stronger growth. Robotics: Metzingen-based NEURA Robotics is partnering with Austria’s NXAI to give cognitive robots stronger memory capabilities. Energy transition: German grid operator Netze BW has cut approval times for eligible small rooftop solar systems from around 12 days to five minutes. Skills: Germany faces a shortfall of about 148,000 skilled workers in infrastructure, energy transition and digitalization occupations.
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