Digital Poland Foundation co-founds AI Poland - KIGEIT's new initiative for the development of artificial intelligence in Poland

- Polish organisations are already creating advanced solutions, including their own large-scale language models (LLMs), contributing to global competitiveness and building intellectual property in Poland. AI Poland is a response to the need to create an integrated ecosystem that will connect startups, scaleups, research institutes, academia, corporations and VC/PE funds. We believe that joint projects, international consortia and accelerating the adoption of AI in business and government will allow Poland to become a leader in this field. As the Digital Poland Foundation, together with the European AI Forum, which brings together over 2,200 AI startups from 12 countries, we want to support the internationalisation of the Polish AI market," says Piotr Mieczkowski, Managing Director of the Digital Poland Foundation and President of AI Poland.

AI Poland was formally founded by more than 40 organisations within the National Chamber of Commerce for Electronics and Telecommunications (KIGEiT), the oldest and largest ICT chamber in Poland, with more than 216 entities. They include AI ecosystem leaders such as Bielik.ai, CampusAI, Deviniti, nomagic.ai, QED Software, Sages, Synerise, VoiceLab.ai, NGOs including Digital Poland Foundation and Innovative Poland, educators including Karol Stryja, Artur Kurasinski, Prof Andrzej Sobczak, as well as advisors, law firms, research institutes and corporations. The initiative is being observed by the Central Informatics Centre and NASK - National Research Institute.

AI Poland's main objectives:

• Building an AI ecosystem in Poland: Creating a platform for networking, supporting cooperation between business, science and administration and initiating partnership and R&D projects.

  Education and awareness-raising: Promoting awareness of AI through events, reports, analyses and guides, with a focus on educating SMEs on the benefits and challenges of AI.

  Representing the interests of the AI sector: Ensuring a strong voice for the Polish AI ecosystem at home, in Brussels and internationally, including participation in legislative processes.

  Promoting ethics and standards in AI: Developing technical standards and codes of ethics to ensure safety and legal compliance.

  Competency development: Cooperation with universities to adapt curricula and support the development of human resources in the AI sector.

  Promotion of Polish innovation: Monitoring trends, identifying market niches, promoting Polish AI solutions globally and supporting the digital transformation of companies.

Board of the first term of the AI Poland section of KIGEIT:

• Leszek Bukowski - Member of the Management Board,

  Joanna Chojnacka - Member of the Management Board,

  Przemysław Jurgiel-Żyła - Member of the Management Board,

  Łukasz Kobyliński - Member of the Management Board,

  Jarosław Królewski - Member of the Management Board,

  Piotr Mieczkowski - President of the Management Board,

  Artur Pruszko - Member of the Management Board,

  Bartłomiej Szejny - Member of the Management Board,

  Karolina Sznajder - Member of the Management Board.

The founding members of AI Poland are:

1. Aether Mariusz Busiło

2. Atende Industries sp. z o. o.

3. Behende Consulting Przemysław Jurgiel-Żyła

4. CampusAI PSA

5. Cloudcare

6. CONECTIA Karol Stryja

7. Cyfrowy Polsat S.A.

8. Deviniti sp. z o. o.

9. DGTL Kibil Piecuch i wspólnicy spółka komandytowo-akcyjna

10. Esmetric Group sp. z o.o.

11. First Byte sp. z o.o. (Wizlink®)

12. Fundacja Ośrodek Studiów Nad Cyfrowym Państwem

13. Fundacja Digital Poland

14. Fundacja Polska Innowacyjna

15. Fundacja Speakleash

16. Infoshare sp. z o.o.

17. inMado Jarosław Kowalski

18. Instytut Łączności – Państwowy Instytut Badawczy

19. JP Weber sp. z o. o.

20. Mikronika sp. z o. o.

21. Nautil sp. z o.o.

22. Netia S.A.

23. Nomagic sp. z o. o.

24. Orange Polska S.A.

25. Piotr Mieczkowski TMT

26. PPM Services sp. z o.o.

27. Procyon Construction S.A.

28. Promity sp. z o. o.

29. QED Software sp. z o.o.

30. Rafał Pikuła Media

31. Rebels Valley sp. z o.o.

32. Revolver Interactive Artur Kurasiński

33. Ringier Axel Springer Polska sp. z o. o.

34. Sages sp. z o. o.

35. Sołtysiński Kawecki & Szlęzak – kancelaria radców prawnych i adwokatów spółka komandytowa

36. Synerise S.A.

37. T-Mobile Polska S.A.

38. Veterinary Application Poland sp. z o. o.

39. VIDOC SECURYTY LAB

40. VoiceLab.ai sp. z o. o.

41. ZP Zackiewicz & Partners spółka komandytowa

Observers of the AI Poland initiative are:

• Centralny Ośrodek Informatyki,

• Naukowa i Akademicka Sieć Komputerowa – Państwowy Instytut Badawczy.