FuriosaAI, Unipessoal Lda
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EP Access
0
accredited persons
Staff
1
0.1 FTE
EU Grants
None
Mission & Goals
FuriosaAI Unipessoal Lda is the European subsidiary of FuriosaAI Inc, a Korean fabless semiconductor company specialising in AI inference acceleration chips. FuriosaAI's chips deliver industry-leading performance-per-watt for large-scale AI workloads, offering a competitive alternative to GPU-based infrastructure. Established in Lisbon, Portugal in 2026, FuriosaAI Europe leads the company's commercial, research and policy engagement activities across the European Union. Its activities focus on the EU AI Act and its implementing measures, EU AI infrastructure policy (including AI Gigafactories), and the European Chips Act. FuriosaAI Europe engages exclusively on its own behalf. It does not represent third-party interests. Activities are carried out at EU level, primarily vis-à-vis the European Commission, the European Parliament and relevant EU agencies, with ancillary engagement at national level in Portugal and other Member States.
EU Legislative Interests
Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (Artificial Intelligence Act), including delegated and implementing acts under development; Communication from the Commission on AI Continent Action Plan (COM(2025) 97), including the AI Gigafactories initiative and associated procurement frameworks; Regulation (EU) 2023/1781 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework of measures for strengthening Europe's semiconductor ecosystem (European Chips Act); Horizon Europe — Work Programme 2025–2027, Cluster 4 (Digital, Industry and Space) and Cluster 1 (Health); Communication from the Commission on the European Industrial Strategy and updates thereto concerning advanced computing and AI infrastructure.
Communication Activities
At the time of registration, FuriosaAI has not yet published formal position papers or conducted communication campaigns vis-à-vis EU institutions. The company intends to publish technical position papers on the following topics in 2026, which will be listed here upon publication: - Energy efficiency benchmarking methodologies for AI inference chips under the AI Act and Green Deal framework; - Procurement design recommendations for the AI Gigafactory initiative to ensure access for non-incumbent semiconductor vendors; - Technical input to AI Act standardisation mandates under CEN/CENELEC.
Interests Represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Member Of
None at the time of registration
Organisation Members
None
Commissioner Meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.