BPF Gathered Leaders in Lisbon to Discuss Europe’s Technological Future and AI Gigafactory in Portugal

On October 6, Banco Português de Fomento (BPF) hosted a new working meeting with the National Consortium for the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Gigafactory at the Champalimaud Foundation in Lisbon, bringing together representatives from more than 60 entities in what could be the largest foreign direct investment in the last decade in Portugal.

The event counted with the participation of BPF CEO Gonçalo Regalado, Minister of Economy and Territorial Cohesion Manuel Castro Almeida, Minister of State and Finance Joaquim Miranda Sarmento, Deputy Minister for State Reform Gonçalo Saraiva Matias, Secretary of State for the Economy João Rui Ferreira, and Secretary of State for Planning and Regional Development Hélder Reis.

"What we are doing is building a cutting-edge European AI project, which will be a hub for Artificial Intelligence in Europe. Because now we have energy, and a state-of-the-art architecture, through a partnership with Nvidia." – Gonçalo Regalado, CEO Banco Português de Fomento (BPF)