The Barcelona Supercomputing Center’s AI Factory Accelerator Programme is now fully operational after a pilot, and NVIDIA says some services are accessible through the NVIDIA Inception portal. BSC reports more than 800 services delivered since its April 2025 launch.
The program bundles sovereign compute access with technical support and training, while participating startups develop applications against that infrastructure. Qatium is described as being in early production with water-network technology using proprietary models trained on MareNostrum 5; OneCareAI is developing ECG technology aimed at identifying signs of hidden atrial fibrillation; Avatia built a voice-first multi-agent system for pharmaceutical companies. These examples show the program’s range, not comparative performance or proven outcomes.
The shift from pilot to full operation, alongside portal access for some services, marks a concrete expansion in how startups can reach the program. Public compute programs may create value by combining infrastructure access with the support needed to move applications toward deployment. The details are from NVIDIA’s account; it offers no independent evaluation, outcome metrics for the named systems, or proof that all participating startups receive the same resources. Watch whether the announced MareNostrum 5 extension translates into additional accessible capacity. No prior New Runtime record was supplied; this is a distinct record about the operational expansion and startup pathways of the BSC AI Factory accelerator.