Sovereign AI
Sovereign programme record · Israel · 2024–2027
Israel: programme funding and hardware
Israel: National AI Program (Telem) & Supercomputer
The reconciliation
This record has no dollar amount for these funding stages. Programme details and source amounts appear below.
Operating compute / delivered hardware. Reported operational or delivered: 1,000 NVIDIA B200 (shared access).
Hardware on record
| Model | Count | Status | Organisation / role |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA B200 | 1,000 | Operational | Subsidised access provided by Nebius; hardware ownership not specified |
Shared access: B200 access allocated over coming years; individual grants last one to six months. Primary source · 2026-01-18 | |||
Empanelled partners · 4
| Partner | Accelerators | Model | Stage | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nebius | 1,000 | NVIDIA B200 | Awarded | Primary source · 2025-05-14 |
Shared access: B200 access allocated over coming years; individual grants last one to six months. Primary source · 2026-01-18 Selected to build and provide access to the national supercomputer. The May 2025 award described project investment above NIS500M, including NIS160M in government support; the January 2026 access programme allocates 1,000 B200 accelerators over the coming years. | ||||
| Israel Innovation Authority | — | — | Empanelled | Primary source · 2025-05-14 |
Ran the competitive tender and administers subsidised compute access. The access programme reserves 70% of resources for industry and 30% for basic research.
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| Ministry of Innovation, Science and Technology (Israel) | — | — | Empanelled | Primary source · 2025-05-14 |
Participates in the Telem forum that coordinates the national AI programme across government and research bodies.
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| Council for Higher Education Planning and Budgeting Committee (Israel) | — | — | Empanelled | Primary source · 2025-05-14 |
Participates in Telem and works with the Innovation Authority to allocate subsidised accelerators to academic researchers.
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External dependence
NVIDIA hardware: High · US technology: High. These are editorial assessments based on the programme’s procurement disclosures.
Named partners: Israel Innovation Authority, Nebius, NVIDIA.
The Israel Innovation Authority opened applications for subsidised use of Nebius’s live B200 infrastructure on 18 January 2026. The programme allocates computing resources totalling 1,000 B200 accelerators over the coming years, with 70% for companies training AI models and 30% for basic research.
Data-quality caveats on this record · 4
- Nebius won the tender on 14 May 2025 and committed to beginning operations by early 2026. The January 2026 announcement confirmed live infrastructure and opened applications for access.
- Industry applications require at least 16 B200 accelerators and academic applications at least eight, for periods of one to six months. Use begins no earlier than the month after committee approval.
- The May 2025 award described project investment above NIS500M, including NIS160M in government support, without payment figures.
- The separate Phase II national AI programme received a NIS500M budget through 2027, announced in September 2024. It also funds research infrastructure, a national AI research institute and human-capital development.
The evidence trail
7 cited sources- Innovation Authority’s 18 January 2026 opening of subsidised B200 access, including allocation sizes, durations and eligibility. — Primary source · no accessed date on record
- Innovation Authority’s 17 September 2024 announcement of the NIS500M Phase II programme through 2027. — Primary source · no accessed date on record
- Data Center Dynamics reporting on the first operational phase of the Nebius supercomputer. — Press or analyst · accessed 2026-03-28
- The May 2025 National AI Programme report: governance, research infrastructure and implementation responsibilities. — Primary source · accessed 2026-03-28
- Jerusalem Post reporting on the January 2026 supercomputer-access announcement. — Press or analyst · accessed 2026-03-28
- JNS reporting on subsidised access and the industry–academia allocation. — Press or analyst · accessed 2026-03-28
- Innovation Authority’s 14 May 2025 tender award: project investment, government support and planned start of operations. — Primary source · accessed 2026-09-08
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