No paid figure stated in the government’s documents
The science ministry put the national contribution at 50 million euro (March 2025) and the Ministry of Digital Affairs states a 2026 allocation of PLN 162.7 mln and an agreement with the EuroHPC JU signed on 26 June 2026; no payment for PIAST AI appears in the 2025 execution report, the NIK analysis or either ministry's 2025 grant list, and 2026 payments are not yet reported.
National contribution to the PIAST AI Factory (Ministry of Science and Higher Education and Ministry of Digital Affairs)
The whole programme. The Polish government's whole share of PIAST AI, hosted by PSNC (PCSS) at the Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry PAN; the EU's matching 50 million euro belongs to the EuroHPC row. An announced envelope: no budget act names it, and the release gives no period. The 2026 allocation through which part of it is paid is the second line.
Announced by the government: the €50 million national contribution to the PIAST AI Factory. Printed as “50 milionów euro”. About $55M at the reference rate of 12 Mar 2025. Finansowanie krajowego wkładu w wysokości 50 milionów euro zapewni Ministerstwo Nauki i Szkolnictwa Wyższego oraz Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji. Kolejne 50 milionów euro PCSS otrzyma od Komisji Europejskiej. (The national contribution of 50 million euro will be provided by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education and the Ministry of Digital Affairs. PCSS will receive another 50 million euro from the European Commission.)
Ministerstwo Nauki i Szkolnictwa Wyższego, EuroHPC ogłasza powstanie sześciu nowych Fabryk AI w Europie, w tym w Polsce, paragraph on the Polish AI Factory (PIAST), 12 Mar 2025
Announced: €170 million, 29 Mar 2026. Printed as “170 mln EUR”. Combined cost of the two Polish AI factories (PIAST AI in Poznań and GAIA in Kraków), half EU and half Polish state budget; the answer does not split it by factory, so no PIAST or Polish-only amount is derived from it. Łączny koszt budowy i uruchomienia usług tych fabryk to 170 mln EUR, z czego 50% jest finansowane przez UE a 50% przez Polskę (środki budżetu państwa). (The total cost of building and launching the services of these factories [PIAST AI in Poznań and GAIA in Kraków] is EUR 170 mln, of which 50% is financed by the EU and 50% by Poland (state budget funds).)
Sejm RP (answer of the Ministry of Digital Affairs, Secretary of State Dariusz Standerski), Odpowiedź na interpelację nr 15817 w sprawie strategicznego rozwoju i wdrażania sztucznej inteligencji w Polsce (BM.WP.057.54.2026), answer to question 1 (PDF page 1), 29 Mar 2026
PIAST AI in the 2026 state budget: part 27 (Informatisation) and a target reserve, at the disposal of the Minister of Digital Affairs
A part of the programme. One fiscal year's state-budget money for PIAST AI, which the ministry calls Poland's contribution to the project. Of it, PLN 30 mln sits in part 27 and PLN 132.7 mln in a target reserve; the Finance Ministry's note on the 2026 reserves does not itemise PIAST under any reserve item. No payment from either is reported yet.
In a budget estimate: the 163 million PLN set aside for PIAST AI in the 2026 state budget, January 2026 to December 2026. Printed as “162,7 mln zł”. About $45M at the reference rate of 9 Jan 2026. Ze środków publicznych w 2026 r. ze środków budżetowych będących w dyspozycji Ministra Cyfryzacji wspierać budowę fabryki PIAST AI sztucznej inteligencji – 162,7 mln zł. 30 mln zł pochodzi z części 27-Informatyzacja, natomiast 132,7 mln zł jest zabezpieczone w rezerwie celowej. (From public funds in 2026, from the budget funds at the disposal of the Minister of Digital Affairs, [we will] support the construction of the PIAST AI factory – PLN 162.7 mln. PLN 30 mln comes from part 27 (Informatisation), while PLN 132.7 mln is secured in a target reserve.)
Sejm RP (answer of the Ministry of Digital Affairs, Secretary of State Dariusz Standerski), Odpowiedź na interpelację nr 12352 w sprawie rozwoju badań, wdrożeń i regulacji w obszarze sztucznej inteligencji (AI) w Polsce (BM.WP.057.169.2025), answer to question 4 (PDF page 3), 11 Jan 2026
Annual appropriation: 30 million PLN, 11 Jan 2026. Printed as “30 mln zł”. The part of the 2026 allocation in the ministry's own budget part 27. Ze środków publicznych w 2026 r. ze środków budżetowych będących w dyspozycji Ministra Cyfryzacji wspierać budowę fabryki PIAST AI sztucznej inteligencji – 162,7 mln zł. 30 mln zł pochodzi z części 27-Informatyzacja, natomiast 132,7 mln zł jest zabezpieczone w rezerwie celowej. (From public funds in 2026, from the budget funds at the disposal of the Minister of Digital Affairs, [we will] support the construction of the PIAST AI factory – PLN 162.7 mln. PLN 30 mln comes from part 27 (Informatisation), while PLN 132.7 mln is secured in a target reserve.)
Sejm RP (answer of the Ministry of Digital Affairs, Secretary of State Dariusz Standerski), Odpowiedź na interpelację nr 12352 w sprawie rozwoju badań, wdrożeń i regulacji w obszarze sztucznej inteligencji (AI) w Polsce (BM.WP.057.169.2025), answer to question 4 (PDF page 3), 11 Jan 2026
Budget estimate: 133 million PLN, 11 Jan 2026. Printed as “132,7 mln zł”. Held in a target reserve (budget part 83) rather than appropriated to the ministry; it reaches part 27 only when released, and no release is reported in the documents read. Ze środków publicznych w 2026 r. ze środków budżetowych będących w dyspozycji Ministra Cyfryzacji wspierać budowę fabryki PIAST AI sztucznej inteligencji – 162,7 mln zł. 30 mln zł pochodzi z części 27-Informatyzacja, natomiast 132,7 mln zł jest zabezpieczone w rezerwie celowej. (From public funds in 2026, from the budget funds at the disposal of the Minister of Digital Affairs, [we will] support the construction of the PIAST AI factory – PLN 162.7 mln. PLN 30 mln comes from part 27 (Informatisation), while PLN 132.7 mln is secured in a target reserve.)
Sejm RP (answer of the Ministry of Digital Affairs, Secretary of State Dariusz Standerski), Odpowiedź na interpelację nr 12352 w sprawie rozwoju badań, wdrożeń i regulacji w obszarze sztucznej inteligencji (AI) w Polsce (BM.WP.057.169.2025), answer to question 4 (PDF page 3), 11 Jan 2026
Budget estimate: 162 million PLN, 7 Jan 2026. Printed as “162 mln zł”. The same ministry four days earlier: PLN 162 mln planned for 'Fabryk AI' (AI factories) in 2026; it states the 2026 allocation more roughly and does not name PIAST. W budżecie państwa na budowę i rozwój Fabryk AI w 2025 r. zaplanowano 60 mln zł, a w 2026 r. 162 mln zł. (In the state budget, PLN 60 mln was planned for building and developing AI Factories in 2025, and PLN 162 mln in 2026.)
Sejm RP (answer of the Ministry of Digital Affairs, Secretary of State Dariusz Standerski), Odpowiedź na interpelację nr 12959 w sprawie braku strategii państwa wobec wykorzystania sztucznej inteligencji w administracji publicznej (BM.WP.057.193.2025), PDF page 3, 7 Jan 2026
Budget estimate: 60 million PLN, 7 Jan 2026. Printed as “60 mln zł”. PLN 60 mln planned for AI factories in 2025 (not PIAST-specific). The Ministry of Digital Affairs' official list of 2025 grants in part 27 contains no grant for PIAST AI, so what part of this was spent, and on which factory, is unverified. W budżecie państwa na budowę i rozwój Fabryk AI w 2025 r. zaplanowano 60 mln zł, a w 2026 r. 162 mln zł. (In the state budget, PLN 60 mln was planned for building and developing AI Factories in 2025, and PLN 162 mln in 2026.)
Sejm RP (answer of the Ministry of Digital Affairs, Secretary of State Dariusz Standerski), Odpowiedź na interpelację nr 12959 w sprawie braku strategii państwa wobec wykorzystania sztucznej inteligencji w administracji publicznej (BM.WP.057.193.2025), PDF page 3, 7 Jan 2026
Announced: 200 million PLN, 16 Feb 2025. Printed as “ok. 200 mln zł”. An earlier, approximate statement ('about') of the 2026 state-budget money for PSNC's AI factory, made before EuroHPC selected PIAST. W budżecie państwa na 2026 r. przeznaczymy na to ok. 200 mln zł wspólnie z Ministerstwem Finansów. (In the 2026 state budget we will allocate about PLN 200 mln to this, together with the Ministry of Finance.)
Sejm RP (answer of the Ministry of Digital Affairs, Secretary of State Dariusz Standerski), Odpowiedź na interpelację nr 7585 (BM.WP.057.20.2025), PDF page 2, on PSNC (PCSS) at the Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry PAN, 16 Feb 2025
Searched, 10 places
Sejm RP: interpellations and written questions (api.sejm.gov.pl, term 10): All interpellations and written questions since 1 January 2025 whose titles contain sztucznej inteligencji, fabryk, superkomput, PIAST, EuroHPC or obliczeniow (89 records); the Ministry of Digital Affairs' answers to nos. 7585, 10418, 10443, 12352, 12959, 15197, 15817, 15819 and written question 2540 read in full.. 2026 allocation of PLN 162.7 mln for PIAST AI (no. 12352); AI-factory plans of PLN 60 mln (2025) and 162 mln (2026) (no. 12959); EUR 170 mln combined cost of PIAST and GAIA (nos. 15817, 15819); about PLN 200 mln intended for 2026 (no. 7585). No amount paid. Sejm RP: interpellations and written questions (api.sejm.gov.pl, term 10), 2 Nov 2026
Sejm print no. 2629: Sprawozdanie z wykonania budżetu państwa za 2025 r. (Council of Ministers, 29 May 2026): Whole 2,743-page report searched (text saved as a search note with the file's SHA-256). No mention of PIAST, AI factories, EuroHPC or PCSS. Sejm print no. 2629: Sprawozdanie z wykonania budżetu państwa za 2025 r. (Council of Ministers, 29 May 2026), 2 Nov 2026
Sejm print no. 2681: NIK, Analiza wykonania budżetu państwa i założeń polityki pieniężnej w 2025 r. (12 June 2026): Whole 588-page analysis searched. No mention of PIAST, AI factories, EuroHPC, PCSS or supercomputers. Sejm print no. 2681: NIK, Analiza wykonania budżetu państwa i założeń polityki pieniężnej w 2025 r. (12 June 2026), 2 Nov 2026
Dziennik Urzędowy Ministra Cyfryzacji 2026 poz. 10 (grants awarded in 2025 in budget part 27): Obwieszczenie of 20 April 2026: all subject and targeted grants awarded in 2025 in part 27, with amounts. No grant for PIAST AI or PCSS. The Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry PAN (PCSS's parent) received PLN 7,335,000.00 for quantum-engineering digital skills; the Baltic AI Gigafactory project office (Instytut Łączności) PLN 900,612.00. Dziennik Urzędowy Ministra Cyfryzacji 2026 poz. 10 (grants awarded in 2025 in budget part 27), 2 Nov 2026
Dziennik Urzędowy Ministra Nauki i Szkolnictwa Wyższego 2026 poz. 31 (investment grants awarded in 2025 in budget part 28): Obwieszczenie of 21 May 2026, annexes 1-7 (equipment, IT infrastructure, large and strategic research infrastructure, construction). The Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry PAN received PLN 5,771,729.75 for IT-infrastructure investment in 2025; the list does not name the project, so it is not attributed to PIAST AI. Dziennik Urzędowy Ministra Nauki i Szkolnictwa Wyższego 2026 poz. 31 (investment grants awarded in 2025 in budget part 28), 2 Nov 2026
Ministry of Finance: Informacja o rezerwie ogólnej i rezerwach celowych budżetu państwa na rok 2026 (December 2025): All 63 target-reserve items of the 2026 budget act, including items 43 and 56 reviewed by the Sejm digital affairs committee. No reserve item names PIAST or AI factories; item 56 is a general PLN 3,800,375 thousand reserve for 'zmiany systemowe ... w tym nowe zadania'. Ministry of Finance: Informacja o rezerwie ogólnej i rezerwach celowych budżetu państwa na rok 2026 (December 2025), 2 Nov 2026
Sejm print no. 3150: government bill for the 2027 budget (justification and annexes, 29 September 2026): Uzasadnienie (618 pages) and ustawa i załączniki (856 pages) searched. No mention of PIAST, AI factories, EuroHPC or the Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry. Sejm print no. 3150: government bill for the 2027 budget (justification and annexes, 29 September 2026), 2 Nov 2026
Sejm committee on digitalisation (CNT): transcripts of budget sittings: Sitting 69 (15 Oct 2025, 2026 budget bill: part 27 and reserves 43, 56) and sitting 115 (18 Jun 2026, 2025 execution with the NIK analysis); sitting 138 (20 Oct 2026, 2027 bill) has no published transcript yet. Sitting 69: a general remark on AI factories and target reserves, no PIAST amount. Sitting 115: nothing on PIAST. Sejm committee on digitalisation (CNT): transcripts of budget sittings, 2 Nov 2026
gov.pl: government priorities tracker (project P20) and ministry releases: Priorities report with status at 30 June 2026; MNiSW release of 12 March 2025; MC release of 10 October 2025 on the Kraków AI factory. Agreement with the EuroHPC JU on the PIAST AI supercomputer signed 26 June 2026 (no amount); national contribution 50 million euro (March 2025). gov.pl: government priorities tracker (project P20) and ministry releases, 2 Nov 2026
Searches for a government source of the 'PLN 340 mln' for AI factories and for the KPO revision adding €100 million for AI factories: Web searches restricted to gov.pl and the Ministry of Digital Affairs' news pages, run on 2 November 2026. Both figures appear only in press reports (tier 3); no government document read states them, so neither is recorded. Searches for a government source of the 'PLN 340 mln' for AI factories and for the KPO revision adding €100 million for AI factories, 2 Nov 2026
Still open
The amount of Poland's contribution under the 26 June 2026 agreement with the EuroHPC JU, and whether any of it has been paid (a payment to the JU would count as paid), is unpublished.
Whether the PLN 132.7 mln target reserve for 2026 has been released to part 27 is unverified.
Whether the PLN 5,771,729.75 granted in 2025 to the Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry PAN for IT infrastructure relates to PIAST AI is unverified.
The 50 million euro national contribution (March 2025) has no period; how it relates to the 2026 allocation of PLN 162.7 mln and to later years is not stated in any document read.
Whether the revised KPO (recovery plan) funds part of PIAST AI is not stated in any government document read.
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