Daniele Pagani
Daniele Pagani is Lead Partnership Officer at the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), where he is responsible for establishing strategic collaborations with public and private organizations to help them solve real-world challenges by applying cutting-edge research on artificial intelligence. Prior to joining LIST, Daniele held a diverse range of positions in both public and private sectors, including roles as digital transformation lead at SIGI, CIO at ArcelorMittal, co-founder of two start-up companies, principal at A.T.Kearney, partner at Ernst&Young Consulting, researcher at the Rank Xerox Research Centre, visiting professor at Milan Polytechnic and University of Padova.
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The Luxembourg AI Factory, launched in April 2025, is a flagship national initiative designed as a “one‑stop shop” for start‑ups, SMEs and large enterprises to harness the full potential of artificial intelligence. At its technical core is MeluXina‑AI, a sovereign, AI‑optimized supercomputer equipped with over 2 100 GPU‑AI accelerators and capable of multi‑exaflop performance. The Luxembourg AI Factory consortium of 5 core partners and 7 associated national partners delivers the additional services which are necessary to develop innovative AI solutions: training, expert support, access to curated datasets, regulatory guidance and sandboxing, funding advice. As one of the 13 European AI Factories under the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking, L‑AIF is focused on four strategic vertical domains: finance, cybersecurity, space, and the green economy, with the aim of accelerating Luxembourg’s AI ecosystem and strengthening Europe’s AI sovereignty and innovation capacity. Open source software and open AI models are key enablers to achieve these aims.