AI in action
Our research doesn’t stay in the lab. SnT transforms scientific excellence into useful collaborations, market-ready products, sovereign technologies, and competitive advantages for our partners.
We know how to work with industry, government, and institutional partners, at every stage from early research to deployment at scale.
From first contact to long-term collaboration
Every partnership starts with a conversation. Here is how a typical engagement develops, though the model is always adapted to your organisation’s needs and timeline.
Identifying real-world challenges with industry partners.
Leveraging SnT’s “start-up-inspired mindset” for fast experimentation cycles.
Integrating solutions into the partner’s ecosystem or launching via the Venture Program.
What partnership with SnT produces
Collaborations that demonstrate what SnT can build, license, and deploy in sectors that demand the highest standards of trust and performance.
Luxembourg AI Factory: a national initiative
SnT as a core consortium member in the EU Commission-backed initiative accelerating AI adoption across finance, space, cybersecurity, and the green economy.
The Luxembourg AI Factory is a national, EU Commission-backed initiative accelerating responsible AI adoption in Finance, Space, Cybersecurity, and the Green Economy — with Luxinnovation as lead and LIST, LNDS, LuxProvide, and SnT as consortium members.
SnT contributes its research partnership model and trustworthy AI expertise – including the AI Assessment Sandbox Configurator, a tool enabling organisations to evaluate their AI systems against EU AI Act requirements before formal compliance.
Organisations engaging with SnT through the AI Factory gain access to the national AI adoption programme, sovereign compute infrastructure, and a structured pathway to EU AI Act compliance — with SnT’s research expertise embedded throughout.
Google: Chair in Sovereign AI & Centre of Excellence
A long-term strategic partnership linking AI research, cybersecurity, and Luxembourg’s digital sovereignty agenda.
Luxembourg’s ambition to become a European hub for sovereign AI required a partnership model combining world-class research with deep industry expertise, one that could attract senior researchers to the ecosystem and align with EU regulatory developments.
A named research chair focused on Sovereign AI embedded within SnT’s AI and cybersecurity programme, with a Centre of Excellence providing a long-term institutional framework for joint research, PhD co-supervision, and shared infrastructure access.
Access to SnT’s AI and cybersecurity expertise, proximity to EU regulatory developments, a named presence in Luxembourg’s strategic AI ecosystem, a PhD talent pipeline, and integration into national data, AI, and quantum initiatives.
CYSANA: from research to licensed enterprise security product
A research-based cybersecurity solution developed at SnT, validated on MeluXina, and brought to international market through licensing.
Enterprise security teams needed AI-powered threat detection operating at scale, meeting European data sovereignty requirements, and validated against real operational conditions not just lab benchmarks.
SnT researchers developed the core AI detection engine, leveraged MeluXina HPC for large-scale training and validation, and structured the IP for commercial licensing — completing the full journey from academic research to deployable product.
A market-ready product built on peer-reviewed research, access to MeluXina’s sovereign compute for ongoing development, a licensing structure protecting both parties’ interests, and a validated path to international market deployment.
AI Research that solves real problems
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Partnership Day 2025: Powering AI innovation
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Google becomes a new partner of the University of Luxembourg
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AI-powered enterprise security solution
The Venture programme
From Lab to Market: The SnT Venture Pipeline.
Our Spin-offs
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DataThings
Founded in 2017 by Thomas Hartmann, a researcher in the SerVal group, DataThings develops intelligent software systems to transform data into actionable and valuable insights. Applicable to a variety of sectors, its solutions aim to support companies in taking the best operational decisions.
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LuxAI
Founded in 2016, LuxAI designs intuitive and smart social robots for everyone. Among its products, QTrobot, a visually appealing, talking robot, offers an innovative approach to therapy for children with autism.
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