Preparing Europe for transformative AI

We work to prepare Europe for transformative AI: resilient to its risks, equipped to shape it, and able to share its benefits.

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Arq’s research spans economic competitiveness, industrial policy, frontier AI safety, governance institutions, and scientific progress: the fabric of how Europe prepares for advanced AI.

We work with policymakers in Brussels, Member State, and AI middle power capitals to connect analysis and strategy to the real machinery of government.

Read more about our vision in our founding essay.

AI InfrastructureMiddle-Power Coordination AI Resilience R&D

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Preparing Europe for Transformative AI

By Arq Team

Arq Foundation is a new Brussels think tank helping Europe keep its agency, resilience, and flourishing in an age of transformative AI.

June 202621 min read

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A scenario on Europe and AI

Europe 2031

What getting AI wrong means for us

A five-year scenario, told as a short story, tracing how Europe could slide into irrelevance if it keeps getting AI wrong, with a 2034 epilogue on how that collapse might still have been prevented.

A collaboration with external experts across AI research, think tanks, and investment. Arq researchers Daan Juijn and Alex Petropoulos are among the co-authors, and Arq supported the project with funding for its website and professional translation.

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Breakthrough Innovations

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What we talk about when we talk about AI for science

By Bengüsu Özcan

"AI for science" is not a single category, and the distinction shapes what we should invest in, why, and how.

June 202645 min read

June 202611 min read

The Tech Sovereignty Package: Europe’s Chance to Build Strength

By David Janků, Arq Editorial Team

AI Infrastructure

Our Focus

We work across three connected areas: making AI progress more governable, preserving strategic access, and ensuring advanced AI translates into public value.

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AI Resilience

Reducing systemic vulnerability

Advanced AI is developing faster than reactive governance can manage.

We work on the institutions, incentives, and defensive capabilities needed to make AI progress more resilient, robust, and governable.

AI Access

Building strategic agency

Europe’s ability to shape advanced AI depends on maintaining reliable access to the capabilities and infrastructure that matter.

We work on compute strategy, strategic technology dependencies, and the leverage points that allow Europe to remain capable, relevant, and hard to bypass.

AI Benefits

Converting capability into societal progress

Advanced AI only delivers broad progress if institutions clear the bottlenecks holding innovation back.

We work on science funding, R&D architecture, regulation, and state capacity to turn capability into public value.

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About Arq

Arq is a Brussels-based think tank focused on preparing Europe and the world for transformative AI.

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A Focused Mandate

We are a Brussels-based foundation working at the intersection of frontier AI, geopolitics, and European state capacity.

An Institutional Method

We combine technical understanding of frontier AI with deep knowledge of governance to support policymakers through analysis, policy design, strategic convening, and direct engagement.

A Strong Track Record

Our team has advised senior policymakers, contributed to several European AI strategies, and produced research cited in official EU documents.