Under the high patronage ofMr Emmanuel MACRONPresident of the French Republic
Impact · 5 November 2026 · Marseille
Turning discussions into tangible results
The Mediterranean Forum on Artificial Intelligence aims to strengthen Euro-Mediterranean cooperation on artificial intelligence and to help shape shared responses to the region’s major challenges.
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Regional strategic report on AI in the Mediterranean
The regional strategic report on AI in the Mediterranean, commissioned by the Interministerial Delegation for the Mediterranean and co-led by Cédric Villani and Lamiae Azizi, provides a comprehensive overview and sets out a vision of artificial intelligence specific to the Mediterranean. The report goes beyond an assessment of the current situation: its recommendations are meant to become operational and to facilitate collaboration between ecosystems. It will serve as a basis for discussions with the European Commission within the framework of the New Pact for the Mediterranean.
Launch of the Sila support programme for AI startups in the Mediterranean
The Forum marked the launch of the Sila support programme for 10 AI startups from Algeria, Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco and Tunisia. From November 2026, each will receive six months of tailored support, including between €10,000 and €30,000 of specialised services. The programme aims to accelerate their technological and commercial development, prepare them for investment and strengthen their connections with the French and Mediterranean ecosystems.
Algeria
Gardens of Babylon
Algerian farms make their water, energy and climate decisions out of habit. The problem is invisible: a shortfall gets noticed, an excess never does. GB Vertical is developing an AI that analyses all available data — weather, soil, satellite, plot history — to help farmers make the right decisions: how much, when and where. The same technology serves two settings: open-field and greenhouse crops. A safety mechanism can reject the proposed dosage, while a decision passport records the reasons behind each recommendation.
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EdgeOrbit AI
EdgeOrbit AI strengthens the resilience of agriculture and water resources in the Mediterranean through embedded, frugal and sovereign AI. Its AgroOrbit platform combines Sentinel-1 radar and Sentinel-2 optical satellite data to estimate soil moisture at plot level and plan irrigation predictively. With ultra-low-power AI models running locally, with no dependence on the cloud, the solution enables farmers and water management authorities to cut water waste by 30%, mitigate the effects of severe droughts and safeguard food security in the Mediterranean.
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Indumarket
Indumarket keeps the region’s factories running with AI applied across the entire spare-parts supply chain. Its AI agents analyse requests, identify exact part numbers, match them with the best-suited suppliers in eight countries, generate quotes within minutes and track shipments through to delivery, including hard-to-find obsolete or discontinued components. A single operator now handles more than 1,000 requests a day, compared with 40 before.
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Dameg
Dameg’s mission is to remove the digital barriers faced by people with disabilities by making websites and digital channels accessible, inclusive and easier for everyone to use. The startup helps organisations build accessibility into their digital experiences through innovative assistive technologies, AI-based solutions and specialised services. In doing so, it helps businesses reach more customers while contributing to a more inclusive digital world.
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Edubolt
Edubolt combines cutting-edge AI technologies with personalised, human-centred learning to transform the educational experience. Its advanced learning management system (LMS) adapts to each student’s path and combines interactive, real-time peer-learning sessions with intelligent technologies. The startup aims to give every learner the tools they need to meet tomorrow’s challenges, fostering accessibility, collaboration and skills development.
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Edutek
EDUTEK’s mission is to make artificial intelligence, future skills and innovation accessible, practical and responsible for learners, teachers and institutions. Through MakerAI, powered by NeuraDX, the startup combines AI-assisted learning, programming, digital creation, maker education and AI-driven institutional transformation. Its goal is to help everyone move from consuming technology to creating it. EDUTEK develops multilingual solutions adapted to local contexts to strengthen education, employability, entrepreneurship and the responsible adoption of AI in Lebanon and across the Mediterranean region.
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ToumAI
ToumAI works to ensure that no one is excluded from quality services because of the way they speak, read or use technology. The startup develops multilingual voice AI solutions able to understand languages and dialects often ignored by conventional technologies, including Darija, Wolof and Lingala. They allow people who are not comfortable typing or navigating an app to access services simply by voice, with dignity. For banks, telecom operators and insurers in Africa and the Maghreb, this means reaching every customer in their own language without compromising data sovereignty.
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PCS Agri
PCS Agri develops simple, affordable digital tools that turn a single smartphone photo into precise agricultural data. Its flagship product, Track Seeds, uses computer vision to automate seed germination counts and seedling quality assessment in nurseries, replacing slow, subjective manual methods with objective measurements. The startup also applies this approach to seed counting, fruit grading, yield forecasting and pest detection, making precision agriculture accessible to growers who cannot invest in dedicated equipment.
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Amperon Technologies
Amperon Technologies’ mission is to make autonomous manufacturing simple and accessible to every manufacturer in the world, on every type of machine, including older equipment. The startup offers an artificial intelligence layer that lets machines learn continuously, understand how they work, monitor and diagnose themselves, and act autonomously to improve industrial performance.
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Mitus AI
Mitus AI brings objective movement assessment into routine care. Its platform turns a simple video, filmed with a phone or a camera already available in the clinic, into joint kinematic data and protocol-based scores in about two minutes, with no motion lab and no markers. Rehabilitation and musculoskeletal care services can thus measure patients’ movements at every session, treat more patients per clinician and access capabilities previously reserved for specialised laboratories.
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Award 1Social innovation€5,000
AI addressing social challenges
Tarik Bouramtane
LGEE, Mohammed V University in Rabat (JEAI PESAS, IRD), Morocco
Forecasting groundwater with artificial intelligence
Prize money provided by the IRD
Award 2Economic innovation€5,000
Strong potential for application and commercialisation
Farah Jemili
ISITCom, University of Sousse, INSIGHT laboratory, Tunisia
AI for olive oil authentication and olive yield
Prize money provided by Expertise France
The Med IA community on EuroQuity
Build on the connections made in Marseille and strengthen co-investment opportunities in Mediterranean AI startups by joining the Med IA community on EuroQuity, a strategic co-investment initiative to accelerate the growth of high-potential startups on both shores of the Mediterranean.
Coming in December
- The full regional strategic report on AI in the Mediterranean
- The citizens’ letter and the manifesto of the Mediterranean third way for AI
- The AI Education Act
- A research paper on the ecological transition
FMIA 2026 · Palais du Pharo, Marseille · 5 November 2026