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Portugal Filed a Record 1,170 Patent Applications in 2025, the Most in a Decade

Portugal filed 1,170 national patent applications in 2025, up 22.9% and the most in a decade, the INPI reports. European filings of Portuguese origin rose 6.1% to 368, women featured on 34% of applications, and the north led the country with 37% of filings.

The Portugal Brief 13 Jul 2026

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The Navy Becomes the First Branch of Portugal's Armed Forces to Deploy the Home-Grown Amália AI

The Portuguese Navy will become the first branch of the armed forces to run a home-grown AI, spending about €910,000 on 'Marinheiro de Silício', a platform built on the state-backed Amália language model. Funded through the PRR, it will search and summarise internal documents on Navy-controlled infr

The Portugal Brief 10 Jul 2026

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Portugal Joins the EU's €15 Billion Tech-Champions Fund After Sitting Out the First Round

Portugal has joined the enlarged second phase of the European Technology Champions Initiative (ETCI 2.0), the EIB-run fund targeting €15 billion to help Europe's fastest-growing firms raise the very large rounds they usually cross to the United States to find. Lisbon sat out the first round in 2023.

The Portugal Brief 10 Jul 2026

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Tekever Snaps Up AI Software Firm Cloudsweep to Deepen Its Drone-Engineering Push

Tekever, Portugal's best-known drone maker, has acquired Cloudsweep, a Portuguese startup that applies artificial intelligence to software development. Terms were undisclosed; the deal embeds AI into Tekever's engineering and keeps specialised talent at a company with 1,300-plus staff across six cou

The Portugal Brief 07 Jul 2026

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A Luxembourg Investor and Unbabel's Founder Want a €1.3 Million State Claim Thrown Out of the AI Firm's Insolvency

Unbabel founder Vasco Pedro and investor Wuessen have asked a Lisbon court to reject a €1.3 million claim by state agency IAPMEI against the insolvent AI translation firm, arguing no enforceable debt was ever formally constituted over unspent EU recovery funds.

The Portugal Brief 06 Jul 2026

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The Government Adds Another €1.5 Million to Amália, Its Home-Grown Public-Sector AI, and Launches a Gov.IA Portal

Prime Minister Luís Montenegro has added €1.5 million to Amália, Portugal's state-backed Portuguese-language AI, taking total investment to €7 million through 2027. The open-source model scales to 22 billion parameters, runs on the Deucalion supercomputer, and comes with a new Gov.IA portal.

The Portugal Brief 06 Jul 2026

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Portugal's Space Sector Added €2.4 Billion to the Economy Over Five Years, a Government-Commissioned Study Concludes

A Novaspace study for the Portuguese Space Agency finds space activities added €1.2 billion directly to GDP from 2019–2024 and €2.4 billion in total value, with every euro generating another €1.17 — even as the sector stays tiny at 0.03% of GDP.

The Portugal Brief 05 Jul 2026

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