--- title: "Berlin’s Dunia Innovations commits €280M to an autonomous AI-materials GigaLab" url: https://daily.dev/posts/berlin-s-dunia-innovations-commits-280m-to-an-autonomous-ai-materials-gigalab-g4zzfnrci source_url: https://thenextweb.com/news/dunia-innovations-berlin-gigalab-280m-ai-materials type: article source: "The Next Web" published: 2026-05-20T09:05:50.524Z updated: 2026-05-20T09:06:15.819Z tags: ["ai", "science", "nvidia", "deep-tech"] reading_time: 4 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Berlin’s Dunia Innovations commits €280M to an autonomous AI-materials GigaLab **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Berlin-based Dunia Innovations has announced plans for a €280M, 6,000-square-metre autonomous R&D facility called GigaLab, targeting the experimental-verification bottleneck created by AI-generated materials candidates. Backed by Siemens, ABB Robotics, NVIDIA, AWS, and ILS, the facility will combine AI, lab automation, digital twins, and high-throughput testing to validate materials at industrial scale. Operations are expected to begin in 2028, with over 200 direct jobs created. Dunia argues that simulation alone cannot predict real-world material behavior, and that a factory-scale science infrastructure is needed to keep pace with AI-driven materials discovery. The project is positioned as Europe's largest materials-infrastructure announcement of the year, with funding expected from a mix of venture capital, industrial partners, and European public co-investment. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [AI materials discovery now needs to move into the real world](https://daily.dev/posts/ai-materials-discovery-now-needs-to-move-into-the-real-world-xu1en29vn) · MIT Technology Review · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Accelerating science with AI and simulations](https://daily.dev/posts/accelerating-science-with-ai-and-simulations-caisbrqiq) · MIT News · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Nvidia, Deutsche Telekom strike €1B partnership for a data center in Munich](https://daily.dev/posts/nvidia-deutsche-telekom-strike-1b-partnership-for-a-data-center-in-munich-hlg0z4xtm) · TechCrunch · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#ai](https://daily.dev/tags/ai), [#science](https://daily.dev/tags/science), [#nvidia](https://daily.dev/tags/nvidia), [#deep-tech](https://daily.dev/tags/deep-tech) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/berlin-s-dunia-innovations-commits-280m-to-an-autonomous-ai-materials-gigalab-g4zzfnrci)