European institutions aren’t known for moving fast. Quite the opposite. So when Olivier Debeugny received a call from the European Commission in June 2024, inviting him to Brussels to receive a prize from Thierry Breton, he couldn’t remember what he had applied for.
“I asked them: what did we win?” he says.
A few days later, he found himself in Brussels alongside three other winners, receiving €250,000 in cash. The real prize, however, was access to 2 million GPU hours—an opportunity that would normally cost between €7…

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