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6.5 million euros for AI-native operating systems and their security
Cyberagentur Issues Call for Proposals on AI Operating Systems
With a research budget of 6.5 million euros, the Agentur für Innovation in der Cybersicherheit GmbH (Cyberagentur) announced the “Artificial Intelligence as Operating System” (AI-as-OS) research program on October 28, 2026. The program focuses on the development of future-proof AI-native operating systems. Applications for participation are accepted until December 10, 2026.
Artificial intelligence is increasingly taking on tasks autonomously within digital systems. Leading technology companies are already deeply integrating AI into their operating systems and hardware. This raises a fundamental security question: How can computer systems be designed and protected when artificial intelligence is no longer merely integrated as an add-on, but will instead take over central control functions of an operating system in the future?
With “AI-as-OS,” the Cyberagentur is moving beyond the integration of AI as a mere add-on. The research program aims to investigate whether AI itself can become the central control element of a computer system and what security architecture would be required for this. The focus is on three research areas:
• AI-centric operating system architectures,
• AI-native core mechanisms for resource and process control, and
• new approaches to control, security, and stability of these systems.
Industry and academia are working intensively to expand existing system architectures through intelligent technologies. This makes one question increasingly urgent: How do we ensure that artificial intelligence—which is increasingly becoming deeply embedded in the control of a computer system—remains secure and controllable itself? “With AI-as-OS, we want to explore precisely these fundamentals. We hope that the recent partnering event has given rise to high-performing research consortia that will now participate in our call for proposals with scientifically sound, innovative, and even unconventional approaches,” explains Dr. Philippe Krajsic, Research Officer for Key Technologies at the Cyberagentur.
Basic Research for Tomorrow’s Cybersecurity
Whether AI-native operating systems are technically feasible and offer advantages over existing architectures in terms of security, efficiency, and stability remains to be seen. These very questions form the focus of the research. In the long term, the results are expected to enable new approaches to securing digital infrastructures and to build technological expertise for the digital sovereignty of Germany and Europe.
An estimated contract volume of 6.5 million euros (excluding VAT) is available for the research program. The pre-commercial procurement, modeled after an innovation partnership, is aimed at research institutions, companies, startups, and interdisciplinary research consortia.
Applications for participation may be submitted electronically via the federal government’s procurement platform at https://www.evergabe-online.de/tenderdetails.html?2&id=901990 by 12:00 p.m. on December 10, 2026.
Further information:
https://www.cyberagentur.de/en/programs/aiasos/
Press contact:
Agency for Innovation in Cybersecurity GmbH
Große Steinstraße 19
06108 Halle (Saale)
Michael Lindner
Press Officer
Phone: +49 151 44150 645
Email:presse@cyberagentur.de
Background: Cyberagentur
The Agentur für Innovation in der Cybersicherheit GmbH (Cyberagentur) was founded in 2020 by the German Federal Government as a wholly owned in-house entity of the federal government under the joint leadership of the German Federal Ministry of Defence and the Federal Ministry of the Interior, with the aim of adopting an application-strategy-oriented and interagency perspective on internal and external security in the field of cybersecurity. Against this backdrop, the Cyberagentur’s work is primarily aimed at the institutionalized implementation of highly innovative projects that involve a high risk with regard to achieving their objectives but, at the same time, have the potential to be highly disruptive if successful.
The Cyberagentur is an integral part of the National Security Strategy of the Federal Republic of Germany.
The Cyberagentur is led by Prof. Dr. Christian Hummert as Scientific Director and Bettina Bubnys as Commercial Director.
Dr. Philippe Krajsic, Research Officer for Key Technologies at the Cyberagentur
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