Updated on 29 January 2026
8peaks: Securing European Sovereignty in the Age of Autonomous AI
CEO at 8peaks
Antwerp, Belgium
About
As Europe enters the "Agentic Era," our digital infrastructure faces a critical vulnerability: the proliferation of unmanaged AI agents. Current cloud-based governance solutions are insufficient, creating a "Shadow AI" crisis that threatens enterprise data and national security.
8peaks solves this through AgentWacht, a kernel-level Zero Trust governance stack that inspects AI intent in real-time, providing an unbypassable circuit breaker for autonomous actions. We serve as a core technical software partner for European consortia.
Target Call Mapping & 8peaks Contribution
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Digital solutions for regulatory compliance through data (DIGITAL-2026-AI-DATA-10-COMPLIANCE)
- 8peaks Contribution: Provides the AgentWacht Zero-Trust MCP Gateway to automate compliance checks, inspect data access intent, and generate immutable cryptographic audit trails.
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Apply AI: Piloting AI-based image screening in medical centres (DIGITAL-2026-AI-PILOTING-10-SCREENING)
- 8peaks Contribution: Delivers an on-premise, air-gapped security layer ensuring local PACS/EHR clinical data queries by AI screening models remain secure, role-restricted, and fully compliant.
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Research Support Framework for Situational Awareness on information integrity (DIGITAL-2026-BESTUSE-RSF-10-AWARENESS)
- 8peaks Contribution: Deploys a sovereign multi-agent runtime to process cross-modal threat intelligence and disinformation signals without cloud exposure.
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EdTech Accelerator (DIGITAL-2026-SKILLS-10-EDTECH)
- 8peaks Contribution: Offers the visual KennisAI Low-Code Canvas as a hands-on sandbox for training non-technical teams on building, auditing, and governing AI workflows.
Topic
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-01-CLIMA-03: Standardising and supporting climate services to serve climate adaptation
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-01-CLIMA-04: Bridging the gap between disaster risk management and climate adaptation
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-01-CLIMA-06: Improving climate resilience of inland waterways, their surroundings and related water infrastructures
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-02-CANCER-01: Virtual Human Twin (VHT) Models for Cancer Research
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-03-OCEAN-03: By fishers, for fishers: co-management of marine and freshwaters ecosystems and resources
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-03-OCEAN-04: Towards a European network of ocean technology testing sites
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-04-CIT-02: Transition to low-temperature heating solutions in multi-apartment buildings
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-08-CLIMA-SOIL: Joint demonstration of solutions to build soil resilience to extreme weather events and support food security
Type
- Consortium/Coordinator seeks Partners
- Offering Expertise to Consortias
Organisation
Similar opportunities
Project cooperation
Sovereign AI Infrastructure & Zero-Trust Governance for High-Risk Enterprise Environments
- Completing the consortia
- Offering Expertise to Consortias
- Design - setting the project scope
- Consortium/Coordinator seeks Partners
- Drafting - writing the project proposal
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-03-OCEAN-04: Towards a European network of ocean technology testing sites
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-03-OCEAN-05: Regional (sea-basins) components of the EU Digital Twin Ocean
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-01-CLIMA-04: Bridging the gap between disaster risk management and climate adaptation
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-01-CLIMA-03: Standardising and supporting climate services to serve climate adaptation
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-04-CIT-02: Transition to low-temperature heating solutions in multi-apartment buildings
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-04-CIT-01: Energy efficient urban and sub-urban public transport, complemented by shared mobility
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-03-OCEAN-03: By fishers, for fishers: co-management of marine and freshwaters ecosystems and resources
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-01-CLIMA-02:Actionable solutions for climate adaptation to the knowledge of the regions and local authorities
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-06-01-CIT-NEB-B4P: Introducing circular economy models in the construction sector, from buildings to city scale
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-01-CLIMA-05: Demonstrating solutions to protect and preserve cultural heritage from the impacts of climate change
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-01-CLIMA-06: Improving climate resilience of inland waterways, their surroundings and related water infrastructures
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-03-OCEAN-02: Addressing aquatic pollution and biodiversity loss through nature positive solutions in the land-sea connection
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-08-CLIMA-SOIL: Joint demonstration of solutions to build soil resilience to extreme weather events and support food security
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-01-CLIMA-01: National Adaptation Hubs - Bringing together the national level with the engaged regional and local levels (multi-level governance)
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-03-OCEAN-01: Large-scale demonstration for mapping the distribution and condition of marine habitats to implement the Nature Restoration Regulation
Tolga Celtik
CEO at 8peaks
Antwerp, Belgium
Project cooperation
AI/Machine Learning/Computer Vision partner looking for consortium
- Offering Expertise to Consortias
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-03-OCEAN-04: Towards a European network of ocean technology testing sites
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-03-OCEAN-05: Regional (sea-basins) components of the EU Digital Twin Ocean
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-01-CLIMA-04: Bridging the gap between disaster risk management and climate adaptation
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-01-CLIMA-03: Standardising and supporting climate services to serve climate adaptation
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-04-CIT-02: Transition to low-temperature heating solutions in multi-apartment buildings
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-04-CIT-01: Energy efficient urban and sub-urban public transport, complemented by shared mobility
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-03-OCEAN-03: By fishers, for fishers: co-management of marine and freshwaters ecosystems and resources
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-01-CLIMA-02:Actionable solutions for climate adaptation to the knowledge of the regions and local authorities
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-01-CLIMA-05: Demonstrating solutions to protect and preserve cultural heritage from the impacts of climate change
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-01-CLIMA-06: Improving climate resilience of inland waterways, their surroundings and related water infrastructures
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-03-OCEAN-02: Addressing aquatic pollution and biodiversity loss through nature positive solutions in the land-sea connection
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-01-CLIMA-01: National Adaptation Hubs - Bringing together the national level with the engaged regional and local levels (multi-level governance)
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-03-OCEAN-01: Large-scale demonstration for mapping the distribution and condition of marine habitats to implement the Nature Restoration Regulation
Guido Munari
Chief Scientific Officer at T3LAB
Bologna, Italy
Project cooperation
Black Sea Basin Regional Pilot & Real Data provider
- Offering Expertise to Consortias
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-03-OCEAN-04: Towards a European network of ocean technology testing sites
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-03-OCEAN-05: Regional (sea-basins) components of the EU Digital Twin Ocean
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-03-OCEAN-03: By fishers, for fishers: co-management of marine and freshwaters ecosystems and resources
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-03-OCEAN-02: Addressing aquatic pollution and biodiversity loss through nature positive solutions in the land-sea connection
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-03-OCEAN-01: Large-scale demonstration for mapping the distribution and condition of marine habitats to implement the Nature Restoration Regulation
Anıl Özşar
EU Project Manager at MEXT Technology Center
İstanbul, Türkiye