Updated on 26 February 2026
Sovereign AI Infrastructure & Zero-Trust Governance for High-Risk Enterprise Environments
CEO at 8peaks
Antwerp, Belgium
About
As enterprises shift from simple chatbots to autonomous AI agents, they face a massive "Shadow AI" crisis. These agents bypass traditional firewalls and can be manipulated via prompt injection to exfiltrate sensitive data or trigger unauthorized system actions. For sectors like Healthcare, Defense, and Critical Infrastructure, this creates an unacceptable risk and a total compliance barrier under the EU AI Act.
The 8peaks Solution: We provide the foundational security layer for the agentic era. Our platform consists of two core technologies:
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AgentWacht (Zero-Trust MCP Gateway): A "semantic firewall" that inspects an AI agent’s actual intent in real-time. It validates every tool call and database query before execution, preventing data leaks and ensuring strict policy enforcement.
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KennisAI (Sovereign Platform): A fully on-premise, air-gapped infrastructure that allows organizations to run advanced LLMs and agents entirely on their own hardware or at the edge
Sovereign AI, Zero-Trust, EU AI Act, Cybersecurity, AI Agents, MCP, Edge Computing, NIS2 Compliance, High-Risk AI.
Stage
- Design - setting the project scope
- Drafting - writing the project proposal
- Completing the consortia
Topic
- 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-2026-01-CLIMA-02:Actionable solutions for climate adaptation to the knowledge of the regions and local authorities
- 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-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-01: Large-scale demonstration for mapping the distribution and condition of marine habitats to implement the Nature Restoration Regulation
- 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-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-2026-03-OCEAN-05: Regional (sea-basins) components of the EU Digital Twin Ocean
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-04-CIT-01: Energy efficient urban and sub-urban public transport, complemented by shared mobility
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-04-CIT-02: Transition to low-temperature heating solutions in multi-apartment buildings
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-06-01-CIT-NEB-B4P: Introducing circular economy models in the construction sector, from buildings to city scale
- 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
Similar opportunities
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
8peaks: Securing European Sovereignty in the Age of Autonomous AI
- Offering Expertise to Consortias
- Consortium/Coordinator seeks Partners
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-02-CANCER-01: Virtual Human Twin (VHT) Models for Cancer Research
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-03-OCEAN-04: Towards a European network of ocean technology testing sites
- 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-2026-03-OCEAN-03: By fishers, for fishers: co-management of marine and freshwaters ecosystems and resources
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-01-CLIMA-06: Improving climate resilience of inland waterways, their surroundings and related water infrastructures
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-08-CLIMA-SOIL: Joint demonstration of solutions to build soil resilience to extreme weather events and support food security
Tolga Celtik
CEO at 8peaks
Antwerp, Belgium
Project cooperation
Use of AI in climate adaptation measure selection
- 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-2026-01-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
Florian Bodescu
CIO at MULTIDIMENSION SRL
Bucharest, Romania