AI4GTech Anatolia METU DTX coordinated EDIH initiative
AI for Green Transformation

AI4GTech Anatolia

AI4GTech Anatolia connects Türkiye’s machinery and automotive industries with METU DTX’s assessment, test-before-invest, training, finance and innovation ecosystem capabilities to accelerate trustworthy AI-enabled green and twin transformation.

Strategic focus

AI-enabled twin transformation for industrial competitiveness

AI4GTech Anatolia is designed around the practical barriers companies face: readiness gaps, weak project preparation, technical validation needs, finance orientation, implementation support and evidence-backed outcome tracking.

Industrial AI

From awareness to adoption

Companies are guided from initial maturity assessment to AI use-case orientation, low-risk experimentation and adoption roadmaps tailored to operational capability.

Green transition

Digitalization as an efficiency engine

Digital and AI technologies are positioned as enablers for productivity, quality, traceability, resource efficiency, energy performance and measurable transformation outcomes.

Target sectors

Machinery and automotive

The initiative focuses on Türkiye’s machinery and automotive industries, including SMEs, mid-caps, technology providers, industrial associations and public-sector interfaces.

Transformation pathway

From assessment to implementation support

The service journey is structured to move companies from needs identification to validated solutions, skills, finance and ecosystem-enabled implementation.

Assess the need

Start with digital, AI, green and finance-readiness orientation through the METU DTX assessment logic and partner expertise.

Define the roadmap

Convert assessment findings into transformation priorities, project logic and sequencing for realistic implementation planning.

De-risk the solution

Use test-before-invest, pilots, simulation, prototyping and laboratory validation before full-scale capital deployment.

Build capability

Develop AI, data, cybersecurity, sustainable digitalisation and operational transformation capabilities through training and hands-on support.

Connect and scale

Access finance orientation, technology-provider matchmaking, European AI infrastructures and innovation ecosystem support.

EDIH services

Service portfolio

The public-facing page should present the service model clearly: practical, industry-oriented, and connected to METU DTX’s platform and technical delivery capacity.

Maturity Assessment

Digital, AI, lean, green and sustainability-oriented assessment through METU DTX and consortium expertise.

Test Before Invest

Prototyping, robotics, AI, digital twins, smart manufacturing and technical validation before major investments.

Training and Skills

AI, data governance, industrial cybersecurity, sustainable digitalisation and applied transformation capability development.

Access to Finance

Investment-readiness, funding guidance, business-case preparation, investor orientation and project-finance support.

Ecosystem and Networking

Matchmaking, brokerage, collaborative R&I, sectoral networks and connections to the European AI ecosystem.

Trustworthy AI Helpdesk

First-line guidance on AI Act, ethics, GDPR alignment and referrals to AI Factories, TEFs and AI resources.

METU DTX technical layer

Execution and verification capacity

AI4GTech Anatolia should not be presented as a brochure-only project. Its strongest public argument is that it adds delivery capacity to assessment, roadmapping, validation, implementation support and outcome tracking.

Technical readiness and assessment Digital, green, AI and financial-readiness screening with evidence review and roadmap quality control.
Project preparation Bankable project cards, CAPEX/OPEX logic, expected impact, risk, feasibility and funding-fit orientation.
Validation and implementation support Test-before-invest, lab and pilot support, solution-provider matching, training and change readiness.
MRV and reporting support Baseline-target-actual tracking, evidence repositories, progress reporting and outcome documentation.
Ecosystem

Consortium and delivery network

The page should make the ecosystem legible without turning into a logo wall. The strongest structure is to group actors by function: coordination, sector access, regional access, technical capacity, finance and entrepreneurship.

Coordination and platform

METU METU DTX ODTÜ Teknokent OTEST

Sector and transformation access

ASO ASO Model Factory MAKFED TAYSAD

Regional and innovation nodes

Eskişehir ATAP OSTIM Technopark Konya Innopark Development Agencies
Technical infrastructure

METU research and technology ecosystem

The AI4GTech service narrative should be anchored in visible technical infrastructure: labs, prototyping, analytics, digital twin, mobility, testing, academy and innovation support.

AI and Big Data Analytics Production optimization, predictive maintenance, quality analytics, data processing and AI-driven decision support.
Smart and Flexible Manufacturing Robotics, automation, quality assurance, maintenance, surface defect detection and smart production demonstrations.
AR/VR and Digital Twin Simulation, immersive training, digital twins, process visualization and operator-centered transformation use cases.
Prototyping and Testing Network Rapid prototyping, non-destructive testing, smart mobility, computational facilities and partner test infrastructure.
Entrepreneurship and scale-up

From solution validation to market access

AI4GTech Anatolia also connects digital entrepreneurs and technology providers to mentoring, IP strategy, investor readiness, prototyping, soft landing and cross-border scaling support.

METU TTO

IP and funding guidance

IP strategy, grant orientation, investor matching and business-case support.

METU YFYI

Ideation and mentoring

Pre-incubation, mentoring, demo days and early entrepreneurial support.

Z-Garage

Deep-tech prototyping

Technical mentoring, hardware validation and product-market fit experimentation.

Growth Circuit

Scale-up and soft landing

Global market entry, international investor orientation and cross-border scaling.

Start with the METU DTX Digital Platform

Companies can begin through the digital maturity platform and continue toward AI readiness, test-before-invest, training, access to finance and ecosystem services under the AI4GTech Anatolia service logic.

Project access note This page is the public landing point for AI4GTech Anatolia. Service intake and company assessment activities are routed through the METU DTX Digital Platform and METU DTX contact channels while the project-facing digital service environment is progressively expanded.