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Wednesday, Sep 23, 2026
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Netherlands Launches €3.8 Billion Innovation Push for Strategic Technologies

The Dutch government is allocating €3.3 billion to a new National Investment Institution and €500 million to a disruptive-innovation agency designed to help promising technologies move from research into commercial applications.
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