(L-R) Daniele Pagani; Marco Estanqueiro; Jordi Cabot; Petar Georgioski; Marcos Gomez; Sofie Hancer; Alexandre Kraynyukov; Isabella Lorenzoni; Maël Cornil; Nicolas Médoc; Francesco Ferrero; Credit: LIST

On Thursday 24 September 2026, the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST) and the Competition Authority of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg announced the launch of the second phase of their partnership in the field of artificial intelligence (AI). 

The institutions describe the partnership as a collaboration between scientists and investigators who will work together to develop a prototype of a digital tool combining several AI technologies, with the aim of strengthening the Authority’s analytical capabilities in the face of ever-increasing volumes of data.

Launched in September 2024, the collaboration between the two Luxembourg public institutions resulted in a first phase of work centred on an AI-based digital assistant. Building on these initial results, the partners are now moving on to a more ambitious stage: bringing together different technological components stemming from LIST’s research in a single tool.

Artificial intelligence at the heart of the project

The project is based on artificial intelligence agents designed to assist investigators at the Competition Authority by automatically processing large quantities of documents and facilitating the identification of certain behaviours or patterns.

These agents will be complemented by visualisation technologies developed at LIST, which transform complex datasets into interactive graphical representations. This makes the links between information easier to understand, thereby facilitating analysis.

To accelerate development, LIST will use BESSER, a “low-code” platform, which automatically generates a large part of an application’s code and the agent from a model. The researchers will also compare several AI approaches, including large language models, in order to identify the most reliable ones and those best suited to the requirements of a public authority.

The aim is to free investigators from the most time-consuming tasks so that they can focus on analysis. The project will also measure this contribution in concrete terms, in terms of time, effort and the quality of the results.

Marco Estanqueiro, Vice-President of the Competition Authority, said: “As markets and evidence become increasingly digital, we must continually adapt our working methods and innovate to ensure that competition law remains effective in preserving open and competitive markets, for the benefit of both businesses and consumers. This tool will help our teams examine increasingly complex and voluminous information more efficiently, while leaving legal assessment and decision-making firmly in human hands.”

Designed with and for users

Development will follow an agile methodology based on short cycles. During each cycle, the Authority’s teams will test the new features, provide feedback and set priorities for the next stage together with LIST’s researchers.

Francesco Ferrero, head of the Human-Centred AI, Data and Software research unit and leader of the AI initiative at LIST, added: “This project illustrates how LIST is turning artificial intelligence research into practical solutions for public authorities. By working hand in hand with the Competition Authority, we want to create reliable tools that will be useful far beyond Luxembourg.”

The project will run until August 2027. At the end of the project, LIST and the Competition Authority will have an integrated prototype that will pave the way for new uses of artificial intelligence in the enforcement of competition law in Luxembourg.