The grant was formally presented at an official ceremony at Iðnó by Logi Már Einarsson, Minister of Culture, Innovation, and Higher Education, and Lilja Dögg Jónsdóttir, CEO of Almannarómur.
This initiative is backed by the Icelandic government as part of its official Language Technology Programme (máltækniáætlun), a national strategic effort to ensure the Icelandic language thrives in the digital age. By supporting projects like Loaloa, the government and Almannarómur are bridging the gap between scientific academic research and practical, scalable AI solutions for the modern workforce.
The aim is simple and important: make Icelandic content easier to find, understand and reuse. Instead of leaving valuable material scattered across folders, drives and legacy systems, Loaloa helps organizations analyze, classify and search their archives using modern AI tools.
Icelandic needs to work inside real systems
Icelandic companies and public institutions produce more digital content every year. For that content to be useful, Icelandic speech recognition, text analysis, subtitling and search must be part of the workflow.
The support from Almannarómur helps Loaloa move Icelandic language technology from research and pilots into practical use. This is about preservation, but also about activation: making Icelandic content searchable, governed and valuable.
Read more on Almannarómur's website: Skerfur 2025 - Record demand and diverse solutions