A plain-language overview of the real 2026 Hong Kong programmes that can support business AI and digital adoption — and which widely-cited schemes have closed.
dgm is an independent osFoundry integration partner — not affiliated with osFoundry’s maker (OS LLC), and dgm has no completed client integrations yet.
If you are funding an AI project in Hong Kong in 2026, a handful of real programmes do most of the work — and one scheme many people still expect to use has closed. This overview separates what is active from what has ended.
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Innovation and Technology Fund (ITF) | Open — umbrella fund; AI and robotics are strategic focus areas |
| Technology Voucher Programme (TVP) | CLOSED — stopped accepting new applications after 31 Dec 2024 |
| BUD Fund | Open — upgrading/market expansion; 1:3 matching since 14 Mar 2025 |
| Cyberport (CCMF / CIP / AISS) | Open — micro-fund, incubation, AI compute subsidy |
| HKSTP incubation / ideation | Open — start-up incubation and seed funding |
| New Industrialisation Funding Scheme (NIFS) | Open — smart production lines, 1:2 matching |
What is actually available in 2026
The dependable supports are the Innovation and Technology Fund (ITF) umbrella (with AI and robotics as strategic focus areas), the BUD Fund for upgrading and market expansion, Cyberport programmes (the Creative Micro Fund, the Incubation Programme, and the AI Subsidy Scheme for compute), HKSTP incubation and ideation, and the New Industrialisation Funding Scheme for smart production lines.
What has closed or has rules to watch
Note that the Technology Voucher Programme (TVP), Hong Kong’s best-known SME tech-adoption funding, stopped accepting new applications after 31 December 2024 — so it is not an active route for a new AI project, despite many older blogs still listing it. The Distance Business Programme (D-Biz) was a one-off COVID-era scheme that ended in 2020. And note that the AI Subsidy Scheme subsidises access to the Cyberport AI Supercomputing Centre — it is not a subsidy for buying commercial AI software subscriptions.
How to think about it
Most Hong Kong technology funding is for adoption/upgrading, incubation, or compute access — not a blank cheque for AI tools. Match the programme to your project, and pair funding with a usage-based platform to keep the rest of the cost proportional. Support levels, caps, eligibility and round status change — confirm the current details on the official programme page before relying on them. Important: these are programmes a business applies for directly with the relevant Hong Kong authority. dgm is an independent AI-integration agency — it is not a registered or approved vendor of any of these schemes (none of them operates a vendor registry), so nothing here implies dgm can secure or deliver a grant-funded engagement. dgm can help scope and build the AI project; eligibility, approval and any claim rest with you and the agency.
Where dgm fits
dgm is an independent integration partner that helps Hong Kong businesses adopt osFoundry — scoping a first use case, handling the build, and connecting AI to the systems you already run. dgm is independent of osFoundry’s maker (OS LLC) and has no completed client integrations yet, so everything described here is a service offered, not a past result. If you want to scope a practical first project, dgm can help you map it out.