The internet company will pour $1.2m into the Technical University of Munich Foundation and another $310,000 into TUM's AppliedAI initiative.

Technical University of Munich (TUM) joined forces with Google, the internet subsidiary of conglomerate Alphabet, on Friday for a research and innovation partnership in artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning and robotics.

The long-term initiative is set to exploit TUM’s credentials in technological fields such as intelligent engineering systems, while also boosting the IT and electronics sector around Munich.

Google has agreed to donate €1m ($1.2m) to the charitable TUM University Foundation, which seeks to support young researchers and to lure…