AICEP - Portugal Trade & Invest: the factory infographic
Portugal's trade and investment agency: in about 50 countries, bringing investment in and taking Portuguese companies out.
What the company does
In normal terms
Portugal's public trade and investment agency: attracts inward investment and helps Portuguese companies expand abroad; offices in about 50 countries.
AICEP attracts investment into Portugal and helps Portuguese companies expand abroad, with offices in about 50 countries.
In lay terms
AICEP is Portugal's shop window abroad, and its welcome desk for foreign companies.
The risks it faces, especially from AI agents
In normal terms
- Exporting AI products. Portuguese companies selling AI abroad will face foreign buyers' governance questions.
- Investors ask too. Investors check AI risk in due diligence.
- A country's AI story. Portugal's reputation as a tech hub benefits from showing trusted AI.
In lay terms
- Exporting AI products. The customer abroad asks: is your AI safe? Can you prove it?
- Investors ask too. Before investing, they look under the bonnet.
- A country's AI story. A country known for safe, trustworthy AI attracts more business.
How RiskMandate helps
- Reachwhat it can actually access or affectWhat a company's agents can do.
- Mandatewhat the business authorisedWhat it authorised them to do.
- Gapthe difference: the riskThe question buyers and investors ask.
- Barrierswhat really stands in the wayEvidence that travels across borders.
- Provenancewho owns it, who reviewed it, which versionClear ownership, in any language.
In normal terms
RiskMandate gives Portuguese companies a portable record of how their AI agents are controlled, useful in export sales and investment rounds. AICEP is the route to those companies and to firms setting up in Portugal.
In lay terms
RiskMandate is a passport for a company's AI assistants: it shows abroad what they are allowed to do.
A first line for the conversation: Portuguese companies selling AI abroad will be asked how they control it. We can give them the answer.
Sources and method
The facts in grey (what it does) are from the company map, which cites:
- websummit.com, read 2026-11-01: LIS26 session page (conferenceSlug lis26): 'AICEP: Connecting Portuguese startups to global markets [Hosted by AICEP]', 11 Nov, Masterclasses, Masterclass 3, names AICEP - Portugal Trade & Invest as the speaker's organisation; the session is hosted by this company
- websummit.com, read 2026-11-01: LIS26 appearance page: name, country, industry, website and elevator pitch (the 'what' field)
- www.portugalglobal.pt, read 2026-11-01: what the company does, from its own site (title and description)
The risks and how RiskMandate helps are our analysis, written by dev@web-summit.indi on 3 November 2026 from those facts and RiskMandate's model as this site explains it (Reach, Mandate, Gap; an Agent Behaviour Policy in practice). They are not the company's own statements and name no incident. A person reviews each before it is used.