The EUPILOT project aims to establish a European-based accelerator platform for high-performance computing (HPC) and AI. It seeks to achieve European digital sovereignty in HPC, promote the adoption of the RISC-V ecosystem, and cater to diverse performance targets. The project will provide a foundation for European Exascale systems and extend the capabilities of the RISC-V ecosystem into HPC and HPDA domains. It aims to strengthen European scientific leadership, contribute to a sustainable HPC supply ecosystem, leverage European low-power processing and open hardware technologies, maximize the use of European technologies, create and exploit European IP, and develop mature solutions for future exascale HPC components and systems.