Vienna-based startup headquartered at the AI:AT Coworking Hub demonstrates how European AI infrastructure, services, and access to the ecosystem are accelerating innovation
Vienna, June 25, 2026 – With the launch of the eustella app for smartphones and the web, a Viennese startup is launching a leading European AI agent platform. For AI Factory Austria AI:AT, the product launch is a clear example of how marketable applications emerge from an active AI ecosystem.
eustella is headquartered at the AI:AT Coworking Hub and is part of an ecosystem that brings together startups, deep-tech companies, research institutions, industry, and the public sector. The launch underscores the role that physical proximity, a neutral orientation, technical expertise, and European infrastructure can play in the implementation of sovereign AI applications.
„eustella shows what happens when AI expertise, robust infrastructure, and a strong ecosystem work together. That is exactly why AI Facto was created “ry Austria AI:AT is up and running: We provide access to expertise, guidance, infrastructure pathways, and partners. The fact that a startup headquartered in our coworking hub is bringing a European AI solution to market sends a strong signal about the region.”
Karl Kugler, Co-Lead, AI Factory Austria AI:AT
“The market won’t wait for tomorrow’s perfect solution; it needs today’s confident solution. With eustella , it’s now available to anyone who no longer wants to compromise on data protection.”
Matteo Rosoli, CEO von eustella
From Idea to Implementation
AI Factory Austria (AI:AT) sees itself as a one-stop shop for AI in Austria and as a gateway to the European AI Factories network. Its services range from impartial initial orientation, use case identification, and proof-of-concept (PoC) support to AI implementation, data analytics, data processing, and trustworthy AI services, as well as training, workshops, matchmaking, access to funding, and market access. The coworking hub serves as the physical hub for community, knowledge exchange, and practical implementation.
“Sovereign AI does not arise solely from models, but from the interplay of infrastructure, data, security, and implementation expertise. The launch of eustella highlights why Europe needs its own self-sufficient AI ecosystems. To this end, AI:AT lowers the barriers to entry—from access to European computing resources to technical support for ambitious AI projects.”
Markus Stöhr, Co-Lead, AI Factory Austria AI:AT
“For AI:AT, eustella a powerful example of how visibility, community, and “The right environment accelerates innovation. Our coworking hub is more than just a workspace: it makes AI players discoverable, brings partners together, and helps turn technological expertise into a credible market narrative for European AI.”
Daniel Pepl, Head of Marketing & Communications, AI Factory Austria AI:AT
This creates an additional advantage, particularly for startups and spin-offs: They not only gain a space to work, but also access to expertise, potential partners, talent, European infrastructure offerings, and visibility within the ecosystem. In this way, AI:AT supports companies throughout their entire AI journey—from the initial idea through pilot projects to scaling up.
AI:AT as an Ecosystem Lever
The eustella launch exemplifies just how important it is to have a well-functioning synergy between startup dynamism, access to infrastructure, trustworthy AI development, community, and market access. This is exactly where AI:AT comes in: as an independent platform that provides guidance, brings stakeholders together, and accelerates the transfer of AI expertise into concrete applications.
About eustella
eustella is the leading European provider of autonomous mobile AI agents, headquartered in Vienna. By combining high-performance Open-Weightsmodels, a purely European cloud infrastructure, and strategic partnerships, eustella lays the technological foundation for digital independence in Europe.
About AI Factory Austria AI:AT
AI Factory Austria AI:AT is Austria’s national AI Factory within the framework of the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking. It is jointly managed by the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology and Advanced Computing Austria (ACA) and implemented by a consortium spanning the whole of Austria.
The partners in the consortium are: Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien), University of Vienna, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU), University of Innsbruck, Graz University of Technology (TU Graz), Johannes Kepler University Linz (JKU), the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA), the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW), INiTS – Vienna’s High-Tech Incubator, and EODC – Earth Observation Data Centre for Water Resources Monitoring GmbH.
AI:AT combines AI-optimised high-performance infrastructure with a physical hub and supports organizations from business, public administration and applied research as a market-neutral, independent access point along the AI journey – from the first use case to practical implementation.
Funding Acknowledgement
AI Factory Austria AI:AT is co-funded by the European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking under grant agreement No. 101253078. The Joint Undertaking receives support from the European Union’s Horizon Europe programme as well as from Austria through BMIMI/FFG.
Queries & Contact
AI Factory Austria AI:AT
Daniel Pepl, MAS MBA
Head of Marketing & Communications
+43 664 620 78 05 | daniel.pepl@ai-at.eu
Karl-Farkas-Gasse 22, 1030 Wien | www.ai-at.eu
