News | 24. February, 2026

AI Factory Austria AI:AT video recording from 24.02.2026

On February 24, 2026, the AI:AT Coworking Hub was officially opened at SOLARIS in Vienna. Around 300 stakeholders from business, research and public administration as well as representatives from several European AI factories came together to send a strong signal for the expansion of sovereign AI expertise in Austria and Europe.

Watch the full recording of the evening event now and follow the content-related impulses, panels and discussions in detail.

Event-Highlights

Programme:

Opening Statements
Karl Kugler, Markus Stöhr – AI Factory Austria AI:AT Project Leads
Sprache: Deutsch

Interview with Federal Minister Peter Hanke
Federal Minister Peter Hanke – Federal Ministry for Innovation, Mobility and Infrastructure
Language: German

Presentation of the AI Factory Austria AI:AT
Ann-Sophie Brenk – AI Factory Austria AI:AT, AI Business Lead
Mara Weinblatt – AI Factory Austria AI:AT, Innovation Ecosystem & Partnerships Lead
Language: English

Keynote: How a Country Can Advance the use of AI: Insights from appliedAI
Andreas Liebl – appliedAI Initiative, CEO
Language: English

Panel discussion: The AI Factory Austria AI:AT: Infrastructure, transfer and sovereignty for Europe’s AI competitiveness

  • Xenia Galkina – AI Baseline, CEO & Co-Founder
  • Kilian Gross – DG C NECT, Directorate C at the European Commission, Director for Enabling and Emerging Technologies
  • Christoph Knogler – Keba Group, CEO
  • Andreas Kugi – Austrian Institute of Technology, Scientific Director
  • Marta Sabou – Bilateral AI, Vienna University of Economics and Business , Institute for Data, Process and Knowledge Management
  • Henriette Spyra – Federal Ministry for Innovation, Mobility and Infrastructure, Director General

Language: English

Fireside Chat: AI Factories in the Network: Regional Strengths, Shared Future

  • Matteo Angelinelli – IT4LIA, Cineca, Director of HPC Supercomputing
  • Lucia Demovičová – Antenna Slovakia, Center of Operations, Computing Centre of SAS, HPC Services and Projects
  • Sašo Džeroski – SLAIF, Jozef Stefan Institute, Scientific Director
  • Dennis Hoppe – HammerHAI, HLRS, Head of Converged Computing

Language: English

Success Stories

  • anyconcept: Manuel Weichselbaum – anyconcept FlexCo, CTO & Co-Founder
  • NEOALP: Christian Tauber – NEOALP, CEO & Co-Founder
  • Sinntelligence: Matthias F. Brandstetter – Sinntelligence, CTO, Tomislav Autischer – Sinntelligence, COO

Language: German

Contact event organisation team: events@ai-at.eu

Contact for media inquiries:
Daniel Pepl, MAS MBA
Lead Marketing & Communications AI Factory Austria AI:AT
+43 664 620 78 05 I daniel.pepl@ai-at.eu

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