Vienna-based AI startup relocates together with Trending Topics to the national platform for applied AI and European high-performance computing / AI:AT strengthens the interface between AI infrastructure, media innovation and Austria’s startup ecosystem.
The Vienna-based AI startup newsrooms.ai, together with its media brand Trending Topics, is relocating to the AI:AT Coworking Hub of AI Factory Austria AI:AT. By moving into Austria’s national platform for applied artificial intelligence and European high-performance computing, the two organizations are positioning themselves closer to the infrastructure, expertise and community needed to turn AI ideas into practical applications.
newsrooms.ai develops AI-powered tools for editorial workflows, media analysis and content production. Trending Topics will continue its editorial work from the new location and further develop AI-supported research and production processes. For AI:AT, the move marks another step in establishing the hub as an open space for startups, media innovation, applied research, companies and public administration.
“Artificial intelligence must not remain abstract. Austria needs places where AI is translated into concrete applications. AI Factory Austria AI:AT strengthens this connection between infrastructure, expertise and implementation. The fact that newsrooms.ai and Trending Topics — an AI startup and a technology media outlet — are joining the hub demonstrates the breadth of the ecosystem, from research and industry to media innovation and communication.”
Peter Hanke, Federal Minister for Innovation, Mobility and Infrastructure
AI, media innovation and European supercomputing in one place
“The arrival of newsrooms.ai and Trending Topics shows what AI:AT is designed to achieve: making AI visible not only as infrastructure, but as a living ecosystem. It is precisely at the intersection of technology, media and communication that applications and formats emerge which foster understanding, trust and the practical use of AI. For us, this is a strong signal that AI:AT is being embraced as a place for collaboration, visibility and implementation.”
Daniel Pepl, Head of Marketing & Communications, AI Factory Austria AI:AT
“Our role is not simply to provide organizations with infrastructure, but to support them throughout their AI journey. newsrooms.ai demonstrates how sophisticated AI applications emerge when data, editorial workflows and concrete product development come together. Projects like these require expertise, guidance, suitable partners and, where needed, access to European high-performance computing.”
Karl Kugler, Co-Lead, AI Factory Austria AI:AT
“For many startups, it is crucial that access to computing power, data infrastructure and technical support is not overly complex. Through AI:AT, we are making EuroHPC resources — and in future also Austria’s AI infrastructure — as accessible as possible, while maintaining high standards for data sovereignty, security and practical usability.”
Markus Stöhr, Co-Lead, AI Factory Austria AI:AT
Where Austria’s AI future is being built
“As an AI startup, we want to be where the future of artificial intelligence in Austria is being built. AI Factory Austria not only gives us access to European supercomputing resources, but also connects us with an ecosystem of research institutions, industry partners and other startups that is extremely valuable for our development. We are looking forward to continuing this journey together with AI Factory Austria.”
Matteo Rosoli, CEO newsrooms.ai
“For Trending Topics, the move to AI Factory Austria is also an editorial statement. For years, we have been reporting on the European AI and startup scene. In future, we will do so from the very heart of Austria’s AI infrastructure — supported by the appropriate AI software.”
Jakob Steinschaden, Editor-in-Chief of Trending Topics
The AI:AT Coworking Hub at Karl-Farkas-Gasse 22 in Vienna’s third district is designed as a place for work, exchange and networking for stakeholders across the Austrian and European AI ecosystem. It combines physical infrastructure, training and workshop formats, access to expertise and connections to European high-performance computing resources within the EuroHPC ecosystem.
AI:AT supports startups, SMEs, industry, public administration and applied research in developing AI projects in a structured way, assessing technical and regulatory questions, and advancing concrete use cases toward proof of concept or market-ready application. The arrival of newsrooms.ai and Trending Topics adds further expertise to the ecosystem at the intersection of AI, data, media and the public sphere.
About the AI Factory Austria AI:AT
The 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 an Austria-wide consortium.
The partners in the consortium are: TU Vienna, University of Vienna, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna (BOKU), University of Innsbruck, Graz University of Technology, Johannes Kepler University Linz (JKU), 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-optimized 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.
About newsrooms.ai
newsrooms.ai is a Vienna-based AI startup that develops AI-powered tools for editorial workflows, media analysis and content production. Its solutions help organizations structure and analyze information more efficiently and make it usable for editorial and communications workflows.
About Trending Topics
Trending Topics is an Austrian media outlet covering startups, technology, business and artificial intelligence. From its new location in the AI:AT Coworking Hub, the editorial team will continue reporting on developments across Europe’s technology and innovation scene, while increasingly using AI-supported research and production workflows.
Contact:
Daniel Pepl, MAS MBA
Lead Marketing & Communications
AI Factory Austria AI:AT
Mobile: +43 664 6207805 I daniel.pepl@ai-at.eu I www.ai-at.eu
