AI Factory Austria AI:AT supports first company
in accessing Europe’s supercomputing resources
National AI and HPC platform as a one-stop store
in the European network of AI Factories
The AI Factory Austria AI:AT has realized the first successful practical example of its support approach with the Viennese technology company Zenta Solutions: As the national contact point for high-performance computing (HPC) and artificial intelligence (AI), it accompanied the company’s smooth access to European supercomputing resources.
Austria as an active partner in the European AI network
The AI Factory Austria is part of the European AI Factories initiative, which is supported by the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking and the Horizon Europe program and promotes the development of networked, application-oriented AI infrastructures throughout Europe.
“The AI Factory Austria is a key component of the European AI Factories initiative. It not only represents a significant milestone in strengthening Austria’s digital sovereignty, but also creates the basis for companies to benefit from the best European infrastructures. In this way, we want to drive forward digitalization, improve the competitiveness of companies and make the key technology of AI available to as many start-ups as possible as a door opener for markets and new solutions”
Innovation and Infrastructure Minister Peter Hanke (BMI)
First use case with Zenta Solutions
Zenta Solutions, a young spin-off of the Medical University of Vienna with a focus on medical data analysis, is the first company to successfully implement access to the EuroHPC system Leonardo in Bologna, Italy, with the help of AI Factory Austria. AI-based processes for structuring and evaluating medical data sets are currently being tested and optimized there.
“The first step is to completely anonymize the data. It is then analysed, contextualized and converted into a structured form using image-based AI models and large language models. This turns previously unstructured health data into valuable information that forms a solid basis for a wide range of further applications, such as predicting treatment response”
David Haberl, Zenta Solutions
Zenta focuses on the use of open source models. These are open, freely accessible models that can be used entirely locally on the company’s own systems and are independent of external cloud infrastructure. This ensures that sensitive health data remains on site at all times. “We are currently testing our methods on Leonardo using open data sets and realistically simulated sample data,” adds Haberl.
“The AI Factory Austria acts as a one-stop store. We combine technical consulting, computing resources, training and support in the safe application of AI. This helps companies to implement their data-driven projects faster and develop innovations from the idea to the implementation of new business models.”
Karl Kugler, Co-Lead of AI Factory Austria
“Thanks to AI Factory Austria, we were able to access the EuroHPC systems within a few days. Access works smoothly – we can test and further develop our models immediately without having to set up our own expensive infrastructure.”
Thomas Beyer, Co-Founder of Zenta Solutions
“With the AI Factory Austria, we are creating a central point of contact for access to high-performance computers and AI services in Europe. Our goal is to build a bridge between companies and research institutions – from scientific knowledge to practical application in business and society.”
Markus Stöhr, Co-Lead of AI Factory Austria and Project Manager at Advanced Computing Austria (ACA)
Focus on practice-oriented support
The AI Factory Austria is currently gradually building up a comprehensive service portfolio that will make it easier for small and medium-sized companies in particular to access high-performance computing and AI applications. The focus is on practical support: from the selection of suitable systems and technical integration to the further development of data-based and AI-supported applications. This specifically promotes the efficient transfer of research results into industrial practice. With the current project, AI Factory Austria has achieved its first significant success in its start-up phase. At the same time, the range of services is being continuously expanded in order to support even more domestic companies in the field of AI in the future and open up the path to the European supercomputing ecosystem for them.
“Zenta Solutions’ use case shows what a difference targeted support can make in accessing European computing resources. We are already in contact with other companies that have similar needs – and are helping them to take advantage of the opportunities available to them within the AI Factory Austria and the European AI Factories network.”
Thomas Mayerhofer, Head of Innovation Center at AI Factory Austria
About Zenta Solutions
Zenta Solutions GmbH was founded in 2025 as a spin-off of the Medical University of Vienna. Zenta develops AI-supported solutions for structuring and analyzing complex medical data. The company works on technologies that make clinical information efficiently available to support medical research and care. Zenta relies on modern data processing and artificial intelligence that can be executed completely locally at the user’s premises – i.e. without an external cloud infrastructure. This ensures that sensitive health data is only processed and stored locally. In this way, the company aims to help shape the digital transformation in the healthcare sector securely and sustainably.
The young company Zenta Solutions is working on efficiently structuring healthcare data with the help of artificial intelligence. To this end, it is developing ARK™ – a secure, locally operated AI platform that connects directly to the IT systems of hospitals and other healthcare providers. These include the Hospital Information System (HIS), which manages administrative and clinical data, the Radiology Information System (RIS) for planning and reporting radiology examinations and the Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) for storing medical image data. ARK™ merges the data generated in these systems and prepares it in such a way that it can be used for analyses and clinical care.
