newsrooms.ai and Trending Topics are moving into the AI:AT Coworking Hub

The Viennese AI start-up newsrooms.ai and its media outlet Trending Topics are relocating their headquarters to the AI:AT Coworking Hub run by AI Factory Austria AI:AT. By moving into Austria’s national platform for applied artificial intelligence and high-performance computing (HPC), the two companies are gaining closer access to the infrastructure, expertise and community needed to turn AI applications from ideas into reality.

newsrooms.ai develops AI-powered tools for editorial processes, media analysis and content production. Trending Topics will continue its editorial work from the new location and further develop AI-powered research and production processes. For AI:AT, the move is a further step towards establishing the hub as an open space for start-ups, media innovation, applied research, businesses and public administration.

“Austria needs places where AI does not remain abstract, but is translated into concrete applications. The AI Factory Austria AI:AT strengthens this combination of infrastructure, expertise and implementation. The fact that newsrooms.ai and Trending Topics – an AI start-up and a technology media outlet – are using 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 demonstrates what AI:AT is intended to achieve: making AI visible not just as infrastructure, but as a living ecosystem. It is precisely at the intersection of technology, media and communication that applications and formats emerge which promote 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 task is not merely to provide organisations with infrastructure, but to accompany them throughout their AI journey. newsrooms.ai demonstrates how sophisticated AI applications emerge where data, editorial workflows and concrete product development interact. It is precisely such projects that require expertise, consultancy, suitable partners and, where necessary, access to European high-performance computing.”

Karl Kugler, Co-Lead, AI Factory Austria AI:AT

“For many start-ups, it is crucial that access to computing power, data infrastructure and technical advice remains straightforward. Through AI:AT, we are making EuroHPC resources – and, in future, the Austrian AI infrastructure too – as accessible as possible, whilst maintaining high standards of data sovereignty, security and practical applicability.”

Markus Stöhr, Co-Lead, AI Factory Austria AI:AT

Where the future of AI is being built in Austria

“As an AI start-up, we want to be where the future of artificial intelligence is being built in Austria. AI Factory Austria not only offers us access to European supercomputing resources, but also to an ecosystem of research, industry and other start-ups that is enormously valuable for our development. We are delighted to be embarking on this journey together with AI Factory.”

Matteo Rosoli, CEO of newsrooms.ai

“For Trending Topics, the move to AI Factory Austria is also an editorial statement. We have been reporting on the European AI and start-up scene for years – in future, we will be doing so from the very heart of Austria’s AI infrastructure, with the relevant AI software at our side.”

Jakob Steinschaden, Editor-in-Chief of Trending Topics

The AI:AT Coworking Hub at Karl-Farkas-Gasse 22 in Vienna’s Landstraße district is designed as a place for work, exchange and networking for stakeholders in the Austrian and European AI ecosystem. It combines physical infrastructure, training and workshop formats, access to expertise, and connectivity to European supercomputers within the EuroHPC ecosystem.

AI:AT supports start-ups, SMEs, industry, public administration and applied research in developing AI projects in a structured manner, addressing technical and regulatory issues, and advancing concrete use cases towards proof of concept or market-ready applications. The arrival of newsrooms.ai and Trending Topics expands this ecosystem with additional expertise at the intersection of AI, data, media and the public sphere.

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 led 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 Wien, 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-optimised high-performance infrastructure with a physical hub and supports organisations from industry, public administration and applied research as a market-neutral, independent access point throughout 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 (JU) under grant agreement No. 101253078. The Joint Undertaking is supported by the European Union’s Horizon Europe programme and Austria (BMIMI/FFG).

About newsrooms.ai

newsrooms.ai is a Vienna-based AI start-up that develops AI-powered tools for editorial processes, media analysis and content production. Its solutions help organisations to structure and evaluate information more efficiently and make it usable for editorial and communication workflows.

About Trending Topics

Trending Topics is an Austrian media outlet covering start-ups, tech, business and AI. From its new base at the AI:AT Coworking Hub, the editorial team continues to report on developments in the European technology and innovation scene, making increased use of AI-powered research and production workflows.