Driving AI adoption forward — for Austria's economic future.
We believe AI adoption is no longer optional for Austria. This report is our evidence-based contribution to that case — a diagnosis of where the country stands today, who actually does the work, and what the next decade requires.
AI is already in the room.
AI is no longer a forecast. It is already shaping how we work, what we buy, how decisions get made — first in our professional lives, increasingly in our private ones. Every year the gap between what AI can do and what economies actually deploy widens; ignoring it does not slow it down.
Austria is one of the wealthiest economies in the world by per-capita output, with a tradition of engineering depth and institutional stability. None of that survives the next decade without becoming an AI-fluent economy. Adoption is the precondition for keeping the standard of living we now have.
We want to move adoption forward — not just describe it.
Push AI adoption forward — across firms, sectors, and public policy. Not as observers, but as researchers and contributors who name where the gaps are, who quantify the pace of change, and who put the evidence in front of the people making the calls.
CEOs and boards making capability decisions in 2026 and 2027. Policymakers shaping Austria's AI strategy. Researchers and educators building the workforce of the next decade. Journalists covering the transition. Anyone who has to act on AI, not just talk about it.
Where the evidence comes from — and where we stand.
Revelio Labs · WRDS · austria_located · 2018–2025 · 2.86M employment records · 1.23M unique workers · 188,265 firms · 37 European peer countries · taxonomy κ = 0.84 · 6 chapters · 11 weakness findings · 3 strength findings · 1 diagnosis.
Data-driven. Science-based. Independent. No political brief, no commercial interest in the answer, no commissioned conclusions. If you find a number we got wrong, write to us. If you find a decision worth making on the basis of these numbers, make it.
Christian Schumacher · Can Tihanyi · Andreas Schumacher