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Austria

#30 globally

Europe

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#17 in Europe

↑Positive(+2)
0/ 100

AI Readiness Score

Readiness = capacity to build AI · Adoption = AI actually in use today

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Readiness Score

Can this country build AI?

60/100
↑Positive(+2)
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Adoption Score

Is this country using AI now?

54/100
Growing Adoption

Austria's adoption score (54) is 6 points below its readiness score (60) — significant untapped capacity not yet being deployed.

Readiness vs Adoption — Radar

Blue = readiness capacity · Green = active adoption · Each axis pairs the closest dimension from each framework

Pillar Scores

Infrastructure13/20
Talent12/20
Governance12/20
Investment11/20
Economic Readiness12/20

Adoption Dimension Breakdown

Growing Adoption
Government DeploymentWeakest
10/20
Enterprise AdoptionStrongest
12/20
Talent DemandWeakest
10/20
Consumer Usage
11/20
R&D Pipeline
11/20

Engineering and manufacturing SMEs drive incremental AI adoption with Vienna emerging as a regional startup hub.

Trajectory Outlook

62
/100

by 2028

60 now→+2 pts
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Top Accelerator

Vienna's Central European hub position and green energy advantage attracting sustainable AI data centre investment

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Top Risk

Small domestic market and limited AI-specific venture capital constraining startup ecosystem development

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AI Development Roadmap

Algorithmic roadmap based on pillar scores · Updated with live data

◎Acceleration Phase

Austria is in the Acceleration Phase

Deploying AI at scale across key sectors. Projected score by 2028: 62/100.

2028 Timeline

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Now

Score 60

2

2025–26

AI deployed across 3+ key sectors

3

2026–27

Sovereign AI compute capacity online

4

2028

International AI partnerships active

Priority Actions — 3 Weakest Pillars

◇Investment & R&D
11/20
Near

Introduce R&D tax credits (≥25%) for AI-related expenditure

Mid

Create sovereign AI venture fund targeting deep-tech Series A/B rounds

◈AI Talent
12/20
Near

Expand elite research cohorts; partner with top-10 global universities

Mid

Develop specialised AI talent in healthcare, agriculture, and climate sectors

⬟Governance & Policy
12/20
Near

Lead multilateral AI safety standards at G20 / GPAI forums

Mid

Establish domestic AI audit and certification infrastructure for high-risk systems

Roadmap generated algorithmically from pillar scores and World Bank data. Actions are indicative policy priorities, not official government plans.

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