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AI² – Association Industrial AI

Accelerating Industrial AI in engineering, manufacturing, robotics & supply chain

AI² is the global association connecting industry, academia, and technology leaders to advance Industrial AI.

Our mission is to bring together experts in Industrial and Generative AI, provide a neutral space for collaboration, and share knowledge and best practices. We support the development of practical solutions that help organisations adopt AI at scale across engineering, manufacturing, and operations.

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From practitioner network to European association

From practitioner network to European Industrial AI association

Since 2023, our community has brought together practitioners building and deploying AI across engineering, manufacturing, automation and operations. In 2025, that community became AI² - an independent association dedicated to standards, best practices and applied Industrial AI.

600+ members240+ organizations30+ countriesMonthly since 20234 active expert groups

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Organizations represented in our community: Siemens, Deutsche Telekom, Accenture, Fraunhofer ISST, Neurologiq. The strip scrolls slowly on its own; you can also scroll, swipe, or drag horizontally.

What we do

Our focus areas

  • Engineering

    Engineering — focus area

    Application of AI in engineering, R&D, and product development. Focusing on use cases around the V-model and their strategic integration within product lifecycle management (PLM).

  • Manufacturing

    Manufacturing — focus area

    Integrating AI-driven solutions to optimize manufacturing operations. Enhancing production efficiency, predictive maintenance, and quality control through advanced analytics and generative AI.

  • Robotics

    Robotics — focus area

    Visual foundation models, reinforcement learning, and multimodal perception. Smarter automation, enhanced autonomy, and adaptive human-machine collaboration in complex industrial environments.

Expert groups

Meet our expert groups

Four expert groups are active today, each with named chairs and - where it exists - a current deliverable. They are practitioner institutions, not mailing lists.

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Flagship artifacts

What AI² publishes

Expert groups produce reference material with named authors, a version, and a publication date - not only meeting notes. Open the GitHub repos to read, download, and co-develop.

  • Strategy & business models

    Industrial AI Maturity Model

    Draft v0.1 · 28 July 2026 · Open for co-development

    Dr. Tobias M. Guggenberger (AI²)

    A 5 × 5 assessment matrix for AI readiness in manufacturing and process industries - data and sovereignty, algorithms, governance, organisation, and value - built for OT realities rather than generic enterprise AI.

    Open on GitHubDownload PDFRead on AI²

  • Digital Reasoning Thread

    DRT Loom - Synthetic Industrial Reasoning Environments

    v1 · August 2026 · Open source

    Digital Reasoning Thread expert group

    A graph-grounded generator for reproducible synthetic industrial enterprises - records, knowledge graphs, documents, and benchmark questions from a single shared model - so agentic Industrial AI can be evaluated against exact ground truth.

    Open on GitHubRead on AI²

Events

Next on the calendar

Member briefings and public sessions on Industrial AI, PLM, and manufacturing. Online unless noted otherwise.

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The network

About us

Built from a practitioner community active since 2023. Formalized as an association in 2025. AI² is dedicated to standards, best practices, and applied Industrial AI - a working home for people shipping AI in engineering, manufacturing, automation, and operations.

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Network members together at a meeting in Aachen, in front of a welcome screen, standing behind a long table with name cards and refreshments.

Network reach

A growing European Industrial AI community - 600+ registered members, 240+ organizations, and 30+ countries represented.

600+

Registered Members

240+

Registered Organizations

30+

Countries

Where our community sits

Community footprint by country (snapshot as of 2026-05-28 UTC).

Voices from the network

What members say

  • “Industrial AI demands knowledge and data sharing; the Network strengthens Europe by sharing experiences, developing cases, and building a vibrant ecosystem.”
    Dr. Tobias Moritz Guggenberger

    Group lead data spaces concepts @ Fraunhofer ISST

  • “The future of industrial AI lies not in isolated solutions, but in connected ecosystems where domain expertise meets scalable intelligence.”
    Vlad Larichev

    Associate Vice President - Industrial AI @ Siemens Advanta

  • “AI can create enormous opportunities for industry, but realizing them requires clear strategies as well as open collaboration and innovation within ecosystems.”
    Dr. Lukas Moschko

    Business unit development & portfolio management @ Bosch Connected Industry

  • “The adoption speed in AI will make a decisive impact on competitiveness. Learning together multiplies learning and avoids costly dead ends.”
    Dr. Christof Horn

    Global Lead Software-Defined Vehicle (SDV) @ Accenture

  • “Industrial AI demands knowledge and data sharing; the Network strengthens Europe by sharing experiences, developing cases, and building a vibrant ecosystem.”
    Dr. Tobias Moritz Guggenberger

    Group lead data spaces concepts @ Fraunhofer ISST

  • “The future of industrial AI lies not in isolated solutions, but in connected ecosystems where domain expertise meets scalable intelligence.”
    Vlad Larichev

    Associate Vice President - Industrial AI @ Siemens Advanta

  • “AI can create enormous opportunities for industry, but realizing them requires clear strategies as well as open collaboration and innovation within ecosystems.”
    Dr. Lukas Moschko

    Business unit development & portfolio management @ Bosch Connected Industry

  • “The adoption speed in AI will make a decisive impact on competitiveness. Learning together multiplies learning and avoids costly dead ends.”
    Dr. Christof Horn

    Global Lead Software-Defined Vehicle (SDV) @ Accenture

  • “Industrial AI demands knowledge and data sharing; the Network strengthens Europe by sharing experiences, developing cases, and building a vibrant ecosystem.”
    Dr. Tobias Moritz Guggenberger

    Group lead data spaces concepts @ Fraunhofer ISST

  • “The future of industrial AI lies not in isolated solutions, but in connected ecosystems where domain expertise meets scalable intelligence.”
    Vlad Larichev

    Associate Vice President - Industrial AI @ Siemens Advanta

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Industrial AI resources

Practitioner guides and explainers — definitions, market context, and terminology for engineering and operations.

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