Funded Artificial Intelligence Startups in Austria
Austria's AI funding activity is heavily concentrated in Vienna, which accounts for 19 of the 28 companies shown here.
Austria's AI funding activity is heavily concentrated in Vienna, which accounts for 19 of the 28 companies shown here. The segment spans a wide range of stages, from Cloud NYNE's $60K angel round (Vienna, August 2023) to Prewave's $68M Series B (Vienna, June 2024) — the largest disclosed raise in this dataset. MOSTLY AI secured $25M in a Series B in January 2022; blackshark.ai (Graz) raised $15M in a Series A in November 2023; and DeepOpinion (Innsbruck) closed a $12M Series A in September 2024.
Activity has continued into 2025, with four rounds recorded through August: Teneo Protocol ($3M Seed, February 13), Howie ($630K Pre-Seed, March 3), XUND ($6M Seed, March 5), and mypaperwork.ai (Pre-Seed, August 1, amount undisclosed). Pre-Seed and Seed rounds together account for 14 of the 28 entries, while 2024 produced 13 of the rounds shown — more than any other single year in this dataset.
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What are the largest disclosed rounds among Austrian AI startups in this dataset?
Prewave leads with a $68M Series B closed in June 2024, followed by MOSTLY AI ($25M Series B, January 2022), blackshark.ai ($15M Series A, November 2023), and DeepOpinion ($12M Series A, September 2024). All four are Vienna-based except blackshark.ai, which is headquartered in Graz.
Which Austrian AI companies have raised rounds most recently?
The four most recent entries are mypaperwork.ai (Pre-Seed, August 1, 2025, amount undisclosed), XUND ($6M Seed, March 5, 2025), Howie ($630K Pre-Seed, March 3, 2025), and Teneo Protocol ($3M Seed, February 13, 2025). All four are Vienna-based.
How concentrated is the Austrian AI startup scene in Vienna?
19 of the 28 companies shown are based in Vienna. The remaining nine span Linz (Impact AI, 7LYTIX), Graz (blackshark.ai), Innsbruck (DeepOpinion), Mödling (NXRT), Klagenfurt (CHOYCE), Kierling (PROPCORN AI), and Gallspach (BALLDESIGNER).
Which funding stages appear most often in this segment?
Pre-Seed and Seed rounds account for 14 of the 28 entries. Six companies have reached Series A — DeepOpinion, NXRT, blackshark.ai, Finmatics, Cortical.io, and contextflow — while only Prewave and MOSTLY AI have disclosed Series B rounds in this dataset.
Which year produced the most funding rounds in this dataset?
2024 accounts for 13 of the 28 rounds shown, more than any other year. That cohort included Prewave's $68M Series B, DeepOpinion's $12M Series A, and a cluster of seven rounds between August and November. 2023 produced seven rounds; 2022 and the portion of 2021 visible here produced two each.
How many of the listed rounds have undisclosed amounts?
Five of the 28 entries carry undisclosed round sizes: mypaperwork.ai, Impact AI, SHION, Circly, and 7LYTIX. All five are at Pre-Seed or Seed stage; three are Vienna-based, and two — Impact AI and 7LYTIX — are based in Linz.
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