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Advancing innovation.
Shaping Europe’s future.

We connect people, build technology and share knowledge to turn Europe’s potential into responsible progress.

Explore our approach

01Mission

Our mission

Europe’s strength lies in its knowledge, entrepreneurial ambition and diversity of perspectives. We believe this potential grows when people work across disciplines and turn ideas into practice.

We bring together visionaries, experts and decision-makers from business, science, politics and civil society. Alongside this exchange, we develop our own projects and ventures and create initiatives that help people understand and apply technology responsibly.

Our ambition is to advance innovation in Europe while carrying forward the values that make progress worthwhile: security, responsibility and respect for different perspectives.

02Approach

Our contribution

Connect

We bring the right people into conversation. Executive exchanges, events and podcasts create space to share experience, challenge assumptions and explore opportunities across sectors.

Build

We turn ideas into practical technology. Through our own projects and ventures, we develop and test solutions, learn from their application and take responsibility for putting innovation to work.

Guide

We make knowledge useful. Our initiatives explain technological developments, offer guidance and support informed decisions in business, public institutions and society.

Progress with responsibility

Security and responsibility guide how we connect, build and share knowledge. We consider opportunities and consequences together and value an open, nuanced discussion. Our outlook is European, non-partisan and open to new technology.

03Projects

Selected work

From dialogue formats to our own technology: examples of how we put our approach into practice.

Venture · Since 2024

FEAZY

With FEAZY, we develop our own AI solutions for companies, organisations and public administrations: secure, understandable and practical in everyday work.

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Podcast · 8 episodes · In German

Schöne neue Welt

Conversations about technology, innovation and their implications for society, from quantum computing and blockchain to sustainable IT.

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Events · 2020–2022

Event Series

Eleven events brought together experts from business, research and politics, on topics ranging from quantum technology in finance to European innovation financing.

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Previous collaborations

  • Accenture
  • EBS Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht
  • Friedrich Naumann Stiftung für die Freiheit
  • Start-it-up
  • TDS
  • NTT DATA

04Leadership

About us

Portrait of Dominik Auer

Dominik Auer

Co-Founder and Managing Director

Dominik Auer is an entrepreneur with around 15 years of experience in the technology sector. He has built and led consulting practices in international corporations, created an innovation lab with more than 120 partners, and founded his own technology companies – from digital business models to AI applications in business and public administration.

Portrait of Felix Schiessl

Felix Schiessl

Co-Founder and Managing Director

Felix Schiessl is an entrepreneur and moderator. He has built new technology businesses in corporations, startups and consultancies, created a cross-disciplinary network of more than 200 experts, and led events with several thousand guests and leading voices from business and politics.

05Contact

Let’s connect

If you share our interest in Europe’s innovative potential, we welcome the conversation.