In order to work together on AI-based solutions, to network and to further educate themselves, established companies, actors from science, public institutions but also start-ups come together in the Ipai.
The focus is on jointly developing and profiting from trustworthy AI solutions in order to make Ipai the nucleus for applied artificial intelligence. All this in order to enable companies to quickly build up AI competencies themselves, to secure their own competitiveness and to gain strategic advantages, in addition to groundbreaking and innovative applications.
In our first space, we have been offering AI startups, established companies, SMEs, research institutions and public institutions co-working spaces on 1,200 m² since September 2022.
In addition, we organize initial events around the topic of AI for members, partners and interested parties and offer access to events from our ecosystem.
Starting in 2024, our community at the Wohlgelegen campus will continue to grow. To this end, we are not only enlarging Ipai by 6,000 additional square meters, but are also expanding our range of services to promote applied research and development to include reallabs and a data center.
In addition, a visitor center at the “Wohlgelegen” campus will offer the public the opportunity to experience Ipai and AI live and up close.
Starting in 2026, the AI Quarter of the Future will be built on the Steinäckern with over 23 hectares, which will become the new main site and home of our AI innovation ecosystem.
Here, an international campus for artificial intelligence with a real lab and data center as well as a visitor and training center will be realized. Already now, the first planning of the construction project is starting. You can find more information here.
Want to learn more about AI, build skills, network with other players or become part of the Ipai ecosystem? Then find out more about our current offers here:
AI Ecosystem, Co-Working & Infrastructure
Concentrate on your work in a co-working space or use interactive rooms for exchange? Meet AI specialists and benefit from the community? This is possible in the Ipai Space at Zukunftspark Wohlgelegen.
Events, Workshops & Masterclasses
You want to get to know our community, get educated or discover new inspiration? In our event calendar you will find all current offers!
(Applied) Research and Sandboxes
Your company has big plans? Starting in 2024, our real lab and data center will provide the ideal infrastructure for applied research projects. You don’t want to wait any longer? Then contact us and together we will find the right solution, exchange partners or events as inspiration for you and your project.
In our unique Heilbronn ecosystem of companies, educational institutions, research institutions, new talents and start-ups, the development of Ipai is being watched eagerly. But not only that: we have so many unbelievable forward thinkers and doers who are helping to shape things.
The aim is to find the best possible fit for Ipai and for Heilbronn with the selection and at the same time to think about the international appeal beyond the region.
Our overriding goal is to shape the future. The Innovation Park is a further funding component and an important addition to the investments made to date by the Dieter Schwarz Foundation. The IPAI will significantly increase Heilbronn’s supraregional visibility in the field of artificial intelligence research and application.
Ideally, new technologies and their applications develop within a framework of social responsibility and reflection. Art, literature and music can help here and, through their reception, allow the technology to be experienced – perhaps even felt. This is the attempt we dare to make in the KI Salon.
Artificial intelligence is a cross-sectional technology that will touch all areas of society. It is important to use this technology for the benefit of people. At IPAI, we will develop intelligent AI products with research partners and companies. The intelligence is both in artificial intelligence processes, but also in innovative processes and business models for marketable AI solutions.
As an internationally visible center of innovation and value creation, the AI Innovation Park is intended to make an important contribution to ensuring that Baden-Württemberg plays a leading role worldwide in exploiting the enormous economic potential of ethically responsible AI. At the same time, it is intended to set standards for climate protection and sustainability as a major AI flagship project.
I am very delighted that Heilbronn has recognized the enormous opportunities offered by new technologies for economic transformation and is bringing together entrepreneurs, researchers and established companies as part of the Innovation Park. As the AI Bundesverband, we are convinced: Artificial intelligence can only be successful in Germany if it is embraced by the established economy in all sectors. This openness in companies is something we would like to awaken in cooperation with the Innovation Park.
Many people stonewall digital innovations because they may not understand them. AI is a highly complex topic that requires explanation. The more concrete examples and small practical applications there are for it, the more likely people are to see the change as an opportunity. Innovation centers like the IPAI pool knowledge, talent and help improve products. It is precisely this kind of education that is needed to make AI accessible.
We are pleased to be home to the quarter of the future for AI in Europe.
