€3.01 billion
in additional funding
(as of January 2024)
(as of January 2024)
Funding by the Federal Government
Funding
German Centres of Excellence for AI Research
Research
Nationwide network of
6
German Centres of Excellence for AI Research
Publications and citations
Research
4,985
published scientific articles (2023)
Professorships funded by Federal Government
Research | Skills
150
additional professorships on AI funded since 2019 (as of July 2024)
AI Monitoring: Describing the state of Artificial Intelligence in Germany
What is the state of research on Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Germany? To what extent is the transfer of AI technologies from science to application in economy successful? Where are AI competencies being developed and how widespread are they among the population? The AI Monitoring of Plattform Lernende Systeme provides key figures on the status quo and on the potential for further development of AI research and transfer in Germany.
Junior Research Groups on AI
Reserach | Skills
65
Junior Research Groups for increased support of young scientists
(as of January 2025)
Grant programs for SMEs
Transfer
48
public programs to promote AI in SMEs
(as of February 2025)
(as of February 2025)
AI patents
Transfer
817
AI patents were newly filed by scientists from Germany in 2022
Learning opportunities at high schools
Skills
Compulsory Computer Science lessons in
7
federal states (as of 2024)
Study programs related to AI
Skills
216
study programs with AI focus
175
study programs with Data Science focus
(as of January 2025)
(as of January 2025)
AI startups
Transfer
502
AI startups founded (in the past 10 years)
$2.16
billion in private investment (2023)
Publicly funded Transfer Hubs
Transfer
128
publicly funded Transfer Hubs on AI
(as of 2025)
(as of 2025)
Professionals' AI skills
Skills
0,7%
of employees have AI skills or are professionally involved with AI (as of 2023)