TEDxVienna

What TEDxVienna does

TEDxVienna is a Vienna-based non-profit organization founded in 2010 that licenses and curates TEDx-style programming under the global TED brand. Its principal commercial and strategic asset is TEDAI Vienna, which it describes as Europe's official TED Conference on Artificial Intelligence — a three-day annual event inaugurated in 2024 and scheduled for October 28-30, 2026 at the Hofburg imperial palace in Vienna. The 2026 conference combines an opening gala, a Discovery Day of workshops and panels, and a Talks Day featuring 20+ curated TED Talks, plus ancillary programming such as Ideas Adventures, curated AI dinners, and an afterparty. Conference operations are led by Curator Dr. Alina Nikolaou alongside Founder & Curator Vlad Gozman, with co-founder claims attributed to Gozman and curation executed in collaboration with TED.

Underlying technology is intentionally minimal: TEDxVienna does not build or own proprietary AI technology. The single integrated technical capability is live AI speech translation delivered through a partnership with Interprefy, applied to all panel stages and main-stage TED Talks in the Simulcast stream to enable multilingual attendance. Pass distribution is exclusively direct-to-consumer via the event's official website, tedai-vienna.ted.com, with no reseller or marketplace channels. The company has 1-10 employees, holds no patents or trademarks of its own, has no disclosed funding rounds, and operates without awards, regulatory actions, or M&A activity on record.

Name

TEDxVienna

Legal name

TEDAI Vienna

Website

https://tedxvienna.at

Company type

Private

Founded year

2024

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Professional Conferences

NAICS

Convention and Trade Show Organizers (561920), Convention and Trade Show Organizers (56192)

akta.pro primary industry

Hybrid Conferences & Conventions (In-Person + Streamed) (MPAGAOAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Speaker, Program & Abstract Management Services (THAHACAI), Corporate Conferences & Sales Kickoffs (MPAGAGAC)

Keywords

• Professional conferences
• AI conferences
• Thought leadership events
• Curated live events
• Ideas dissemination

Headquarters

HQ city

Vienna

HQ country

Austria

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Conference Pass Sales: TEDAI Vienna generates revenue through the sale of tiered conference passes to attendees. Passes range from €1,000 (Early Supporter, sold out) to €4,000 (Donor pass). Revenue is one-time per event cycle, not recurring. Additional revenue includes group pass sales and executive track applications.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

TEDxVienna is an independently organized, TED-licensed nonprofit that produces and curates live, ideas-driven events for the Vienna market and beyond. Its flagship commercial offering is the TEDAI Vienna conference — a multi-day professional gathering on artificial intelligence (Opening Gala, Discovery Day, Talks Day, plus curated Ideas Adventures) held at the Hofburg in Vienna and offered to paying attendees through tiered conference passes.

Product overview

TEDAI Vienna is a conference product—Europe's official TED Conference on Artificial Intelligence—organized by Dr. Alina Nikolaou and the TEDx team in collaboration with TED. The offering consists of a three-day conference (October 28-30, 2026) at the Hofburg palace in Vienna, featuring the Opening Gala, Discovery Day, and Talks Day as core components. The conference includes 20+ TED Talks, panels, workshops, live demos, Ideas Adventures (curated AI tours), and curated AI dinners. Conference passes range from €1,000 (Early Supporter) to €4,000 (Donor), with different tiers offering varying levels of access. A notable technical feature is AI speech translation via partner Interprefy for real-time multilingual accessibility.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• TEDAI Vienna Conference A multi-day, TED-licensed professional conference on artificial intelligence, organized by TEDxVienna in collaboration with TED and hosted at the Hofburg in Vienna. Designed for a curated mix of senior AI decision-makers, builders/researchers, critics/thinkers, and curious learners; offered to paying attendees through tiered conference passes and supported by sponsors, donors, and simulcast viewing.

Quantifiable outcome

• 1,100+ attendees from 820+ organizations across 65+ countries in a single event
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

AI capability2 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• TEDcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTEDAI Vienna is curated and organized by Dr. Alina Nikolaou and the TEDx team in collaboration with TED. TED provides the global brand, curation guidelines, speaker network, and distribution through ted.com and TED's global event network.
• TEDxViennacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTEDxVienna, led by Dr. Alina Nikolaou, is the primary organizer and curator of TEDAI Vienna. The TEDxVienna team handles local organization, speaker curation, program design, and event execution in partnership with TED.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• TED (TED Conferences): The parent flagship TED conference in Vancouver and other global locations. While TEDAI Vienna operates under TED's brand and curation guidelines, the main TED conference is the broad incumbent in the curated-ideas conference space and sets the brand standard TEDAI Vienna extends.
• SXSW (South by Southwest): Large-scale annual conference and festival in Austin, Texas, spanning tech, film, and music. Comparable to TEDAI as a premium, content-curated, multi-day event with tiered passes and a strong brand, though broader in scope and significantly larger in scale.
• CES (Consumer Electronics Show): Operated by the Consumer Technology Association, CES is the largest annual tech trade show with global enterprise attendance and major exhibitor/sponsor participation. Comparable as a flagship enterprise-facing tech event with executive-skewed audiences, though much larger and broader in AI coverage.
• World Economic Forum (Davos): Elite annual conference in Davos bringing together heads of state, CEOs, and thought leaders for high-curation discussions on global issues including AI. Comparable as a premium, curated, executive-only event with tiered access and strong brand, though broader in scope than AI alone.

Direct peers

• TechCrunch Disrupt: Premier tech/startup conference held in San Francisco and other cities, with a tiered ticket model and high executive/builder attendance. Comparable in go-to-market (event-driven, premium tiered tickets, executive-heavy audience) and audience overlap with TEDAI.
• Slush: Annual Helsinki-based tech/startup conference drawing ~10,000 attendees including executives, investors, and operators from across the world. Comparable as a single-city, premium-positioned, Nordic/European annual tech event with a curation-led program and strong brand identity.
• World AI Conference (WAIC): Major annual AI conference held in Shanghai, organized with Chinese government backing, drawing global AI leaders and executives. Comparable as a flagship AI conference targeting enterprise and government decision-makers with high-profile speaker lineups.
• The AI Summit: A leading AI-specific conference series held alongside major tech events (London, New York, Singapore). Directly comparable to TEDAI as a focused AI conference targeting enterprise decision-makers and AI builders, with similar executive-level audience and ticket-based revenue model.
• CogX Festival: London-based AI and emerging tech conference and festival targeting executives, researchers, and policymakers. Directly comparable to TEDAI in audience (executives, AI builders, critics), content focus on AI's societal impact, and premium ticket model.
• Web Summit: One of the world's largest tech conferences, holding multiple annual events (Lisbon, Rio, Qatar) and drawing tens of thousands of attendees. Most directly comparable to TEDAI as a premium-tier, multi-vertical tech/AI conference organizer serving global executive audiences, though at vastly larger scale and as a for-profit entity.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/tedxvienna
• Facebookfacebook.com/tedxvienna
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/5110980

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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