AI EMPOWER equips individuals with the critical literacy needed to understand AI’s impact while providing hands-on services for creatives and knowledge workers and decision makers.
Our Vision
Our Mission
Our mission is to ensure AI is not just understood, but actively shaped by those who use it.
We’ve gained public recognition and funding!
We’re proud to share that AI Empower has been awarded funding by the Pro-European Values Initiative Austria.
This recognition highlights the importance of our mission: making AI literacy accessible, inclusive, and rooted in democratic values like equity, diversity, sustainability, and human rights.
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The Team
Bias Buster & Inclusion Enthusiast
"Technology should be built by everyone, for everyone. I’m here to challenge biases, open doors, and ensure AI empowers, not excludes."
Désirée Jonek-Lustyk
Automation Alchemist & Digital Wizard
"AI is changing how we create, communicate, and connect. I love hacking workflows, making automation fun, and proving that tech and humans are better together."
Seth Rothery
Impact Detective & AI Accountability Nerd
"AI needs an ethical, ecological, and critical approach. I’m here to make sure AI empowers diverse voices, drives real change, and leaves no one behind."
Josefine Schulze
Turning AI Empower's vision into a platform
"As a visual designer, my role is evolving—with both risks and opportunities. I helped build this platform to ensure designers get the support, knowledge, and AI literacy they need."
Christina Hosiner
Our Advisory Board
Anja Teßmann
Founder of SISTERHOOD Berlin,
Expert for AI in Marketing
Erman Acar
Assistant Professor for
Explainable AI in Socially Intelligent Artificial Systems
at the University of Amsterdam
Carina Zehetmaier
President of “Women in AI Austria”, AI Advisory Board Member of the Austrian Government
Isabella Gady
Strategic Advisor for
Governments, Civil Society & NGOs
in Social Innovation
Sibylle Moser
Head Institute of
Creative\ Media/ Technologies,
University of Applied Sciences St. Pölten
Stephanie Meisl
Media Artist,
Vice Chair Creative Industry Council of the Ministry for Labour