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This year’s AI Service Centers conference is being held under the slogan #WeAreOpen – because we’re here for you: Take advantage of our AI services for your project and turn your idea into an AI application that delivers real added value. Free of charge and hassle-free.
25. & 26. November 2026 | AI Village | Köln-Hürth
KONKIS26
Welcome to WestAI
AI services from NRW for Germany
Would you like advice or training in the field of artificial intelligence? Are you looking for access to AI models and high-performance AI hardware? Or perhaps you have a concrete idea for an AI project and are looking for competent partners from the world of science to implement it?
At WestAI, we offer business and science the extraordinary opportunity to benefit from the excellent AI research, expertise and AI hardware of renowned German scientific institutions.
The right AI language model for every scenario
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WestAI’s LLM Lab helps you make the right choice. As a powerful and user-friendly platform, the LLM Lab makes it possible to compare large language models (LLMs) with each other and try them out in a targeted manner. It offers companies access to a wide selection of open source and closed source models – centrally bundled in a secure, data protection-compliant environment.
ChatGPT, Gemini or Teuken? Which AI language model is the right one in the corporate context?
Intelligent search for open educational resources
More (in german) arrow_forwardIn a successful research collaboration, WestAI and ORCA NRW have demonstrated how AI can improve access to open educational resources. A jointly developed video chatbot makes the content of over 2,000 OER videos searchable for the first time. Learners can find relevant video clips using natural language, efficiently and in compliance with data protection regulations. The open-source tool is freely available for further development.
ORCA NRW and WestAI develop successful video chatbot
ChatGPT, Dall-E and co. are already changing the way companies work. Generative and multimodal AI will have an impact on almost every industry in the foreseeable future. So take advantage of the opportunities offered by WestAI and artificial intelligence (AI). Get in touch with us and start together with us where you are right now: Regardless of whether you are already working on AI solutions or would like to find out about the potential of this pioneering technology for the first time. We will be happy to accompany and support you on your journey by using our experience and strengths to your advantage.
Full range of ai services
We are your contact for applied AI and offer you a range of Services for the implementation of your AI idea. These include access to AI computing resources and AI models, exploratory AI consulting, collaboration as part of a research partnership, training and education as well as straightforward testing of AI models in the AI.Lab(Experiment Space).
interdisciplinary network and multimodal ai
Benefit from the expertise of renowned German research institutions, because WestAI is part of a strong network of established AI initiatives from NRW. We are happy to help you find the right partner for your individual AI challenge. We are increasingly focusing on multimodal AI, because: Artificial intelligence can do more than just process text.
state-of-the-art research in transfer learning
We conduct cutting-edge research in the development of efficiently transferable AI models and transfer learning methods. This involves adapting large AI models for specific use cases and scaling them down if necessary, which saves time and resources while maintaining the same level of quality.
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KONKIS26 | WE ARE OPEN
AI Service Centers Conference | November 25 & 26, 2026 | AI Village | Cologne-Hürth
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This year’s AI Service Centers conference is being held under the slogan “WE ARE OPEN” – because we’re here for you:
Take advantage of our AI services for your project and turn your idea into an AI application with real added value.
Whether it’s practical presentations or in-depth workshops offering insights into the latest research—here you’ll find inspiration, connections, and support. Would you like to implement AI in your company or in the public sector—in a trustworthy, secure, and sustainable way? As an AI transfer specialist, are you looking for open dialogue with other initiatives and partners? Are you as enthusiastic about open applications (open source), open data, and collaborative approaches as we are?
Then KonKIS26 is the perfect place for you! #WEAREOPEN
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