How Ketryx is developing AI for safe medical technology in Vienna

Building up the Vienna operation also has roots in the personal story of co-founder and CTO Jan Pöschko. After several years in the US, he returned to Austria with a network of software engineers already in place. Within a few years, that first team had grown into the company's largest engineering and development centre. For a technology company working at the intersection of artificial intelligence and life sciences, access to specialist talent is decisive in choosing where to base itself. Austria's technical universities and its growing startup ecosystem train qualified software developers and technical specialists. At the same time, its high quality of life makes Vienna an attractive place to work and live for talent from many different countries.

Being in the heart of Europe matters to Ketryx too. With offices in Boston and Vienna, Ketryx serves customers in the US and Europe. Vienna makes it possible to work across time zones and gives the company a solid base for the European market. Reliable infrastructure and a stable economic environment help the company grow its international business from Austria.

Vienna has grown fast in just a few years: What began in 2022 with a single employee is now the largest team in the company. Ketryx shows that software for the US and European markets can be built successfully out of Austria.

Vienna is now Ketryx's technical hub. While the Boston office looks after sales, marketing and commercial activity, the team in Austria handles core areas of product development. That covers design, software development, testing, infrastructure and the ongoing development of AI-powered features.

The platform helps companies meet the demanding regulatory requirements of medical product development more efficiently. That includes software for pacemakers, glucose monitoring systems and hospital imaging. Ketryx combines regulatory compliance with modern development processes, letting teams bring safe products to market faster.

Ketryx started out serving mainly medical technology and life sciences companies, but the platform is now drawing interest from other regulated industries. Automotive, robotics and aerospace are among them – anywhere safety, traceability and regulatory requirements are central.

With post-sales set to expand, Vienna's role will reach beyond research and development. Ketryx wants to grow the team further and move additional functions to Austria. Working closely together on site helps the company keep development efficient and maintain high quality standards as it grows internationally.

The Austrian Business Agency supports international companies setting up and expanding in Austria. For Ketryx, ABA was a reliable first port of call while the Austrian entity was being set up, answering the questions that come with founding a company abroad. That support ranged from introductions to suitable banks through guidance on transfer pricing to information on trade licences and registration requirements. For companies still unfamiliar with how things are organised in Austria, ABA can help them work out who is responsible for what and make the right contacts.

In Ketryx's case, the question was less where to locate than how to make it work in practice. ABA complemented the work of the company's legal and tax advisers, gave guidance and helped it clear administrative hurdles more efficiently. That let Ketryx focus sooner on building its Vienna engineering team and developing its technology.