CARIAD Launches AI Campus in the Capital

Berlin has a new address on the automotive tech map. Volkswagen Group's software company CARIAD officially opened its Automotive Software Campus in the German capital on June 23, 2026, bringing together more than 1,000 experts under one roof to develop AI technologies for the software-defined vehicle.

The opening ceremony drew prominent guests, including Volkswagen Group CEO Oliver Blume, CARIAD CEO Peter Bosch, Bundestag President Julia Klöckner, VDA President Hildegard Müller, and Bitkom President Ralf Wintergerst, signalling just how seriously the industry is taking this move.

According to the company's press release, the campus consolidates what was previously spread across seven separate locations into one central hub. About 80 percent of the more than 1,000 staff on site are tech experts. The Berlin location is explicitly designed to compete with tech hotspots like Silicon Valley, and to attract developers who might not consider relocating to Ingolstadt or Wolfsburg.

The work happening here is close to real-world deployment. CARIAD is developing an AI-based driver assistance stack set to debut in the Volkswagen ID. EVERY1, as well as a voice assistant called "Voice Pilot" already rolling out in the current Porsche Macan and Cayenne Electric.

CEO Peter Bosch summed it up neatly: "The car of tomorrow speaks, hears and drives itself. At the Automotive Software Campus, we bring the senses and the brain for this to life."

The Berlin campus is part of CARIAD's global development network, which spans Mountain View, Bangalore, Shanghai, and Hefei. With 5,000-plus experts worldwide and 60 million vehicles already connected, the Volkswagen Group is pushing hard to become what it calls the "global technology driver" of the automotive industry.