A permanent seat where the AI rules for Germany are shaped.

scoreprise.AI has been appointed as a permanent member of the Federal Expert Commission "Artificial Intelligence and Value Creation 4.0". What it is, why it matters and what we want to contribute there.

The whole country is currently talking about the pension commission. Its recommendations are set to be implemented as law and affect millions of people. Hardly anyone, however, talks about another commission, even though its work ultimately touches every workplace in Germany: the Federal Expert Commission "Artificial Intelligence and Value Creation 4.0".

It is precisely this commission to which scoreprise.AI has now been appointed as a permanent member. For us as a young Hamburg company, this is a special vote of confidence, but above all a concrete opportunity: to have a lasting seat at the table where business, science and politics negotiate the framework conditions for AI in Germany.

What is the Federal Expert Commission?

The Economic Council of the CDU is a cross-sector business association, founded in 1963 under the patronage of Ludwig Erhard, with around 12,500 members today. It sees itself as a bridge between business and politics and is explicitly not a party organisation, but financed solely through its members' contributions.

Within this association, Federal Expert Commissions work on individual topic areas. The commission "AI and Value Creation 4.0" brings together decision-makers from business, technology and politics to shape the conditions for a strong AI location. It is chaired by Christian Korff, a member of the management board of Cisco Germany. In these sessions, company representatives meet members of the Bundestag, representatives of the ministries and voices from science, often in confidential background discussions where open debate is possible.

What matters is not the title, but access to the conversations in which the course for the coming years is set.

What the commission is about

The commission has set itself five major goals that align with what we work on every day at scoreprise.AI:

• Strengthen the AI location: move Germany and Europe forward in international competition, instead of watching from the sidelines on the most important technology topic of the decade.
• Implement regulation in a practical way: apply the European AI rules so that they enable innovation, rather than merely administering it.
• Expand infrastructure: build powerful AI and cloud capacities in Europe.
• Improve data access: make it easier for companies to access data for AI applications.
• Foster skills: train AI specialists and embed digital competence across the board.

Why this matters right now

The timing is no coincidence. AI has arrived in the German economy, but it is unevenly distributed, and regulation is now becoming concrete.

The Bitkom survey of 604 companies shows the strongest adoption movement since measurements began in 2014. At the same time, a gap is opening up: among companies with more than 500 employees, usage exceeds 60 percent, while the classic mid-market is only now catching up. Almost half of industry rates itself as a laggard. It is precisely this mid-market that operates internationally as an export nation. If it takes the lead on AI, the entire location moves onto a growth path.

The regulatory framework is becoming concrete

In parallel, the European AI Regulation (the AI Act) is being brought into force step by step. The most important milestones for companies:

In Germany, the AI Measures and Innovation Act (KI-MIG) implements the regulation and defines which authorities are responsible. For companies this means: governance is no longer optional, it is mandatory. And it should be designed to protect without paralysing. It is precisely at this intersection between practical application and responsible governance that we work.

What we contribute

What pleases us about this appointment is not the title. It is the opportunity to bring our experience from real projects in the mid-market and in industry to exactly where the framework conditions for the coming years are being shaped. We bring no theory, but the perspective of practitioners who put AI employees into real business processes every day. The questions raised in the commission are, for us, not abstract policy topics but the everyday reality of our client projects.

Unlike with pensions, this does not affect only part of the population. AI changes every workplace. The only question is whether we shape it or endure it. We want to shape it: for Germany as a business location, for Hamburg and for a mid-market that can take the lead on AI, rather than trailing behind.

What comes next

The commission's next meeting takes place on 6. October 2026 in Berlin. For the first time, we will join the session not as a guest, but with an active mandate. We will report on our impressions and the central topics, within the limits of what may be shared from confidential discussions.

A big thank you goes to Simon Steinbrück, to Luise Ritter and to Richard Yates for the appointment and the trust. We look forward to everything that comes from it.