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Founded
January 2017
Vienna, Austria
Creators
750,000+
in 190 countries
Managing directors
Sergiu Ardelean, Codin Popescu
Founders
CTO
Joachim Ringsmuth
Press releases
9
English and German
Coverage
127 pieces
16 on TV and radio, 2017 to 2026
Awards
15
and shortlists since 2017
Featured in
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Osaka-Paravent in Eggenberg zum Leben erweckt
ORF 2, Steiermark heute
ORF Steiermark on the handover at Schloss Eggenberg: the Osaka paravent replica from the Austria Pavilion at Expo 2025, brought to life with Artivive, now greets visitors in Graz.
ArticleDE
Osaka-Paravent in Schloss Eggenberg original und interaktiv
Salzburger Nachrichten
The scenes of the historic Osaka paravent were brought to life with the technology of the Vienna augmented reality start-up Artivive; the AR application from Expo 2025 is now installed at Schloss Eggenberg.
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Artivive und AT&S erwecken in Japan Kunst mit Augmented Reality zum Leben
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Artivive and AT&S turn the Austria Pavilion at World Expo 2025 in Osaka into an interactive experience: the Osaka paravent from Schloss Eggenberg comes to life on visitors' phones.
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About Artivive
Free to quote. #bringArtToLife
Boilerplate, 62 words
Artivive is the augmented reality platform that brings art, prints, packaging, books and exhibitions to life, without code. Creators add video and animation to any image; viewers watch it move in the free Artivive app or straight in the browser with WebAR. Founded in Vienna in 2017 by Sergiu Ardelean and Codin Popescu, Artivive counts more than 750,000 creators in 190 countries.
About Artivive, 190 words
Artivive is an augmented reality platform for bringing physical work to life. Artists, designers, museums and brands use it to add a digital layer of video and animation to paintings, prints, posters, packaging, books and exhibitions, without writing code. Experiences are made in Bridge by Artivive and seen through the free Artivive app for iOS and Android, or directly in the browser with WebAR, with no download needed.
Sergiu Ardelean and Codin Popescu founded Artivive in Vienna in January 2017. Today more than 750,000 creators in 190 countries work with it. Museums including the Albertina, the Belvedere, the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna, the Centre Pompidou and the National Gallery use Artivive, as do universities such as MIT and Harvard and organisations such as the United Nations and WWF. For the Albertina, Artivive created the AR layer for the exhibition “Film Stills” and for the permanent collection “Monet to Picasso – The Batliner Collection”.
In 2019 Artivive became the first Austrian start-up in the Berkeley SkyDeck accelerator. Its work has won a Silver Lovie Award and the .ART Digital Innovation in Art Award (both 2023) and a World Summit Award Austria (2019).
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