The German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI), founded in 1988 as a non-profit public-private partnership, is the leading research center in Germany in the field of innovative commercial software technology using Artificial Intelligence. Based on application-oriented basic research, DFKI develops product functions, prototypes and patentable solutions in the field of ICT. Research and development projects are conducted in twenty research departments and research groups, eight competence centers and eight living labs. Funding is received from government agencies like the European Union, the Fed. Ministries of Education and Research (BMBF) and Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi), the German Federal States and the German Research Foundation (DFG), as well as from cooperation with industrial partners. Twice a year, a committee of internationally renowned experts (Scientific Advisory Board) audits the progress and results of state-funded projects.