How ready are Germany and Europe for generative AI? IT service provider adesso investigates this issue in its most recent “GenAI Impact Report”. The results show that although companies believe Germany’s economy is much better prepared for GenAI than it was a year ago, they are calling for Europe-based solutions and are in favour of more regulation.

adesso ventures, the venture capital arm of IT service provider adesso SE, and its portfolio company eCovery are pleased to announce an important milestone in their collaboration: The eCovery therapy app for the lower back is being listed as a Digital Health Application (DiGA) by the Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (BfArM) as of 2025. This makes it currently the only app specifically for the treatment of back pain that is prescribed by doctors and reimbursed by all statutory health insurance companies. Its official listing marks a big step towards the digitalisation of healthcare and the broader establishment and implementation of innovative therapeutic approaches.

The 2024 Annual Report presented by adesso SE today confirms the preliminary figures already published in February: with a 14.2 percent increase in sales (of which 14 percent was organic) to a current 1,297 million Euro, the adesso Group once again grew significantly faster than the market last year. The group generated earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) of 98.3 million Euro (previous year: 80 million Euro). The significantly reduced hiring momentum and the resulting gradual improvement in capacity utilisation allowed the operating profit margin to increase from 4.4 percent in the first half of the year to 10.6 percent in the second half. For the year as a whole, it was thus 7.6 percent (previous year: 7.0 percent). The slight improvement in the operating margin was weighed down by continued high investments in the product segment, which are expected to decrease over the course of 2025.

Whether in certification processes or along value chains, the reliable exchange of compliance documents is a crucial factor of success for companies in all industries. The startup Kevla launches TrustDocS – a platform solution for certification management. From now on, companies, no matter whether they are certifiers, suppliers or their customers, can exchange confidential documents quickly and securely via the industry-independent platform.