[4] In doing so, the FZI qualifies young people for an academic career, a professional entry into business or even the leap into self-employment.

[7] As a non-profit foundation under civil law (German: Stiftung), the FZI works for and in cooperation with companies and public institutions of all sizes: from small businesses to corporations and administrations at regional, federal and EU level.

[3] The office in the German capital also serves as a showcase for the activities of the Karlsruhe headquarters and is intended to support the cooperation with federal ministries and Berlin-based representations of major associations and organizations.

The "Living Labs" research concept aims to involve users right from the start in the product development and to test partial results in environments that are as close to reality as possible.

The idea of the FZI House of Living Labs extends this concept based on the approach of the "Out-of-Box-Thinking":[13][14] For the benefit of scientists and industrial partners, the adjacent existence of various application areas in the FZI House of Living Labs is designed to facilitate the development of new solutions that reach beyond their own subject area.