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auticon was founded in Berlin in 2011 by a father wanting better employment opportunities for his autistic son. Autistic professionals were employed as quality assurance consultants, debugging websites and applications. As Managing Director of a small investment firm, Kurt Schöffer was approached by Ananda Social Venture Fund, who invited him to partner in creating Germany’s first social impact fund. The fund’s first investment was in auticon, where Kurt served as an advisor on the fund’s behalf. For Kurt, this was an opportunity to apply his business acumen to solve the social issue of rising unemployment among autistic adults, who often possess STEM skills applicable in a range of technology careers. After three months as an advisor, Kurt accepted a role as auticon’s Group CEO, later developing its six German office locations and expanding into Paris and London. The company added major clients such as BMW and Allianz, and new technology consulting services.

In 2016, Sir Richard Branson’s investment brought international attention to the company as it expanded into Italy and Switzerland. In 2018 auticon acquired two North American autism employers: MindSpark in Los Angeles and Meticulon in Calgary, later adding clients such as Salesforce and Deloitte and surpassing 200+ autistic employees globally. In 2019, auticon opened in Australia with one of the island’s largest employers: Woolworths.

Today, the company operates as the world’s largest autistic-majority technology company, with approximately 400 employees in eight countries, including 300 on the spectrum.

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Thank you for your interest in covering auticon. I look forward to speaking with you.

Kiri Oliver
Email: kiri.oliver (at) auticon.us
Location: Brooklyn, New York

Publications

auticon + Deloitte Report, “Embracing Neurodiversity at Work” 2022

A new report by Deloitte Canada and auticon Canada finds employment barriers, lack of workplace support for Canada’s autistic community. The joint report surveyed 454 adults across the country.

2022 auticon + Deloitte Report, “Embracing Neurodiversity at Work” (English)


auticon’s Global Impact Reports

2021 Global Impact Report (Published 2022)

2021 Global Impact Report (Languages: Italian,  English, and German)

2021 Global Impact Report (Languages: French, English, German)

2020 Global Impact Report (Languages: French, English, German)

LinkedIn article with the title "Supporting Neurodiversity at Work"

News Coverage

With New Funding, Auticon Looks to Grow Job Opportunities for Autistic Adults

dot.LA

Autism Acceptance Month is coming to an end but acceptance is year-round

CBS News Columbus

Focusing on neurodiversity in tech, auticon opens Utah office


Salt Lake Tribune

Push to get more help for adults with autism


ABC 6 Columbus

Two-thirds of our team is autistic. That’s helping us survive COVID-19

CNBC

IT Company Auticon Hires Local Exec as CEO


Dallas Innovates

Announcements

Cover of auticon's 10 year impact report from 2021

Autistic Tech Employer Demonstrates Power of Social Innovation in New Impact Report

auticon today released its annual Impact Report, illustrating how its model of social innovation is changing lives and making organisations neuro-inclusive. As a mission-driven company, auticon works to solve the crisis of unemployment impacting autistic adults and counsels clients on neuro-acceptance. auticon’s autistic team members are employed as IT consultants, numbering 265 globally in 2022, specializing in software development, data sciences, quality assurance, and cyber security. Clients get first-hand experience working with someone on the autistic spectrum and benefit from...
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Unearthing autistic talent with auticon

“At first, I was skeptical about bringing in autistic consultants – I didn’t know if they would have the skills we needed. “But then I learned about auticon, a consultancy that exclusively hires autistic consultants in a presentation from our Head of Human Resources, Uwe Schoepe.” “By the end I remember thinking, ‘this could be great if auticon has the right person.’ “It turns out they did.” From wish-list to reality Meet Stefan Kübitz, a Project Manager with Zurich Gruppe...
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New report from Deloitte Canada and auticon Canada

According to a recent report by Deloitte Canada and auticon Canada, employers need to do more to understand neurodiversity, reduce barriers to employment for those with autism, and create thoughtful structural supports to foster deeper inclusion among the autistic community. The report, Embracing neurodiversity at work: How Canadians with autism can help employers close the talent gap, also shows that the autistic community in Canada is often underrepresented and underemployed, despite its potential in providing access to new skills and...
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Autism Impact Fund leads investment round in auticon

The Autism Impact Fund (AIF), whose mission is to revolutionize the status quo for diagnosing, treating and living with autism through a venture capital model, has led a new investment round in auticon, a technology consulting provider that is the global leader in employing autistic individuals. Since its founding in 2011, auticon now has operations in 8 countries and employs 350 people; more than 250 of whom are on the autism spectrum. auticon’s technology consultants provide outsourced services to some...
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auticon wins international impact awards at the Social Enterprise UK Awards

auticon, a social enterprise with offices in the UK, Germany, France, Italy, Switzerland, Australia, USA and Canada has won the International Impact award at the UK Social Enterprise Awards, held at the Guildhall in central London on the evening of 8 December. The national Awards, organised by Social Enterprise UK (SEUK) recognises excellence and outstanding achievements by social enterprises, businesses set up to for a social or environmental purpose that reinvest or donate the majority of their profits to meet...
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Pioneering neurodiversity employer reaches 10, changing lives globally

auticon is celebrating being one of the pioneering firms in neurodiversity employment and their journey over the past 10 years, from the organisations humble beginnings in Germany to becoming a global business headquartered in eight countries. The founder a software engineer and father to an autistic child Dirk Müller-Remus, realised that 85% of autistic people were unemployed despite being highly skilled and educated. In a time when the world was struggling to bridge the STEM skills gap Dirk saw an...
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