50%
“save over 50% of her €1.9M COVID communications budget”
As published on colossyan.com, September 2025. Captured by usedby on Oct 7, 2026.
What happened
The City of Linz used Colossyan AI avatars to produce multilingual COVID vaccination advisor videos for its residents, many of whom have limited German proficiency. Scripts were written in German, produced as video, then machine-translated and reviewed by native speakers.
Summary written by usedby from the source page, in English. The figures are those of Colossyan and City of Linz, not ours.
- 55,000“The City of Linz used Colossyan to create multilingual AI vaccination advisors, reaching 55,000 residents in 11 languages while saving over 50% of their comms budget.”
She shared how she used Colossyan’s AI technology to save over 50% of her €1.9M COVID communications budget.
I have found the Colossyan team to be extremely responsive and helpful, and appreciate their engagement with customers through various channels.
What the story claims, and what we checked
We compared the story with its live page on Oct 7, 2026.
- The figure: 50%CheckedPrinted word for word on the page, near the name of City of Linz.
- The passage quoted aboveCheckedCopied word for word from the page, near the name of City of Linz.
- The publication dateCheckedRead from the page’s own metadata, never guessed.
- City of Linz uses ColossyanCheckedConfirmed line. Latest check across sources: Oct 7, 2026.
- The result itselfNot checkedWe quote it; we did not measure it.




