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into a significant
European AI hub

We support talent and business, strengthen the relations between research and application, promote the local ecosystem abroad, and enlighten the public on the benefits and risks of artificial intelligence. As a non-profit initiative, we strive for a prosperous innovation environment, thereby contributing to Czech economic and social development.

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  • 52

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  • 17

    VCs and accelerators

  • 12

    university specialisations

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Tomáš Borovička Datamole

Tomáš Borovička: AI contributes to making agriculture more sustainable

Cultivating plants and livestock used to be a human-only activity. But AI is quickly becoming a norm on farms and fields, in part thanks to Tomáš Borovička and his company Datamole who supply farmers with solutions that help them milk cows or produce beer.

prg.ai newsletter #18: Investments, exits, and more success stories

What a month for the local AI scene! Three of prg.ai's industrial members secured staggering investments, we welcomed new prg.ai Minor graduates, and our calendar is full of exciting opportunities, including Ment2Grow or European Health Hackathon.

French group Atos acquires Czech AI firm DataSentics

The Prague-based product studio focused on AI has revealed information regarding its exit worth millions of euros. Thanks to the acquisition, its AI and ML-enabled products and solutions will become available to new clients worldwide.
Resistant AI team

Resistant AI announces $16.6 million in a series A funding

Today, the Czech SaaS-based AI and ML security company that protects financial services from manipulation, fraud, and financial crime announced a $16.6 million investment, marking the growing need for intelligent, adaptive defence mechanisms.
Rossum

Rossum raises $100 million in a series A round

The Czech AI company reinventing the way businesses send documents to each other has raised $100 million for further development, which includes building an AI research centre in Prague in collaboration with Czech universities.
Jaromír Beránek prg.ai

Jaromír Beránek: I would like Prague to be an inspiration, even in the field of AI

Will artificial intelligence replace civil servants? That time is still a long way off, but data and technology can already make life in cities more pleasant if they are used properly, says Jaromír Beránek, Prague councillor and chair of the Committee on IT and Smart City.
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22. 10. 2021

CIIRC CTU establishes a new AI department

22. 10. 2021

French group Atos buys Prague company Datasentics

Resistant AI team

21. 10. 2021

Resistant AI scores $16.6M for its anti-fraud fintech tools

Rossum

20. 10. 2021

Rossum raises record $100M to reinvent B2B communication

14. 10. 2021

SentinelOne opens a new innovation centre in Prague

Absolventi prg.ai Minor

6. 10. 2021

Inter-university programme prg.ai Minor educates a new cohort of AI experts

4. 10. 2021

CTU cooperates with Meteopress to teach AI to predict the weather

27. 9. 2021

CTU students took the 2nd place at the DARPA Subterranean Challenge

26. 9. 2021

Czech economy is not ready for the deployment of artificial intelligence

1. 9. 2021

FIT CTU cooperates with FJFI to educate security experts

1. 9. 2021

Researchers are developing an AI tool for fact-checking

18. 8. 2021

Universities are building a Czech National Quantum Infrastructure

15. 8. 2021

Credo Ventures invests €1.4 million in Serbian startup Trickest

11. 8. 2021

NortonLifeLock to acquire Avast for $8 billion

8. 7. 2021

Prague must attract the world's AI minds, says prg.ai director

1. 7. 2021

AIC CTU partners with Bell to explore transportation solutions

19. 6. 2021

CTU signes a memorandum of understanding with Korea Electronics Technology Institute

15. 6. 2021

FIT CTU's Donat-Bouillud wins international award

14. 6. 2021

Czechs succeed at the Nvidia hackathon

11. 6. 2021

AI-accelerated appearance prediction for color 3D printing

10. 6. 2021

Professor Matas is the highest-ranked Czech computer scientist

4. 6. 2021

GoodAI releases research roadmap for 2021/2022

2. 6. 2021

SPOT joins researchers from the CTU FEE

24. 5. 2021

FIT CTU given a unique award for promoting Czechia abroad

19. 5. 2021

AI researchers from FEE CTU triumph at the Amazon Research Awards

15. 5. 2021

Roboticists from FEE CTU imitate the flight of a flock of birds

13. 5. 2021

Central European Digital Media Observatory (CEDMO) to be based in Prague

29. 4. 2021

SentiSquare raises €1 million

27. 4. 2021

BUT among the five best institutions globally in speech recognition

21. 4. 2021

LEGO and CIIRC CTU streamline production

13. 4. 2021

CIIRC CTU streamlines Lego's production

8. 4. 2021

Czech-American startup Parrot raises millions of dollars

31. 3. 2021

Kaya VC launches its new $80M fund focused on the CEE

30. 3. 2021

CzechInvest to support over 300 innovative startups

25. 3. 2021

prg.ai, CTU and the Czech Government Office launch the Czech version of Elements of AI

5. 3. 2021

Resistant AI among 10 Czech startups to watch in 2021

2. 3. 2021

The first play written by artificial intelligence premieres in Prague

23. 2. 2021

DataSentics creates a tool to make life easier for people with visual impairments

18. 1. 2021

Czech company Memsource acquires German startup Phrase

18. 1. 2021

FIT CTU researchers involved in the discovery of rare space objects

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