startups
Prague — Four friends who started building apps under the name uLikeIt now run one of the few Czech tech companies whose client roster includes Tinder, Porsche and Arnold Schwarzenegger — and they got there without a single outside investor.
consulting
Poland's business services sector now employs over half a million people. How ABSL's 2026 report compares to Prague's own consulting hub.
startups
UiPath started as a Bucharest outsourcing shop. Its Nasdaq IPO and Cluj-Napoca's tech cluster show Romania's consulting-to-product pivot.
consulting
AI-assisted coding is breaking the hourly-billing model. How Polish, Czech and regional software houses are repricing around outcomes.
economy
Ukraine's IT exports hit $6.66bn in 2025, funding defence spending. Why software survived the war when other sectors didn't.
startups
Mews raised $300M at a $2.5B valuation — the largest European hotel-tech round yet. Why is Europe's business press calling it Dutch?
startups
Packeta sold to CVC and Emma Capital in 2024. Its founder's investment vehicle has since bought into healthcare devices, e-commerce and US health tech.
startups
Kingdom Come: Deliverance II sold 6 million copies. The Prague and Brno studio cluster behind it predates most of Czech tech's VC-funded scene.
economy
Avast's $8.6B merger into Gen Digital was Czechia's biggest tech exit. Its dual Prague–Tempe HQ still shapes the city's cybersecurity scene.
startups
Czech space startups have gone from instruments to full satellite subsystems. ESA funding math still trails Poland — here's the gap.
startups
Credo Ventures closed its largest-ever fund. A look at the small group of Prague-based VCs deciding which CEE founders get funded first.
economy
EDIH Ostrava is digitalising the region's manufacturing SMEs, not building AI infrastructure. Here's how the two Ostrava tech stories differ.
ai
ČEZ cut unplanned outages roughly 12% with predictive maintenance AI. Inside the utility's smart-grid build-out — and how it differs from the data-centre story.
ai
Citymind's AI chatbots serve Prague 6 and a South Moravian village. Citizen ratings beat the national e-government benchmark — with a vendor-data caveat.
ai
Salaries, poaching and the skills gap behind Czech AI adoption — who's hiring, and why demand outstrips supply.
startups
Beyond Rohlik and Productboard: the Czech-founded companies actually converting technical strength into scale.
ai
A new Brno-area facility and a $19bn nuclear bet reveal how Czechia plans to power its AI ambitions.
economy
The EU's Digital Omnibus delays AI Act deadlines by a year or more. What it means for Czech compliance timelines.
startups
Comparing CzechInvest, JIC and Start it @ČSOB: strong at seeding startups, weaker at scaling-stage capital.
ai
Fraud detection, faster onboarding, real returns: inside AI in production at ČSOB, Česká spořitelna and KB.
ai
NAIS 2030 promised pilots, funding and EU AI Act readiness. Here's what's delivered so far — and what hasn't.
ai
Demand forecasting, dynamic pricing and same-day delivery: AI's most commercially proven Czech use case.
ai
Škoda's battery push and AI-driven logistics are forcing Czech automotive suppliers through a double transition.
ai
Czech firms lead the EU on AI use — but adoption drops sharply outside large enterprises. Here's the data.
consulting
How Czech firms like STRV and Profinit moved from staff augmentation to owned product development.
startups
Inside Brno's cyber security ecosystem: JIC's infrastructure, the capital gap holding it back, and companies to watch.
consulting
How Deloitte, PwC, EY and KPMG built delivery-centre operations in Prague — and what's shifting toward AI-led work.
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