Four Skolkovo startups working in the field of sports and entertainment tech demonstrated their products to a senior manager from the German software giant SAP at the Skolkovo Technopark last week. Federico Winer, head of entertainment industry technologies...
Group-IB , a Skolkovo Foundation resident cybersecurity startup, has released a report detailing the actions of a Russian-speaking targeted attack group nicknamed MoneyTaker. MoneyTaker carried out at least 20 successful attacks on financial institutions...
Vocord , a resident company of the Skolkovo Foundation’s IT cluster, has been ranked the world’s best face recognition engine for the third time in the MegaFace Facescrub 2016-2017 challenge . The company’s Vocord-deepVo3 algorithm topped...
The fifth annual Skolkovo Robotics event opened at the Skolkovo Technopark on Friday with a greeting from space. Cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky addresses the Skolkovo Robotics conference from onboard the ISS. Photo: Sk.ru. Cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky, who...
Skolkovo startups won two out of four categories at the Startup of the Year awards at Moscow’s Digital October centre on Wednesday. Koshelek (CardsMobile), an app that allows users to compile all their bank, transport and discount cards into one electronic...
The Open Innovations Startup Tour 2017 , a roving search for talented tech startups across Russia and several neighbouring countries, has completed its first stop abroad in the Kazakh city of Almaty, following earlier visits to Russia’s Far Eastern regions...
Two Skolkovo resident startups were included in the TekhUspekh (TechUp) rating of fast-growing Russian tech companies announced at Moscow State University last week. Eidos ( Ensim ), which makes surgery simulators for training surgeons and medical students...
Questions surrounding artificial intelligence and whether or not it constitutes a threat to mankind have dominated the headlines this year. Now the Skolkovo innovation centre is gathering together Russian and international experts in this field to discuss the...
The Skolkovo Foundation is on the hunt for promising virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR) projects and has launched a search that will culminate in St. Petersburg next month. The competition will be held as part of Unreal Fest , an international open-air...
A wind generator, a cow pregnancy test and the curiously titled Internet of Vegetables were among the victors in the pitch contest at the seventh stage of the Startup Tour, which wrapped up in St. Petersburg this week. The winners of the pitch sessions...
Skolkovo’s Robocenter is teaming up with IT cluster resident VisionLabs to present Russia’s first computer vision Olympics. The event, set for March 27 at the Baumann Moscow State Technical University, aims to promote understanding of the field...
HELSINKI, Finland - While many of Slush’s 10,000 attendees were partying into the night at the grand opening of Europe’s biggest startup conference on Monday night, Skolkovo’s top startups were cramming ahead of a potentially life-changing...
This weekend sees the second Robonight in Moscow, a celebration of machines through films, exhibitions and even a robodisco – where, perhaps, robots will do the robot. Robonight is an initiative by the Skolkovo Foundation and the Skolkovo Open University...
The first Mentor-Protégé pairing has been formed by the Skolkovo Mentors Program – an effort to steer startups in the right direction by appointing an expert to consult in key areas of development. The program is a pillar of the Skolkovo...