The weekly observer of Moscow's tech stories

MARKET IN BRIEF

main news about Moscow's projects, developers and technologies

• Moscow opens access to AI technologies for doctors all over Russia

• Big Data Platform, a joint venture of VTB and Rostelecom, has created a new service for business to work with big data

• Estonian taxi service Bolt has announced the search for partners to launch in Moscow and the regions

• RZD Technologies and Robin will create the first Russian marketplace for robotic software solutions  (Cards of Robin)

• Mindsmith launches CBDC Navigator, a curated library of resources on Central Bank Digital Currency

• VisionLabs and Examus have developed a distance examination solution (Сards of VisionLabs and a card of Examus)

• Intellogic received a CE mark certification in the European Union for its Botkin.AI platform  (Card of Botkin.AI)

• Group-IB granted Innovation Excellence Award from Frost & Sullivan for Digital Risk Protection (Cards of Group-IB)

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INVESTMENT & IPO DEALS

• Cognitive Pilot plans private placement this year (Cards of Cognitive Pilot)

• Wikium EdTech platfrom attracted investments to scale the project (Card of Wikium)

• Airo service raised $790 thousand from MTS for development (Card of Airo)

• Sberbank will invest $461 million in the Gоods.ru marketplace and will become its main owner

ANALYTICS AND INSIGHTS

researches, monitorings, reports and other analytics of Moscow and Russian IT market

• MTS: small and medium-sized businesses from Moscow began to connect to cloud services more often →

• Kaspersky Lab: Multi-party computations and edge computing are going to become more widely adopted in 2021→

• Ria.ru: Russian banks use AI technology at almost every stage of customer service →

KEY ACTORS IN IT

discover people who stand behind the innovative companies and projects in Moscow

Ilia Romanov, Deputy CEO of VisionLabs | Facebook | LinkedIn

Dmitry Istomin, CEO of Examus | Facebook | LinkedIn

Andrey Chernogorov, Co-founder and COO of Cognitive Pilot, CEO of Cognitive Technologies | Facebook

Sergey Belan, Founder & CEO of Wikium | Facebook | LinkedIn

Anton Drachev, CEO of Airo | Facebook | LinkedIn

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