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Abbyy and Softline invest in document software technologies

October 21, 2018

Abbyy, a Moscow-headquartered global provider of content intelligence solutions and services, has acquired ATAPY Software, as reported by online publication Rusbase. The terms of the deal have not been disclosed. Based in Novosibirsk, Siberia, ATAPY Software provides a variety of custom software development services in the fields of document workflow, document imaging, data capture, optical character recognition (OCR), …

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Hundreds of Russian and international fashion retailers to meet in Moscow (Oct. 24)

October 27, 2018

Co-organized by EWDN, this highly technological forum is intended for business owners as well as commercial, IT and marketing managers from online and omnichannel retail. From mass market to luxury brands, over 30 top managers from Russia and beyond will share their experience through roundtables, discussions, and workshops. Speakers include representatives of AliExpress, Ile de beauté, …

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Russian startup organizes food delivery to train passengers

October 10, 2018

Dubbed ‘Food Ball’ in reference to this year’s world football cup, this startup aggregates food orders from train passengers during long-distance journeys. Based in Omsk, Siberia, and competing with the traditional dining cars of Russian Railways, the startup claims to partner with more than 500 fastfood chains, cafés and restaurants in more than 80 cities …

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PicsArt to open AI lab in Moscow

October 12, 2018

PicsArt, a Californian startup with Armenian roots, is opening a an AI lab in Moscow. The company is planning to hire 20 local engineers and invest up to $2 million in the facility. The lab will help PicsArt develop  AI approaches for photo filters, AR cameras, and advertising. Such companies as Microsoft, SAP and Samsung also …

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Russian company launches giant mining farm near St. Petersburg

September 18, 2018

Last month crypto mining service provider CryptoUniverse launched what it claims to be Russia’s biggest data center for cryptocurrency mining. Located in the industrial park Levoberezhnyi at Kyryshy, a town in the the Leningrad (St. Petersburg) region, the facility occupies 4,000 sq. m. and hosts 3,000 machines to mine Bitcoins and Litecoins. “We are offering …

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Russians eye two islands for crypto exchanges

September 16, 2018

While authorities in Moscow are still fine-tuning their revamped crypto legislation, to be presented for public discussions in October, participants in last week’s Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok have been busy discussing regulatory matters related to cryptocurrency mining and the circulation of digital coins in the vast country. Several Russian regions have been mentioned multiple …

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Skolkovo to cooperate with Japan in the fields of AI, Big Data and IoT

September 14, 2018

Earlier this week, on the eve of the Eastern Economic Forum, the Skolkovo Foundation signed a memorandum of understanding with Japan’s IoT Acceleration Consortium. The agreement followed talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe in Russia’s Far Eastern port city of Vladivostok. The IoT Acceleration Consortium aims to foster the development of technologies related …

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Top corporate and government executives to meet innovators in international tech forum (Oct. 15-17)

October 22, 2018

On Oct. 15-17 the Skolkovo tech hub near Moscow will play host to Open Innovations, a huge annual tech forum backed by the Russian government and attracting virtually every player that counts on the Russian market. The forum aims to showcase and  commercialize new technologies, and to create new opportunities and instruments for international cooperation in the …

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Skolkovo’s UNIM lab offers cancer patients crucial second opinion

July 10, 2018

When, at the beginning of this year, the UNIM lab opened at Skolkovo, the international tech hub under completion on the outskirts of Moscow, it offered cancer patients around the country the chance to get expert opinions on their tumours. The lab’s mission is to improve the accuracy of cancer diagnosis, and accordingly, its treatment. …

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Annual search trends on Yandex.Maps

July 3, 2018

Every day, the Yandex.Maps app responds to more than a million search queries made in Russia. Nearly half of them are searches for various organizations: where the nearest ATM or produce stand is? what’s the fastest route to the civil records office?  where a given market?  church, or museum is located, etc? By looking at …

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Startup Village attracts thousands of entrepreneurs, inventors and investors from across the world

June 11, 2018

From May 29 to June 1, thousands of tech entrepreneurs, inventors, scientists, corporates and investors from some 80 countries gathered in Startup Village, a annual giant two-day event. This open-air conference and exhibition took place in Skolkovo, the international tech hub nearing completion on the outskirts of Moscow. Skolkovo’s two-day open-air Startup Village is the biggest event …

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