<p>The guests of the Miton AI Times event were Tomáš Gogár (co-founder and CEO of Rossum) and Martin Schmid (co-founder and CEO of Equilibre), who joined to discuss the challenges of building an AI startup.</p><p><a href="https://rossum.ai/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Rossum</a> is an end-to-end automation platform with AI-powered intelligent document processing, founded in 2017 by PhD dropouts Tomáš Gogár, Petr Baudiš, and Tomáš Tunys. Rossum has raised a total of $110 million in funding.</p><p><a href="https://www.equilibretechnologies.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Equilibre</a> (founded in 2022) is building an algorithmic trading platform based on game theory and reinforcement learning. Martin Schmid is the co-creator of DeepStack, the first AI to defeat human players in no-limit poker. After securing the largest Czech pre-seed round ($6M) from Credo Ventures, Miton, and RockawayX, Equilibre raised an additional $10 million last year.</p><p>Rossum and Equilibre have a lot in common. They both started out as AI startups in Prague, grew over time, and have multiple co-founders. Above all, they have had similar experiences with hiring and investors, which they discussed in the debate.</p><p>---</p><p><a href="https://www.meetup.com/miton-times/">Miton AI Times⁠</a> events</p><p>All 77 episodes of the <a href="https://www.miton.cz/podcast/ " target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Miton podcast</a></p><p><a href="https://mitonainewsletter.substack.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Miton AI Newsletter</a> (in Czech)</p><p>Miton on social media: <a href="https://x.com/MITONCZ " target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">X</a>, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/miton-cz/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">LI</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/mitonfamily/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">IG</a></p>

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Building an AI startup: Discussion with two high-profile AI founders

JUL 30, 202563 MIN
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Building an AI startup: Discussion with two high-profile AI founders

JUL 30, 202563 MIN

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<p>The guests of the Miton AI Times event were Tomáš Gogár (co-founder and CEO of Rossum) and Martin Schmid (co-founder and CEO of Equilibre), who joined to discuss the challenges of building an AI startup.</p><p><a href="https://rossum.ai/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Rossum</a> is an end-to-end automation platform with AI-powered intelligent document processing, founded in 2017 by PhD dropouts Tomáš Gogár, Petr Baudiš, and Tomáš Tunys. Rossum has raised a total of $110 million in funding.</p><p><a href="https://www.equilibretechnologies.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Equilibre</a> (founded in 2022) is building an algorithmic trading platform based on game theory and reinforcement learning. Martin Schmid is the co-creator of DeepStack, the first AI to defeat human players in no-limit poker. After securing the largest Czech pre-seed round ($6M) from Credo Ventures, Miton, and RockawayX, Equilibre raised an additional $10 million last year.</p><p>Rossum and Equilibre have a lot in common. They both started out as AI startups in Prague, grew over time, and have multiple co-founders. Above all, they have had similar experiences with hiring and investors, which they discussed in the debate.</p><p>---</p><p><a href="https://www.meetup.com/miton-times/">Miton AI Times⁠</a> events</p><p>All 77 episodes of the <a href="https://www.miton.cz/podcast/ " target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Miton podcast</a></p><p><a href="https://mitonainewsletter.substack.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Miton AI Newsletter</a> (in Czech)</p><p>Miton on social media: <a href="https://x.com/MITONCZ " target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">X</a>, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/miton-cz/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">LI</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/mitonfamily/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">IG</a></p>