AI Is Changing What a Professor's Time Is Worth
As AI takes over the routine work of preparing exams and materials, universities face a quieter question: what should educators do with the time it hands back?
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As AI takes over the routine work of preparing exams and materials, universities face a quieter question: what should educators do with the time it hands back?
Unicorns, centaurs, camels, dragons — CEE has a real example of almost every animal in the startup investor's zoo.
Vestberry's Venture Intelligence Day returns to Prague on October 13–14, 2026, two days on how data and AI are reshaping venture capital, with deep dives, hands-on workshops, and speakers from Atomico, Giant Ventures, EIC Fund and IQ Capital building the next generation of VC infrastructure.
We look at how famous actors, athletes, and musicians are turning their reach, industry connections, and cultural influence into startup investments.
Bulgaria's largest business event returns on 17–18 September, gathering 4,000+ participants and 100+ leading voices from business, tech and finance to map the country's next ten years through open discussions and hands-on workshops.
The Budapest-based platform, already used by more than 600,000 students in over 30 countries, plans to expand across Asia, the Middle East, Europe, and the Americas.
Robotics Strategy Forum 2026 brings together Bulgaria’s robotics, automation, AI, engineering and manufacturing ecosystem to explore how technology is reshaping local industry, from industrial AI and robotics to 3D printing, electronics and advanced engineering.
The AI data platform serves more than 200 international blue-chip clients, while its new majority owner plans to accelerate its global expansion.
Sheryl Sandberg is backing Bulgarian entrepreneur Vince Gaydarzhiev’s second venture, Self Inspection, as the AI startup looks to expand its vehicle inspection platform into Europe.
Founders spend weeks perfecting their pitch deck, yet often only minutes researching the people reading it. That imbalance can cost more than a weak presentation.
Who's leading, who's catching up, and what can we learn from this year's European Innovation Scoreboard? Here's a quick look at the trends shaping innovation across Europe and the region.
Across Europe, business angel education is becoming an increasingly important part of building stronger innovation ecosystems, and the new ESIL Angel Academy is leading that effort.
With backing from Future Energy Ventures, Axpo, Montis, and existing investors, Pstryk is scaling its mobile-first platform that gives households greater control over electricity consumption through dynamic pricing.
Check the biggest H1 2026 funding rounds for Latvia and key details about the startups.
The Prague-based investment platform's latest investments come as pension savings begin to play a larger role in financing Europe's next generation of technology companies.
Check the biggest H1 2026 funding rounds for Bulgaria and key details about the startups.
Lithuanian web intelligence giant Oxylabs accepts its first external check. The funding will help the company expand its AI-powered web intelligence infrastructure as demand for real-time web data continues to grow.
Green is sexy. Scaling it isn't. And somewhere in the Valley of Death, there are people building clean water and clean air — if we let them.
Bulgarian-founded fintech Payhawk has surpassed $100 million in annual recurring revenue (ARR), becoming a Centaur company. The company attributes its latest growth to a two-year AI transformation across its products and operations.
Backed by BAE Systems, the European Investment Fund, and the NATO Innovation Fund, the new vehicle will invest in early-stage defence, AI, cybersecurity, quantum, and space startups across Europe.
Warsaw-based edge AI startup CTHINGS.CO secured over €1.8 million from Navivo Capital, the new fund's first investment, to accelerate its North American expansion, grow sales, and scale its Orchestra platform for managing IoT, edge, and AI infrastructure.