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Information / Communication Information Service Activities Digital Infrastructure Services 63.1 - Data processing, hosting and related activities; web portals
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
20 October 2021
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2022
Foreseen end date
31 December 2023
Description
Rossum, the Czech start-up which is developing a platform for processing documents between companies using Artificial Intelligence (AI), is expanding its business, and is recruiting at least 100 specialists over a period of one or two years. The company is hiring experts in artificial intelligence, product development, sales, and marketing. Rossum has received around CZK 2.20bn (€ 86.59mn) from an investment led by the US venture capital fund General Catalyst. The company plans to build a research centre in Prague for further development of AI technology in partnership with Czech universities.
The start-up was founded in 2017 by three artificial intelligence researchers. Rossum deals with large companies: Czech customers such as Rohlík.cz or Kiwi, and global companies such as Siemens, Veolia, and Bosch.
Eurofound (2021), Rossum Czech Republic, Business expansion in Czechia, factsheet number 105479, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/105479.
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