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Want a flying motorbike? Order one from Hoversurf now
When Skolkovo Foundation resident Hoversurf first unveiled its flying motorbikes at the Skolkovo Startup Village in 2016, some cynics dismissed it as a stunt: a cool idea, but not something that would...

Skolkovo startups present biomed solutions in Cambridge
Five Russian startups – the winners of the Startup Challenge accelerator organised jointly by the Skolkovo Foundation and multinational pharma giant AstraZeneca – are showcasing their inventions...

RoboCV named one of best AI startups in Europe
RoboCV, a resident startup of the Skolkovo Foundation that turns forklift trucks into autonomous robots, has been named one of the best AI (artificial intelligence) startups in Europe by Valuer, a company...

Group-IB wins Runet award for Skolkovo-backed banking product
Skolkovo resident company Group-IB won a cybersecurity award in the Runet awards last week, which are awarded for excellence in the development of the Russian internet sector. Group-IB CEO Ilya Sachkov...

CyberDay event aims to breed new generations of cybersecurity specialists
The fourth annual CyberDay conference devoted to cybersecurity got underway at the Skolkovo Technopark on Friday, the 30th anniversary of the establishment of Computer Security Day. Skolkovo Foundation...

Why humans kick robots: industry 4.0
In an unidentified major European logistics enterprise where robots had been introduced with great effect to transport goods around the warehouse floor, the human workers, anxious they would lose their...

Hacking Aging: A Strategy to Use Big Data From Medical Studies to Extend Human Life
Peter Fedichev of Skolkovo resident Gero has written a paper on extending human life that was published in the Frontiers in Genetics journal. Age is the most important single factor associated with chronic...

LawNext Episode 20: Live from Moscow: Two Interviews on the State of Legal Tech in Russia
Bob Ambrogi, a Massachusetts lawyer and journalist, interviewed Skolkovo's head of legaltech, Anton Pronin, and legaltech expert Holger Zscheyge at the recent Skolkovo LegalTech event. To listen to...

Dispatch From Russia: Legal Tech Startups Emerge, But Adoption Lags
Cyrillic doesn't do AI any favors, writes Robert Ambrogi, a Massachusetts lawyer and journalist who attended Skolkovo LegalTech earlier this month. On a visit to Moscow last week, I was surprised by...