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Five Companies to Pitch at UN’s AI for Good Summit
Five Russian startup companies, four of which are Skolkovo Foundation residents from the innovation center’s IT cluster, will pitch their AI-based sustainable solutions at the Russian track of the...

Flying Cars Are Coming – the future of transport
When one thinks of a flying taxi, one usually pictures scenes from sci-fi movies such as The Fifth Element and Blade Runner. Yet in megacities across the world projects are underway with the goal of one...

Russian chemists developed polymer cathodes for ultrafast batteries
Scientists are searching for lithium technology alternatives in the face of the surging demand for lithium-ion batteries and limited lithium reserves. Russian researchers from Skoltech, D. Mendeleev University...

Motorika Attracts €4.4 Million from the RDIF and the FEHTF
The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) and the Far Eastern High Technology Fund (FEHTF) have invested €4.4 million into Skolkovo Foundation resident Motorika, a leading Russian developer and producer...

Skolkovo Resident Attracts $1.4 Million from Google Research and Others
NFWare company, a Skolkovo Foundation resident from the innovation center’s IT cluster, recently attracted $1.4 million investment from Google Research business angels and other investors –...

The Mammoth Goes Abroad: Online Fraud Groups Move into the EU, US, and CIS
Cybersecurity firm Group-IB, an international company and Skolkovo resident that specializes in cyberattack prevention, has uncovered Russian scam groups that recently began conducting activities in Europe...

Scientists have synthesized an unusual superconducting barium superhydride
A group of scientists from Russia, China, and the United States predicted and then experimentally obtained barium superhydrides' new unusual superconductors. The study was published in Nature Communications...

VEB.RF Chairman Igor Shuvalov Heads the Skolkovo Foundation Board of Directors
Igor Shuvalov, the chairman of the state development corporation VEB.RF, has been added to the board of directors of the Skolkovo Foundation and elected its chairman. The decision was made during a board...

Oleg Dubnov of Skolkovo Energy Cluster: “Green is not contradictory to business — and technology is key to this”
After holding top positions across the Russian energy industry for more than a decade, Oleg Dubnov has been heading Skolkovo’s energy cluster since 2017. He shared with East-West Digital News fresh...