Livia Rusu 7 articles

Events

AI’s Next Phase in CEE: Infrastructure, Institutions, and Talent

By Livia Rusu 23 March 2026 6 mins read

The AI conversation in CEE is beginning to shift from technology to systems. This is […]

SPONSORED AI

From Gaming Analytics to Creative Intelligence: Aggero’s Pivot to AI-Powered Video Performance

By Livia Rusu 2 March 2026 4 mins read

Aggero entered the market several years ago with a focus on analytics for gaming and […]

Events

Google Maps Co-Founder Lars Rasmussen and Lefteris Katsiadakis Are Turning Athens into a Startup Magnet

By Livia Rusu 17 February 2026 7 mins read

Behind it stand two very different but aligned forces: Lars Rasmussen, co-founder of Google Maps, […]

Events

Omid Ekhlasi on Building Techarena and Why CEE’s Founders Should Look North

By Livia Rusu 22 January 2026 6 mins read

What started as a small entrepreneurship competition with a few dozen founders in the room […]

Ecosystem

Future Unicorns’ Next Chapter: Pavlina Yanakieva on Stepping Down, and Konstantin Kunev on What Comes Next

By Livia Rusu 3 November 2025 8 mins read

After nearly seven years leading one of Central and Eastern Europe’s most impactful accelerator programs, […]

Deals

Dexory Raises €143M, Securing Romania’s Second-Largest Series C

By Livia Rusu 14 October 2025 3 mins read

Romanian-founded Dexory, a warehouse robotics and AI company that builds autonomous inventory robots, raised $165 million […]

Events

Bridging Borders: The Investor Tables Where CEE’s Next Big Tech Deals Take Shape

By Livia Rusu 22 September 2025 4 mins read

Every October, Bucharest becomes the meeting point for Central and Eastern Europe’s startup ecosystem at […]