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INSAIT and ETH Zurich Entrepreneurs Launch a New Deep Tech Startup

From left to right: Boris Paskalev, Mark Mueller, Martin Vechev, Veselin Raychev
Image credit: From left to right: Boris Paskalev, Mark Mueller, Martin Vechev, Veselin Raychev
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Researchers and entrepreneurs from the Institute for Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence and Technology – INSAIT and ETH Zurich announced the launch of LogicStar AI, a new deep-tech startup.

LogicStar AI focuses on building an agentic AI platform for automatically validating, reproducing, and fixing bugs with high precision.

With LogicStar AI’s technology, developers can dedicate more time to contributing to business goals, while the platform takes care of software maintenance tasks automatically, reducing the need for manual work.

Innovative leadership driving LogicStar AI

The founding team behind LogicStar AI includes the founders of DeepCode.ai (now Snyk Code). According to their data, they are currently delivering more than $100M Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR for Snyk). 

The LogicStar AI founders include Boris Paskalev (CEO), formerly CEO of DeepCode, then Director of Product AI at Snyk, and currently a Strategic Entrepreneurship Advisor at INSAIT, Dr. Mark Niklas Müller (CTO), AI PhD from ETH Zurich, formerly an engineer at Porsche and Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team, Prof. Martin Vechev (Adviser), full professor at ETH Zurich, founder and scientific director of INSAIT, among others. 

LogicStar AI has offices in Sofia, Bulgaria, and Zurich, Switzerland, and is currently hiring new talent.

A hub for world-class AI research

INSAIT is a collaboration between Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, ETH Zurich, and EPFL Lausanne. Backed by $100M from the Bulgarian government and additional funding from SiteGround, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google, Bulgarian entrepreneurs, and DeepMind, alongside business angels.

The focus of INSAIT is on conducting world-class research and attracting faculty, research scientists, postdocs, and PhD students.

Read more:  Bulgarian-based INSAIT Joins the Global AI Alliance as Cornerstone Research Institute, Pioneering Advancements in Open and Safe AI

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