NEWS AND EVENTS

We are thrilled to announce that INSAIT has 17 papers accepted at CVPR 2026, taking place next week, in Denver, USA! This ranks INSAIT as a top 4 institution in EU by number of accepted papers! CVPR is the world’s leading computer vision and AI conference, bringing together leading researchers and tech companies from around […]

Few nations have made a true civilizational contribution to the development of the world. Bulgaria is among them — because it gave writing to the Slavic peoples. Today, at INSAIT, we strive to continue this legacy in the age of artificial intelligence.We are proud to have created the world’s first high-quality Cyrillic language model — […]

INSAIT researchers were among the speakers at Google Cloud Day, which took place in Sofia this week, contributing to discussions on some of the hottest topics shaping the future of AI. Anton Alexandrov presented the main challenges in creating INSAIT’s sovereign Bulgarian AI stack, while Nikolay Nikolov spoke about INSAIT’s latest achievements in physical AI, […]

Today Sofia is hosting one of the region’s leading technology events dedicated to the future of cloud computing and AI. Google Cloud Day brings together business leaders, developers, and partners of the global tech giant, with INSAIT researchers joining the speaker lineup to present on two of the most important frontiers in modern AI. Anton […]

With a 14 accepted papers and a booth next to tech giants such as Google, Waymo, Meta, and Sony, INSAIT is positioning Bulgaria as a leading AI destination The Institute for Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence and Technology (INSAIT) at Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” marks a major milestone at ICCV 2025 – one of the […]

On September 10, 2025, at the Granite Hall of the Council of Ministers, the new scholarship recipients of the four-year EXPLORER (EXcellence Program in technoLOgy and REseaRch) Program of the Institute for Computer Science, AI and Technology (INSAIT) at Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” and its Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics were officially presented. Six […]

The Institute for Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence and Technology (INSAIT) is proud to announce the inaugural GAIA – Symposium on AI for Earth and Space Observation with Foundation Models (https://gaia.insait.ai/), taking place this summer in Sofia, Bulgaria. This landmark event will bring together world-renowned experts from leading global institutions to explore how cutting-edge artificial intelligence—especially […]

We’re thrilled to share that Prof. Zico Kolter (Carnegie Mellon University) gave an invited lecture as part of the INSAIT Tech Series live in Sofia next week! Prof. Kolter is one of 9 members of OpenAI’s board together with Sam Altman, and a member of its safety and security committee. Prof. Zico Kolter is one […]

INSAIT, a new institute for computer science, artificial intelligence, and technology – the first in the region to offer world-class research facilities and globally competitive compensation – will be located in Sofia, Bulgaria $3.75M in financial support from Amazon Web Services (AWS), $3M from Google, $285,000 from DeepMind, $6.5M from SiteGround and $600K from Bulgarian […]