NEWS AND EVENTS

SPEAR-1 is a robotics foundation AI model built by INSAIT that achieves state-of-the-art performance while using 20x less robotics data. A first version of SPEAR-1 was featured in WIRED back in October 2025. The key breakthrough behind SPEAR-1 is a new pre-training approach which enables learning from robotics data, but also from non-robotics 3D data […]

We are delighted to introduce FireScope AI: the first AI system for predicting wildfire risk at high-resolution and with human-friendly explanations! We are also releasing the first public high-resolution long-term fire risk map for Europe at firescope.ai! FireScope AI comes amid a growing risk of wildfires in Europe. According to the European Environment Agency, forest […]

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 […]

In an interview for the Bulgarian National Radio (BNR), Anton Alexandrov, a doctoral researcher at INSAIT, shares insights on the latest developments, emerging capabilities, and the growing role of national AI solutions for businesses and public institutions. The conversation also touches on a broader question: how countries can build their own technological capacity while ensuring […]

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, […]

The Ombudsman of the Republic of Bulgaria, Velislava Delcheva, and the Executive Director of INSAIT, Borislav Petrov discussed the possible regulations and the growing integration of AI into all areas of public areas during a meeting held at the Ombudsman’s office in Sofia. Borislav Petrov presented the capabilities of the first Bulgarian LLM BgGPT as […]

The award is presented by the International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML) — a leading research forum in machine learning and AI. Every year, thousands of scientists participate in the evaluation of submitted research papers at ICML, and the Gold Reviewer Award is awarded only to some for their exceptionally high-quality contribution to the selection […]

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 […]

More than 2,800 applicants from all over the world competed for the opportunity to spend their summer at the Institute for Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence and Technology (INSAIT) at Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”. Only 15 interns from three continents – Asia, Europe and North America – were selected to participate. The participants, who will […]

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy, Investment, and Industry Mr. Alexander Pulev, Minister of Innovation and Digital Transformation Mr. Ivan Vassilev, and Deputy Minister of Economy, Investment, and Industry Ms. Mira Yosifova visited the INSAIT, an institute part of Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” and spoke with INSAIT’s founder and Scientific Director, Prof. Martin […]

The Institute for Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, and Technology (INSAIT) at Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” will represent Bulgaria at the 53rd International Colloquium on Automata, Languages and Programming (ICALP 2026). The conference, organized by the European Association for Theoretical Computer Science (EATCS), is scheduled to take place from July 7th to 10th, 2026, in […]