Intema

The Intema company - affiliated structure of MTS of AI (LLC MTS of AI, is included into PJSC MTS) - is created for the purpose of search of perspective products and the ideas in the field of AI, assistance in their development and realization in the market via instruments of investment and expert support. The company intends to create new products at the junction of various developments of portfolio companies.

History

2022: Joining the GAN Accelerator Association

MTS AI became a member of the GAN Accelerator Association. This became known on February 1, 2022.

Members of the association annually organize educational pitch sessions, where young companies can get not only experience and feedback from representatives of international IT corporations, but also additional investments ones in their project. For INTEMA (part of MTS AI), this will create additional opportunities for close interaction with international corporations, promising ones, AIstartups funds for the development of the market as a artificial intelligence whole.

Members of the Intema Accelerator will be able to receive benefits and discounts from the best service providers in the IT industry totaling more than $1 million. In addition, GAN representatives will take part in the preparation of an acceleration program for AI startups, as well as provide additional opportunities for young funders to develop their own artificial intelligence projects in the form of useful connections around the world and best business launch practices.

Becoming part of the GAN community is an excellent opportunity for MTS AI to declare itself internationally as a new global company developing the Artificial Intelligence market and supporting startups in this area with the help of its accelerator and fund. It is also important that the partnership will allow us to actively develop our educational programs thanks to the support of other GAN participants, as well as find co-investors, thereby stimulating the development of breakthrough AI technologies, "said Daria Ashanina, Director of Development at Accelerator Intema.

We are pleased to welcome INTEMA as a member of the GAN community. Their team joins a selective and closely controlled network of accelerators and a community that spans 120 cities and six continents. We look forward to working with the INTEMA team to support a new generation of startups that will create new jobs, valuable products and services, helping create a bright future for our world, said Patrick Riley, CEO of GAN.

2021

Start of the first AI accelerator program

Accelerator for AI-startups Intema, a subsidiary, MTC AI December 24, 2021 presented the training program and the composition of mentors. Specifically for the program, Intema experts have developed a technological track in which more than 80 hours of lectures on breakthrough AI directions, such as synthetic data or. peripheral computing Also, startups will be able to work with a personal mentor with experience in, Google Shazam, PayPal and other technology giants and compete for investments of funds and corporations,,, Nvidia Intel Intema Bosch.

Accelerator for startups in the field of artificial intelligence is a key tool of Intema's investment strategy from MTC AI, the company explained. Its main goal is to find the best teams, unite successful entrepreneurs, novice scientists and visionaries, developers, as well as business customers of AI technologies. Provide them with all possible tools for explosive growth: investment in the form of money, the best technologies, international networking. The accelerator offers smart money funders: technical and business expertise of mentors from world technology companies, access to computing capabilities, as well as investments - up to $100 thousand per project. The best projects can claim additional investments of up to $500 thousand from the fund as part of Intema.

At the start of the program, a diagnostic session will be held, during which experts and accelerator mentors, together with participants, will analyze the current state of affairs in the business, as well as technological features of the product. Based on this diagnosis, an individual program of work with each startup will be proposed to achieve the maximum result. At the same time, basic program options will be available to all participants: workshops for product development and scaling, individual consultations on request, group communication formats for sharing experience. Since the program will involve projects from different industries, verticals and countries, united by AI-based technologies as a key component of each product, much attention will be paid to individual sessions with one-on-one mentors during the acceleration. Each startup will be assigned a mentor who will lead his team through the entire program. In addition, startups will be able to consult with other mentors - if it is necessary to quickly resolve certain issues that require deep industry or technological expertise.

"In general, we believe that our participants will receive practical tools that they can use throughout their startup activities. Not all accelerators understand the difficulties of creating companies focused on deep technologies. We are fully ready to share our expertise, "said Alexey Posternak, managing partner of Intema from MTS AI.

Also, accelerator members will receive additional training materials and special conditions from Intema partners and the accelerator itself.

Joining the Nvidia VC Alliance

Intema, a subsidiary of MTC AI, is part of the global association of 200 venture capital funds Nvidia VC Alliance, created by Nvidia to support startups in areas such as AI, Data Science and high-performance computing. This was announced on December 22, 2021 in MTS AI.

The partnership will open Intema the opportunity to invest in more than 9 thousand promising AI startups that have passed the selection of the Nvidia Inception business incubator. Also, Intema portfolio companies will have access to mentoring support and online courses of the Nvidia Deep Learning Institute. To develop this strategy, kntema also includes a $100 million venture fund and an internal development center.

The main area of ​ ​ collaboration will be the exchange of project information between Intema and the Nvidia Inception business incubator, which is expected to strengthen the position of both companies by promoting the acceleration program within the association and tracking trends in the field of artificial intelligence. In addition, Intema will have access to Nvidia Inception technologies.

Intema residents will have full access to Nvidia Deep Learning Institute online training courses. In turn, representatives of Nvidia VC Alliance funds will become participants in the demo day of the Intema acceleration program and will be able to co-invest in selected startups.

Intema is focused on AI startups in areas such as computer vision, natural language processing, edge computing, biometric user identification, behavioral and predictive analysis, image recognition and processing, and Nvidia Inception supports all advanced startups. Through collaboration, both companies will be able to gain access to promising and talented companies and technologies in the field of artificial intelligence and achieve synergy.

Acquisition of 100% of the shares VisionLabs

On December 13, 2021 Sber reported to TAdviser about sale of 25.07% of shares in the VisionLabs B.V. company of the Intema company, affiliated structure of MTS of AI (LLC MTS of AI, is included into PJSC MTS). VisionLabs specializes in the development of AI solutions in the field of computer vision. More details here.