Tomas Mikolov
Chief SCIENTIFIC Officer
Tomas is a world-renowned AI researcher. The creator of word2vec, which proposed how machines could understand human language, laying the foundation for modern AI applications from neural language models in 2007 and his RNNLM toolkit was the first to demonstrate the capability to train language models on large corpora, resulting in large improvements over the state of the art. He has been researching under Facebook, Google and Microsoft.
Jaroslav Beck
Chief EXECUTIVE Officer
Jaroslav is an entrepreneur, Co-founder of Beat Games, studio behind the biggest VR game to date - Beat Saber (10M+ copies sold), Jaroslav initiated acquisition by Meta in 2019 and continued steering the studio post-exit. After leaving Meta in 2023, he invested in projects driving global positive impact in tech and multiple other fields.
David Herel
Senior Scientist & Head of Development
David is an AI researcher specializing in advanced language modeling and generative AI. He co-founded an algorithmic trading venture alongside Tomas Mikolov. His work has appeared in top-tier conferences (ICLR, ECAI), and he was part of a team that earned third place in the Amazon Alexa Prize Socialbot Grand Challenge.
At BottleCap AI, our goal is to develop a new generation of large language models - the very backbone of what we call “AI” today - with radically better and much more efficient performance.
If you think Transformers and a lot of GPUs is all you need, then you may be surprised!
This motivated us to establish a base in Europe and help accelerate AI innovation here rapidly - a future we believe will drive humanity’s progress as far as we can see. And although it is mostly forgotten now, many of the ideas within large language models actually originate from Europe. It is time to bring them to the next level.
To accelerate this project, CEO Jaroslav Beck is self funding this project with $10M, allowing us to focus solely on product development without the delays of grant applications or external support before we have exceptional results to show.
The inspiration behind the name “BottleCap” comes from a funny meme comparing European innovation to tethered bottle caps, in contrast to SpaceX rockets. Even though this comparison is not accurate, there is some truth in it reflecting how slow Europe can be due to its overdone regulations.
AI is the defining technology of the 21st century. For Europe to stay competitive, we need bold ideas, relentless execution, and top talent. We’re building something big — join us.
Join usWe are looking for the most motivated scientists and programmers who are passionate about LLM’s and are ready to pull the best work of their life to help Europe bring the most innovative solution in efficiency for the global AI race.
If you’re a researcher, engineer, or builder passionate about creating the future of AI, join us. We’re hiring.
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