Best Native AI Companies in Russia
The 55 best Native AI companies in Russia in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Retail Rocket.
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Our analysis of 150 Native AI companies
$80.7b in tracked funding; 94% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
Ranked: Best Native AI companies in Russia
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Retail Rocket Provider of a platform for customer retention and marketing automation | $24M | 48 mo ago | Series A | — | 2013 | WordPressMySQLPHP+23 | — |
| 2 | Botkin.AI Provider of AI-based decision support solution for healthcare professionals | $4M | 66 mo ago | Series B | Sergey Sorokin Founder & CEO | 2015 | TildaGoogle Font APIDDoS-Guard+1 | — |
| 3 | Tardis 3D AI-based fitting solutions for fashion retailers | $212K | 100 mo ago | Seed | Stanislav Podshivalov CEO | 2015 | — | — |
| 4 | Motive Neuromorphic Technologies Developer of intelligent vision systems based on neural networks | — | 49 mo ago | Seed | Alexey Romanov CEO | 2015 | TildaGoogle Font APIYandex.Metrika+3 | — |
| 5 | Agisoft PhotoScan Develops a standalone image processing software tool | — | — | Unfunded | Dmitry Semyonov Founder & CEO | 2006 | TYPO3 CMSPleskPHP+5 | — |
| 6 | AIRI Provider of AI research services | — | — | Unfunded | Ivan Oseledets CEO | 2021 | 1C-BitrixPHPUbuntu+15 | — |
| 7 | Alpha Cephei Developer of speech recognition software and acoustic model customization tools | — | — | Unfunded | Nickolay Shmyrev CEO | 2012 | BootstrapNginxGoogle Font API+2 | — |
| 8 | Andata Andata offers consulting, implementation, support and customization services of different solutions from… | — | — | Private | — | 2008 | TildaGoogle Font APIYandex.Metrika+11 | — |
Top 4 Native AI companies in Russia
#1
Series A · Moscow, Moscow · founded 2013 · 109 employees$24.4Mraised▾
Provider of a platform for customer retention and marketing automation. The platform offers tools for customer segmentation, personalization, and campaign management across multiple channels. It includes modules for data warehousing, AI-driven personalization, and customer intelligence. The platform aims to facilitate strategic customer database marketing and boost customer lifetime value.
- Jul 2022Series A$24M
- Oct 2013Seed$450K
#2
Series B · Moscow, Moscow · founded 2015 · 28 employees$3.8Mraised▾
Botkin offers AI-based decision support solution for healthcare professionals. The solution offered by the company detects abnormalities in MRI and CT Scan reports for radiologists and detects the length and exact location of tumor.
- Dec 2020Series B$2.1M
- Jun 2019Seed$1.5M
- Aug 2017Seed$183.1K
#3
Seed · Moscow, Moscow · founded 2015$211.8Kraised▾
Tardis provides AI-based fitting solutions for fashion retailers. The company creates 3D scanning system with its proprietary cloud-based technology platform that uses computer vision and augmented reality techniques to measure the size of shoppers.
- Feb 2018Seed$211.8K
#4
Seed · Russia · founded 2015—raised▾
Developer of intelligent vision systems based on neural networks. Its neuromorphic processors help in the detection and recognition of objects in video or images, identification of people and analysis of their actions, fixing violations of official duties by employees, and controlling the visual quality of products including high-speed conveyors. It applies to logistics, manufacturing, retail, and personnel control.
- Jun 2022Seed—
Funding & investor landscape
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How research on Artificial Intelligence is moving in Russia
A read on the academic research around Artificial Intelligence — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 288 Russia-affiliated papers.
- Institute of Cytology13
- Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology10
- National Research University Higher School of Economics10
- National University of Science and Technology9
- Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology8
- Artificial neural network1→6
- Inference1→5
- Feature (linguistics)1→4
- Artificial neural network10
- Visualization9
- Key (lock)8
- Feature (linguistics)7
- Relevance (law)7
- Generative grammar5
- Context (archaeology)5
- Higher education4
- Corporate governance3
- Predictive analytics3
Where artificial intelligence is researched across Russia
Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.
Common questions
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