Startups / VC / Tech

The German Bundeswehr is developing a new generation of satellite reconnaissance based on SAR radar technology. A key player in this program is a 40-person company from Kraków: Satim, a deep-tech firm emerging from AGH University of Science and Technology.

The Future Tech Poland fund is now underway. This joint initiative between Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego and the European Investment Fund aims to revitalize Poland’s venture capital market, which continues to suffer from a lack of funding – particularly from domestic private investors. Data indicate that the value of VC investment in Poland relative to GDP remains several times lower than the EU average.

Poland’s AI gigafactory project has attracted interest from 275 companies, and the investment could be expanded to include a Czech facility, reveals Deputy Minister of Digitalization Dariusz Standerski. In an interview with XYZ.pl, he discusses the behind-the-scenes of the venture, affirms readiness to continue even in the event of a negative European Commission decision, and comments on his collaboration with Finance Minister Andrzej Domański.

The breakthrough perovskite solar-cell technology being developed at Saule Technologies is at a much earlier stage than previously claimed and requires significantly more funding to reach maturity, according to the company’s new leadership, who base their assessment on a recent analysis. The technology’s creator, Olga Malinkiewicz, disagrees with these allegations and is fighting to regain control.

After months of uncertainty, Intel has officially confirmed that it is abandoning its PLN 20 billion (EUR 4.7bn) investment in Poland. The Semiconductor Integration and Testing Plant, planned for Miękinia near Wrocław, was a colossal opportunity not only for Lower Silesia (south-western Poland) but for the entire high-tech sector in this part of Europe. Yet Intel’s decision does not necessarily mean all is lost.

The need to introduce a tax on digital services has been discussed for a long time, but for now Poland does not have one. The debate, however, is ongoing. According to representatives of the business community, taxing the local activities of Big Tech companies is justified – but the effectiveness of such a levy will depend on several key factors.

As many as 99% of public procurement procedures for office software in Poland’s public administration excluded Microsoft’s competitors. This conclusion comes from an analysis of 72 tender procedures conducted by the Instrat Foundation.

InPost has integrated the Polish generative artificial intelligence model, Bielik, into its mobile application. The launch is the result of a collaboration between companies. According to Rafał Brzoska, CEO of the logistics giant, this is just the beginning of innovations involving artificial intelligence.

Jutro Medical has secured PLN 101 million (about EUR 23 million) in an extended funding round, with equity accounting for 85 percent of the total. It is the largest round in the company’s history. Since 2024, the business has more than tripled in size and is now preparing for its next phase of expansion – acquiring outpatient clinics and rolling out technologies that support physicians’ work, Adam Janczewski, the company’s chief executive, told XYZ.pl.

The Romanian start-up UiPath and the AGH University of Science and Technology in Kraków have signed a long-term cooperation agreement on artificial-intelligence technologies, including the development of large language models akin to ChatGPT or Poland’s home-grown Bielik. For Polish academia, this is the first project of such scale initiated by business rather than the state