Is Prague Only Good for Beer and Cheap Flights?

Apparently not.

If you're into startups, or you just want to work somewhere you actually own something from day one instead of doing slides in a corporate internship, Prague has one of the most underrated startup ecosystems in Europe right now.

AI agents, deep tech chips, healthtech, workplace tech, hiring tech, VR. There's a whole wave of startups growing fast here, and not just the big names. A lot of smaller pre-seed and seed teams are actively hiring interns and new grads. One of them just got acquired by Coupa. Another just raised $15M from Index Ventures.

If you're a student, a recent grad, or someone tired of being employee #4000 somewhere, this is your sign.

Here's what's actually happening in Prague right now, company by company.

AI Agents & Automation

BANDITS — Helps companies integrate AI tools into their existing workflows instead of bolting on another chatbot subscription, since most businesses that try this alone fail. Raised €400K pre-seed from Czech VC Miton.

Langtail — A collaborative layer for teams building products on top of LLMs, turning scattered prompts and ad-hoc scripts into a shared, version-tracked workflow with built-in testing and an AI firewall.

duvo.ai — Co-founded by Rohlik Group's Tomáš Čupr, duvo builds AI agents that plug into a retailer's existing SAP, email, and spreadsheet systems to automate operations like margin reviews and vendor onboarding without a full IT overhaul. Raised $15M seed led by Index Ventures.

Filuta AI — Combines symbolic, rule-based AI with machine learning to build autonomous agents for testing digital simulations, cutting a three-week game-testing process down to two days. Also applies to aviation, automotive, and defense simulators. Raised $4.2M seed led by Rockaway Ventures.

Born Digital — A no-code platform for building AI virtual assistants across voice, chat, and email, used by contact centers in ten countries to automate customer interactions. Team of 70 serving clients from luxury retail to the world's largest ATM manufacturer.

CodeNOW — An internal developer platform that bundles 50+ open-source tools (Kubernetes, Tekton, Prometheus) into one interface, so engineering teams can self-serve CI/CD and infrastructure without building their own DevOps stack from scratch.

Hiring & HR Tech

Talentpilot — Built Alex, an AI recruitment agent that sources candidates from an 800M+ talent pool, conducts full interviews, and screens for culture fit using validated psychometric frameworks, automating up to 80% of the hiring process.

Finlay — Founded by former Mews executives, Finlay pairs AI sourcing with real recruiters to pull candidates not just from LinkedIn but Reddit, Stack Overflow, and GitHub. Raised €300K pre-seed led by J&T Ventures.

Zeenna by Talentiqa — An AI recruitment assistant that pre-screens candidates 24/7, running chat interviews and verifying availability before handing qualified applicants to human recruiters. Raised €1.1M from Purple Ventures and the Venture to Future Fund.

Workplace & Enterprise Software

Time is Ltd. — Analyzes data from Slack, Microsoft 365, and Zoom to show companies where their time actually goes, from meeting overload to email response times. Founded by Socialbakers' Jan Rezab, it's raised over $10M to date.

Sharry — A smart-building platform built around digital employee badges, letting companies manage mobile access, visitor check-in, and office occupancy across 20+ different access control systems from one app. Operates in the US, UK, and Poland alongside its Prague HQ.

Supernova — The first Czech startup accepted into Y Combinator, Supernova unites design, code, and product docs into one platform, and just launched an AI "vibe-coding" tool used by Mozilla, Air France, and Paramount. Raised $9.2M Series A led by Taiwania Capital.

Document AI & Fintech

Rossum — Built by three university AI dropouts, Rossum became the AI-first market leader in intelligent document processing, automating invoice and paperwork extraction for global enterprises. Just acquired by Coupa in a deal that continues a partnership going back to 2024.

Hardware & Deep Tech

Tropic Square — Born out of Trezor-maker SatoshiLabs' need for a secure chip that didn't rely on closed-source blind trust, Tropic Square builds the first fully open, auditable secure element chip, now recognized by Forbes as a world leader in security electronics.

Healthtech

Vitadio — Built the world's first prescription digital therapeutic for type 2 diabetes with full coverage under a national health insurance system in Germany, combining AI with evidence-based medicine to support patients between doctor visits. Raised €3M led by Theras Group.

Upheal — An AI platform for therapists that transcribes sessions, writes progress notes, and organizes clinical data, saving mental health professionals up to 40 hours a month. Raised a $10M Series A led by Headline after tripling usage since its seed round.

Consumer & Recommerce

Knihobot & Bookbot — The largest recommerce bookstore in the Czech Republic, buying and reselling second-hand books across 10 European markets with over 1.5 million books in stock. Raised a €4M Series A led by Genesis Capital Equity.

SmartGuide — Turns any smartphone into an offline audio tour guide, covering 500+ destinations worldwide including official partnerships with the city of Prague and Switzerland Tourism.

Choice — A B2B platform for restaurants covering direct online ordering, table reservations, marketplace management, and guest engagement, all from a single system.

Victoria VR — Building a photorealistic blockchain-based metaverse on Unreal Engine, where users can buy, sell, and develop virtual land and participate in community governance through a DAO. Has raised $13.5M to date.

Direct links to every open role at these companies are on Ceeve — no aggregator listings, no dead links, just the actual application pages.

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