Tilde and UNESCO partner to break language barriers in Small Island Developing States
At Tilde, we are proud to announce the signing of our first cooperation agreement with UNESCO — a milestone partnership aimed at strengthening multilingual inclusion across Small Island Developing States (SIDS). The agreement was signed on 25 November 2025 at UNESCO Headquarters by UNESCO’s Assistant-Director-General for Natural Sciences, Lidia Brito, and our CEO, Artūrs Vasiļevskis, in the presence […]
Latvian-developed AI translation tool to help Ukraine on its path to joining the EU
Riga, 08.10.2025. Today, during the Riga Conference, Tilde CEO Artūrs Vasiļevskis symbolically handed over to Anatolii Kutsevol, the Ambassador of Ukraine, a newly developed AI-powered translation platform designed to support Ukraine’s path toward EU membership. The project is being implemented with funding from the Latvian state budget and support from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs […]
Tilde releases artificial intelligence model for the European languages – TildeOpen LLM
Tilde has released an open-source large language model (LLM) TildeOpen LLM – artificial intelligence (AI) solution that specialises in generation of text in the European languages. The unique LLM, developed by Tilde on behalf of the European Commission, is freely accessible to anyone interested. It enables building, based on TildeOpen, specialised models customised for specific […]
Human-level AI: What scientific breakthroughs are happening?
Yann LeCun, one of the pioneers of artificial intelligence (AI) and the chief AI scientist at Meta, said, speaking about human-level AI, that “such a level of AI is not just around the corner. It will take a long time and will require new scientific breakthroughs that we do not yet know about.” However, there […]
Tilde has won a proposal to develop an AI solution that provides end-to-end data security and a top-quality language model
The language technology company Tilde has won funding in the international project FFplus, which aims to implement generative artificial intelligence (AI) solutions by means of high-performance computing (HPC) infrastructure. Only 18 projects out of 62 submissions throughout Europe have received funding. Tilde is going to develop a solution that will enable organisations to use AI safely and […]
Going beyond simple Retrieval-Augmented Generation
What is Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)? Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) has become a powerful method for grounding large language models (LLMs) in content tailored to specific domains. In essence, RAG systems allow users to index a body of documents and ask questions concerning the content of those documents in natural language. The system responds by first retrieving […]
Balcia starts cooperating with Tilde in development of AI chatbot
The insurance technology company Balcia has entered into strategic cooperation with the Latvian language technology company Tilde to develop a modern internal artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot. The chatbot will help the employees of Balcia to access the company’s current information swiftly and conveniently, thus fostering productivity and efficiency of internal processes. This innovative solution will […]
The AI race: How are smaller languages keeping up?
Since the emergence of statistical language models in the 1980s, the field has undergone a remarkable transformation. Over the decades, methodologies for building these AI models have evolved, the volume of processed data has increased, and the models themselves have grown in complexity. The number of parameters – mathematical coefficients in the formulas – has […]
Conversation between Tilde and the former minister: What politics and public administration aspects are holding AI integration back?
“LeBron James has missed the most shots in the NBA. But he’s also scored the most points. So, if we never shoot, we never score. The same applies to AI: don’t be afraid to try and make mistakes. Today, the public sector is afraid of making mistakes; it is being governed by a faulty national system that doesn’t […]
AI for employees: How Vidis supports SRS’s internal operations
The Latvian State Revenue Service (SRS) oversees the accounting and collection of tax payments, ensuring compliance with state regulations. To support its customer support operations, SRS partnered with Tilde to build Vidis—an enterprise knowledge management system powered by generative AI. Initially, the pilot project aimed to test whether generative AI could craft ready-made responses […]