The use of foreign AI solutions in government institutions: a significant security risk, but the solution already exists 

Artificial intelligence is rapidly establishing itself in both business and the public sector, but it also brings a new, often underestimated risk — the loss of data control. The majority of AI solutions used today operate outside the European Union, which means that even everyday employee actions can have serious consequences. However, according to Renata […]

Customer AI Assistant for health insurance at BTA 

BTA Baltic Insurance Company partnered with Tilde to develop Laura, a multilingual Customer AI Assistant designed to support health insurance clients. Integrated into the BTA Latvia mobile app, Laura provides instant, personalised answers about policiesand their coverage, helping customers access the information they need, quickly and securely.    Meeting growing customer expectations    Health insurance […]

Tilde to develop an AI Assistant for Earth Observation platform 

Tilde has been selected to develop the project “AI Assistant for Data Discovery on the EO Baltic Platform.” The activity is financed by the European Space Agency and will be implemented by Tilde as the Prime Contractor in close cooperation with Baltic Satellite Service (BSS) as the subcontractor.    Tilde brings proven experience in building AI assistants for the […]

Tilde’s artificial intelligence marks a new era for translation in European languages 

Tilde, the language technology company from Latvia, has adapted its large language model TildeOpen LLM for translation and integrated it into a machine translation platform that provides reliable high-quality translations into 34 European languages. Until now, the model was mainly a significant scientific achievement in the development of artificial intelligence for European languages, but it had not yet been adapted […]

Latvia helps Ukraine create a national artificial intelligence ecosystem

In the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed regarding Latvian support in the building of Ukraine’s national artificial intelligence (AI) ecosystem. This is an important step towards a sophisticated and sovereign artificial intelligence environment in Ukraine that is in line with European values. Ukraine is considering the large language model TildeOpen, created by the Latvian company Tilde, as the […]

How AI made Techritory 2025 accessible in every language 

Techritory 2025 is one of Europe’s leading forums on digitalisation and connectivity. This year bringing together an international audience of 100 speakers and 2,000 participants, covering such topics as 6G development, quantum technologies, AI, data security, and sustainable digital infrastructure.   To ensure every participant followed along fully engaged, organisers partnered with Tilde, integrating Tilde Event Assistant to provide real-time speech transcription and translation directly to attendees’ devices.  […]

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 […]