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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
NLTP: Open Source Multilingual Translation for Public Administrations
Co-funded by the Connecting Europe Facility, NLTP offers public administration with machine translation focused on minority languages and adapted to local public administration. The first national NLTPs were developed in partnership with industry, academic institutions and public service organisations from Croatia, Estonia, Iceland, Latvia, and Malta. Enabling multilingual access to public services NLTP is […]
Tilde, President of Latvia Edgars Rinkēvičs, and Maltese Minister Owen Bonnici engage in discussions on digital tools for the languages of small countries
Ċentru tal-Ilsien Malti (The Centre of the Maltese Language) organised a discussion session on digital tools tailored for the languages of small nations, including Malta and Latvia. President of Latvia Edgars Rinkēvičs, who is currently on a State Visit in Malta, and Minister for National Heritage, the Arts, and Local Government Owen Bonnici, actively participated […]
Breaking Barriers: Riga Conference Explores AI’s Transformative Impact on Lives of Persons with Disabilities
Inclusive Futures: Setting the Stage On the 8th of December, Riga became the focal point for an important dialogue on the intersection of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the lives of people with disabilities. The conference, aptly themed by AI “Inclusive Futures, Empowered by AI: Redefining Abilities, Unleashing Potential!” was under the European AI and Society […]
New digital solutions improve the quality of the academic environment
Faculty of leading universities and businesses have developed the study chatbot Digne: a 100% digital course ‘Civil Protection’, as well as a customized MT engine for academic personnel. These solutions contribute to more rapid transformation of the academic environment by improving the quality of existing studies and making them more progressive and competitive. To […]
Successful implementation and future prospects: Latvian-Uzbek collaboration in language technologies
As part of concluding the grant development cooperation project “Strengthening the Capacity of the Uzbek Agency for Technical Regulation in the Fields of Standardisation and Metrology in Line with International Practice” commenced by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia in 2022, Ingars Pilmanis and Kaspars Milaševičs from the Latvian Standard, along […]