Marek Rosa

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Marek Rosa
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NationalitySlovak
Website blog.marekrosa.org

Marek Rosa is a Slovak entrepreneur, programmer, and computer game developer. He is known as the CEO and founder of Keen Software House, an independent video game design studio, and CEO, Founder, and CTO of GoodAI, a company dedicated to the research and development of general artificial intelligence. Both companies are based in Prague, the Czech Republic, and have their headquarters in the historical Oranžérie. [1] [2]

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Keen Software House

In 2010, Marek founded Keen Software House.[ citation needed ] The company created video games including Space Engineers [3] [4] and Medieval Engineers. [5]

GoodAI

In 2014 Marek founded GoodAI with a $10 million personal investment and in 2015 the company was announced publicly. [6] Marek is the CEO and CTO of GoodAI and set the mission which is to “develop safe general artificial intelligence - as fast as possible - to help humanity and understand the universe.” [7]

In January 2017, Marek announced the creation of the AI Roadmap Institute, which aims to accelerate the creation of safe human-level artificial intelligence by encouraging, studying, mapping and comparing roadmaps towards this goal. In February 2017, he launched the General AI Challenge, pledging  $5 million in prize money to tackle crucial research problems in human-level AI development. [8] [9]

In August 2020, Marek announced the GoodAI Grants initiative to provide a $300,000 grant fund for artificial intelligence research. [10]

Oranžérie reconstruction

Marek purchased the historical baroque chateau, the Oranžérie in 2018. He has reconstructed the building and it is now the headquarters of both GoodAI and Keen Software House. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 Kreč, Luboš (August 27, 2020). "Softwarový úprk z Karlína do oranžerie. Umělá inteligence vzniká v barokním zámečku po katolickém řádu". Vikend. Retrieved March 25, 2021.
  2. ↑ "Oranžérie | The home of Keen Software House & GoodAI". Oranžérie. Retrieved March 26, 2021.
  3. ↑ "Space Engineers – Released on Steam Early Access". Space engineers. October 23, 2013. Retrieved March 26, 2021.
  4. ↑ "SPACE ENGINEERS REACHES ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD". www.gamasutra.com. Retrieved March 26, 2021.
  5. ↑ "Keen Software House announces Medieval Engineers, the studio's second engineering title!". www.gamasutra.com. Retrieved March 26, 2021.
  6. ↑ Hall, Charlie (June 10, 2015). "TRUE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE COMING TO SPACE ENGINEERS THANKS TO NEW RESEARCH COMPANY". Polygon.com. Retrieved March 25, 2021.
  7. ↑ Tomek, Michal (January 29, 2017). "Marek Rosa: General AI Is Just a Tool to Understand the Universe". Slovak Startup. Retrieved March 25, 2021.
  8. ↑ Afanasjeva, Olga (June 21, 2017). "In the General AI Challenge, Teams Compete for $5 Million". IEEE Spectrum. Retrieved March 25, 2021.
  9. ↑ Rosa, Marek (February 18, 2017). "The 5 Million Dollar General AI Challenge is a Path to Human-level AI" . Retrieved March 25, 2021.
  10. ↑ Brejčák, Peter (August 11, 2020). "Miliony na podporu vývoje obecné umělé inteligence. GoodAI Marka Rosy vypisuje štědrý grant pro výzkumníky". CZECHCRUNCH. Retrieved March 25, 2021.
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