Estonian start-up stories by Toivo Tänavsuu
One day I started thinking: why is it that Estonia’s tech sector is teeming with start-ups? Everybody is the next Bill Gates or Mark Zuckerberg, everyone travels to Silicon Valley for networking, everyone has hopes of being the second coming of Facebook or Microsoft. Where do these aspiring entrepreneurs and “smart money” get their unshakeable [...]
Pururikkad asiaadid ja Singapuri valitsus süstivad ligi 100 miljonit krooni Eesti ajatempli tehnoloogiasse, mis enamikule inimestest on täiesti arusaamatu ja mõttetu. Aastal 1988, kui kõlavad isamaalised laulud ning digitaalmaailm on kauge tulevik, tutvuvad Tallinna Tehnikaülikoolis kaks noort küberneetikut – Märt Saarepera (praegu 46, ülemisel pildil) ja Ahto Buldas (43, alumisel pildil). Mõni aasta hiljem sõidab [...]
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9 Jan 2009The digitized world screams for technologies that would help to prove the validity of any digital data. One such timestamping infrastructure solution is provided by GuardTime, a company founded in Estonia. The technology invented by digital data security experts and cryptology specialists Märt Saarepera (in upmost picture) and Ahto Buldas (in middle picture) has almost unlimited [...]