ValkaAI extends pre-seed round to €13M for live AI sports personas

Nov 13, 2026
The Czech startup builds its own real-time video, audio and event models so digital personas can react to live games.

Czech startup ValkaAI has extended its pre-seed round to €13 million with backing from Look AI Ventures and ff Venture Capital, EU-Startups reports. It raised €12 million in February in a round led by Rockaway Ventures.

Founded in 2025, ValkaAI builds digital personas for live sports, esports, gaming and media that react to events as they happen through speech, facial expressions and movement. Its first product, ValkaAI Commentator, generates live commentary from event data. Rather than build on existing generative models, it develops its own for video generation, audio generation and event understanding. The money will fund research into real-time video and audio and senior AI hires.

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