Umni in Select Portfolio – the elite list of Founder Institute
Our Umni company has been added to the accelerator’s Select Portfolio elite list, which identifies the top 2% of the more than 4,000 companies that have completed this accelerator.
UMNI with national award for intelligent chatbots in tourism
UMNI won the SMARTOURISM.BG Annual Award for 2019 in the Hotel and Restaurant Software category, which was awarded during the 3rd SMARTOURISM National Conference on October 17, 2019 in Burgas.
SMARTOURISM’s annual 2-day national conference is dedicated to smart tourism and brings together experts and professionals to present research findings, challenges and best practices discussed.
An important part of the program is the recognition of companies and organizations that contribute to the development of smart tourism in Bulgaria by giving them annual awards.
Our company ranks among the awarded in other categories municipality Burgas, municipality Sozopol, ESTI and others. The Umni team was also included in the conference program with a presentation on Intelligent Assistants in Tourism – to help both hotels, restaurants, travel agents and other businesses and cities and destinations.
Umni in Reach for Change 2019 by Nova Broadcasting Group
It is a great pleasure to share an important news for UMNI.
After 3 months of screening 136 applicants from 29 cities in the country, 4 assessment stages and one live cast, Nova Broadcasting Group and Reach for Change Bulgaria have selected among the 12 qualifying projects to participate in the CHANGE 2019, a joint project by Umni.co and Bio games.
We are very pleased that with our partner Bio Games we will be able to develop and present our project for children’s educational chatbots.
Kids chat in their phones. Our goal is to bring education where the children are, in a way of communication that is convenient for them, and to make it interesting.
Wish us luck 🙂
UMNI took part in Bulgarian Digital Week
The UMNI team took part in the Bulgarian Digital Week at the International Technical Fair, which took place in Plovdiv from 23 September to 28 September 2019.
The International Technical Fair is the largest business meeting in Bulgaria, which offers attractive forms for presentation and showcases new models for business development.
The UMNI’s team was invited as an expert in the field of virtual assistants, chatbots and smart tourism to share the latest in these fields with lectures on:
- Chatbot for Business: Theory and Practice
- “Smart tourism: what is it and is there soil in Bulgaria?”
- Plovdiv City Concierge – the benefits of chat for the city and business
UMNI also stood out with an TV interview in 2 languages, as well as an extensive article on chatbots in the special issue of Digital Technology magazine, which was published for the Bulgarian Digital Week event.
The Umni City Concierge was accepted into the Salzburg accelerator
Chatbot agency Umni has been accepted into a startup accelerator for technology companies in the tourism industry Next Floor Tech for Tourism Accelerator in Salzburg.
The 3-month program is organized by Next Floor Venture Capital Services and aims to support the development of promising startups in the tourism industry.
The accelerator program takes place at various well-known tourist sites in Salzburg and began with content and emotion-rich lectures and discussions in one of the halls of the Hellbrunn Palace, built by Prince Archbishop Markus Cityus in 1612.
This accelerator season involves startups from Austria, Germany, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, India and Umni from Bulgaria with projects from software for management and travel platforms to kitchen robots.
Our company caught the attention of the organizers with our City Chatbot (City Concierge Project). The program will end in late November with a Demo Day and presentation of startup projects to the Next Floor investor circle.
UMNI with 3 lectures at the 75th International Technical Fair, Plovdiv 2019
The International Technical Fair is one of the most respected business forums for investment goods and technologies in Southeast Europe. It highlights the parameters and perspectives of Industry 4.0. through innovative products offered by leading companies around the world. The largest technology meeting in the Balkans demonstrates trends in over a hundred branches of the economy, focusing on the most avant-garde areas – digitalization, automation, 3D, virtual reality, communications.
The International Technical Fair is the largest business meeting in Bulgaria, which offers attractive forms for its expression and shows new models for its development.
Bulgarian Digital Week Plovdiv 2019 within the fair provides 13 thematic conferences, master classes, presentations and meetings with leading mentors in the field of information technology. UMNI will be part of the event 3 amazing lectures.