Alexey Kurov, co-founder and CEO of the Russian startup Zenia, which developed a “smart” fitness and yoga application (AI-based virtual trainer), announced on his Facebook account (owned by the renowned extremist and banned in the Russian Federation) . Goal) the purchase of his business by Zing Coach.
“As a result of the transaction, I will move to a new role as co-founder and CTO of Zing,” Alexey said. — Our merger is a symbiosis of excellent product and technology with a strong focus on creating an AI activity coach. We are talking about the maximum personalization of the process and the level of communication at the level of a true trainer.”
The Zenia startup was founded in 2019 by Samara entrepreneurs Alexey Kurov, Denis Sokolov, Dmitry Zausaev and Stas Demidov. The application, a virtual assistant for fitness classes, mainly yoga, is based on the use of artificial intelligence. In 2021, Natalia Vodianova and her partner Timon Afinsky invested $300,000 in the Zenia Yoga project.
Founded in 2021, Munich-based Zing is developing similar products: creating personalized fitness solutions powered by AI. As Alexey Kurov noted, you can join the team – there are several open vacancies in the fitness company.
Author:
Ekaterina Alipova
Source: RB
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