About
Jan Zizka is the CEO and co-founder of Brightpick, a company developing AI robots for warehouses, where he oversees strategy and contributes to the development of robot and AI technologies. He previously co-founded and led Photoneo, a 3D vision company acquired by Zebra Technologies in 2025, and has filed more than 20 patents in areas including 3D sensing and mobile robotics. Zizka holds a PhD in Computer Vision from Comenius University and has conducted research at MIT.
Co-founder & CEO at Photoneo
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Photoneo's investors · 7
AI CapitalDenverAlpha Intelligence CapitalSan FranciscoCredo VenturesPrague · $1M – $5M checksEarlybird Venture CapitalBerlin · $540K – $12M checksEBRD Venture Capital Investment ProgrammeLondon · $2.2M – $27M checksTaiwania CapitalTaipei · $3M – $85M checksVenture to Future FundBratislava · $440K – $7.7M checks
Co-founders at Photoneo
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Jozef VeresFounder
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Tomas KovacovskyCo-founder & CTO
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Michal MalyCo-founder
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Branislav PulisCo-founder & VP of Sales & Marketing
Experience
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C++Robotic DesignMachine VisionMobile RoboticsArtificial Intelligence (AI)AutomationMachine LearningProduct DevelopmentHardware DevelopmentStrategyComputer VisionComputational Photography
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3D ScanningProgrammingAlgorithmsRoboticsImage SensorsOpticsComputer GraphicsOptical TrackingVirtual RealityAugmented RealityRapid PrototypingFrom Jan's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Jan Zizka?
- Jan Zizka is the CEO and co-founder of Brightpick, a company developing AI robots for warehouses, where he oversees strategy and contributes to the development of robot and AI technologies. He previously co-founded and led Photoneo, a 3D vision company acquired by Zebra Technologies in 2025, and has filed more than 20 patents in areas including 3D sensing and mobile robotics. Zizka holds a PhD in Computer Vision from Comenius University and has conducted research at MIT.
- Where does Jan Zizka work?
- Jan Zizka is Co-founder & CEO of Photoneo.
- What companies did Jan Zizka found?
- Jan Zizka founded Photoneo.
- Where did Jan Zizka go to school?
- Jan Zizka studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Computational Cameras, Optics); Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave (PhD, Computer Vision); Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave (Master's, Computer Science).
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