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One AI, Millions of Behavioural Patterns. And the Potential to Transform Entire Industries

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One AI, Millions of Behavioural

Paerns. And the Potenal

to Transform Enre Industries

From Ostrava to the world. Within a short me, Michael Blažík has built Rankacy – his own AI

plaorm that processes hundreds of terabytes of data and aracts global aenon. Born in the

gaming environment, it now reaches far beyond – into educaon, healthcare, defence and industry.

It leverages unique digital data and turns it into tools that help people make beer decisions.

And something more is that it brings top-class technology, foreign investment and meaningful jobs

to the region.

When did you establish Rankacy and what was

the vision behind it?

I started in 2023, when I joined forces with researchers

from VŠB-TUO with the aim of using data from

computer games to improve the performance

of professional e-sports teams. Together we confirmed

that such data collection and analysis was technically

feasible – and soon realised it made sense to go

further. We focused on the game Counter-Strike,

played by more than 40 million people worldwide,

and decided to create an AI tool that would help

ordinary players improve their performance.

We reached out to a foreign investor who found

the project so compelling that he even brought

a top AI advisor to Ostrava – a man with a PhD in AI

from Oxford, who had advised giants like Sequoia

Capital, Softbank and Andreessen Horowitz, and had

previously worked for Apple, even directly with Steve

Jobs. We secured him as a non-executive director –

he tracks trends, sets the direction in AI, and consults

with us monthly on development.

What has this collaboration produced specifically?

In 2024 we defined our first product – the Rankacy

platform, a so-called decision support system.

In September of that year, we launched the first

alpha version, which was quickly adopted by tens

of thousands of users. Based on their feedback,

we continue to fine-tune individual features and the

interface.

Rankacy provides in-depth performance analysis in the

game, evaluates a player’s strengths and weaknesses,

tracks performance development and, using our

patented technology, automatically generates clips

of the best in-game moments.

Today, Rankacy has over 40,000 users from more than

150 countries. Our largest markets include the USA,

Western Europe, Vietnam and Mongolia. We are

currently finalising the beta version with a new user

interface and the first monetisation features – including

longer videos, more detailed data and premium

analyses.

How important is the gathered data for you?

Crucial. In a short time, we’ve collected a huge volume

of unique gaming data on human behaviour in team

play and on decision-making under pressure – ideal for

training AI models.

Thanks to a strong team of PhD-level AI programmers,

we prepared this data for machine learning

and developed our own GPRT model – similar

to ChatGPT, but trained on gaming data instead of text.

It can evaluate performance, predict player behaviour,

and actively support improvement.