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Dominik Mate Kovacs

Dominik Mate Kovacs is an AI product founder whose work spans manipulated-media detection and synthetic video for workplace learning. He began studying AI and complex science in 2017 and co-founded DTU startup Defudger, whose AI work earned DTU’s Student Startup of the Year award in 2020. After leaving Defudger, he founded Colossyan in 2020 to create AI videos for workplace learning. By 2024, Colossyan could turn scripts into avatar-led videos and translate them into more than 70 languages, and Forbes named him to its Europe 30 Under 30 list for Technology. In March 2025, he previewed Colossyan 3.0’s work on realistic avatars; as of October 2026, he is Colossyan’s CEO.

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Timeline

  1. 2017–2020

    Defudger at DTU

    His AI and complex science education begins in 2017. He co-founds Defudger with Zoltan Kovacs at DTU, and the startup uses AI to detect manipulated photos and videos. Defudger wins DTU’s Student Startup of the Year award in 2020.

  2. 2020

    Founding Colossyan

    After leaving Defudger, he founds Colossyan in 2020 to create AI videos for workplace learning.

  3. By 2024

    AI videos for workplace learning

    By 2024, Colossyan lets users turn scripts into avatar-led workplace-learning videos, with text-to-speech that translates scripts into more than 70 languages. Its videos carry digital watermarks to guard against abuse.

  4. 2024

    Forbes 30 Under 30

    He joins the Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe list in the Technology category in 2024.

  5. March 2025

    Previewing Colossyan 3.0

    At a Startup Hungary event in March 2025, he appears in a preview of Colossyan 3.0 and its text-to-video work.

  6. March 2025

    Realistic AI avatars

    At the March 2025 event, Colossyan describes a plan to build realistic AI avatars using indirect motion statistics from a diverse set of identities.

  7. As of October 2026

    CEO of Colossyan

    As of October 2026, he is Colossyan’s Founder and CEO. The company offers an AI video platform with avatars and text-to-speech narration for workplace learning teams. Its training workflow connects video, structured programs, interactivity, and localization.

Career

  1. Since 2020ColossyanFounder, CEO
  2. 2017–2020DefudgerCo-founder

Education

  1. From 2017Technical University of Denmark

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  1. What Colossyan’s CEO Thinks About AI in the CEE Region startuphub.unwe.bg. Checked 19 October 2026.
  2. Detection of manipulation receives DTU award dtu.dk. Checked 19 October 2026.
  3. Colossyan uses GenAI to create corporate training videos techcrunch.com. Checked 19 October 2026.
  4. About | Colossyan colossyan.com. Checked 19 October 2026.
  5. Dominik Mate Kovacs forbes.com. Checked 19 October 2026.
  6. DTU-alumne i Forbes’ 30 under 30 dtu.dk. Checked 19 October 2026.
  7. Winter Wrap-Up Soirée startuphungary.io. Checked 19 October 2026.
  8. Colossyan Beyond Webinar: Future of Training & Enablement colossyan.com. Checked 19 October 2026.
  9. Forbes ’30 Under 30’ CEO Dominik Kovacs Discusses AI Giant Colossyan podfollow.com. Checked 19 October 2026.
  10. Colossyan - Learning News learningnews.com. Checked 19 October 2026.