# Tomáš Gogár

> Tomáš Gogár is the Czech co-founder and CEO of Rossum, an AI document processing company acquired by Coupa in May 2026. Trained in software engineering and artificial intelligence at the Czech Technical University in Prague, he left doctoral studies to build the business with Petr Baudiš and Tomáš Tunys. His career centres on making document understanding useful in everyday business workflows.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at Rossum
- **Organizations:** Rossum, Czech Technical University in Prague, StartupYard
- **From:** Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Republic
- **Nationality:** Czech
- **Education:** Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Master’s degree in Artificial Intelligence, Czech Technical University in Prague, Doctoral studies; left without completing the PhD, Czech Technical University in Prague
- **Known for:** Co-founded Rossum and developed its business around AI document understanding., Forbes Czech 30 Under 30, 2018., Financial Times New Europe 100 Challenger, 2017.

## Career timeline

- **2013** — Presented Prague Chronicles at AppParade; the project won the audience vote and IBM award.
- **2016** — Published Offline Environment for Focused Crawler Evaluation while a CTU doctoral student.
- **2017** — Built Rossum with Petr Baudiš and Tomáš Tunys; participated in StartupYard.
- **2018** — Named to Forbes Czech 30 Under 30.
- **2019** — Reported a 50-person team and customers on four continents.
- **2021** — Rossum announced a $100 million Series A led by General Catalyst.
- **2025** — Discussed AI company building with Martin Schmid and Rossum’s partnership with Coupa at public events.
- **2026** — Coupa announced its acquisition of Rossum on 12 May.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Rossum and developed its business around AI document understanding.
- Forbes Czech 30 Under 30, 2018.
- Financial Times New Europe 100 Challenger, 2017.
- Led Rossum during its $100 million Series A in 2021 and acquisition by Coupa in 2026.
- Prague Chronicles, which he presented at AppParade in 2013, won the audience and IBM awards.

## Latest updates

- **2026-05** — Coupa announced that it acquired Rossum; the announcement identified Gogár as Rossum CEO and co-founder.
- **2025-07** — Appeared with Martin Schmid in Miton’s discussion on building AI startups, hiring and investors.
- **2025-06** — Interviewed at Coupa Inspire about Rossum’s platinum partnership and the value of meeting in person.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomas-gogar/

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