Polish startup AIstats bags $1.1m in funding to reimagine football data with AI insights and analytics

AIstats, a startup that provides real-time insights, AI powered analytics and notifications to enhance football match experiences, has raised $1.1 million in pre-seed funding.

In a LinkedIn post, Alexey Vorobey, Co-founder at AIstats, said: "We’ve just raised $1.1 million to reimagine football data in the AI native way. It's been long overdue and we're excited to pioneer the way. We’re building the first foundation model for football analysis - giving both fans and pros the most valuable team/player performance AI insights."

He added: "Proud to be supported by so many cool folks like Mateusz Muszynski from Acquinox Capital, Kjetil Aasen (Myrlid), Serge Morozov (Zephyr Mobile), Mike Haruki Y. (Shining Tree), Deniz Piri (Ahoy Games) and a bunch of others. Special thanks to Mariusz Gąsiewski (Google) and Janusz Moneta (Reality Games) for support and intros which made this round possible; and Alexander Nevedovsky (No Cap) for strategic guidance. More updates to come soon."

RTIH AI in Retail Awards

RTIH, organiser of the industry leading RTIH Innovation Awards, proudly brings you the first edition of the RTIH AI in Retail Awards, which is now open for entries. 

Deadline for submissions is Friday, 5th December. It’s free to enter and you can do so across multiple categories.

As we witness a digital transformation revolution across all channels, AI tools are reshaping the omnichannel game, from personalising customer experiences to optimising inventory, uncovering insights into consumer behaviour, and enhancing the human element of retailers' businesses.

With 2025 set to be the year when AI and especially gen AI shake off the ‘heavily hyped’ tag and become embedded in retail business processes, our newly launched awards celebrate global technology innovation in a fast moving omnichannel world and the resulting benefits for retailers, shoppers and employees.

Our winners will be those companies who not only recognise the potential of AI, but also make it usable in everyday work - resulting in more efficiency and innovation in all areas.

Winners will be announced at an evening event at The Barbican in Central London on Thursday, 29th January.