Jaroslav Beck

A world-class musician, successful producer and technology visionary who, together with the
excellent Czech IT scientist Tomáš Mikolov, is building the artificial-intelligence startup
BottleCapAI. “The most important bridge between people is and always will be communication. The
future will bring a great evolution in exactly this area, thanks to a wider integration of
technology,” says Jaroslav Beck, who has been devoted to music since the age of six. He studied it
at Oxford and made his name with it in the film and video-game industries. He was behind the global
virtual-reality phenomenon — the 2018 game Beat Saber, where as co-founder of the Beat Games studio
he created the best-selling VR game to date (over a million copies), one that literally redefined
the gaming industry. He also became known for composing music for the trailers of Hollywood
blockbusters (Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Iron Man 3) and for the gaming giants Blizzard and EA
Games. He also launched the GivingBeck endowment fund, which provides children's homes with a
music studio and a tutor. Forbes magazine placed him in its prestigious 30 under 30 list. And he
decided to turn his success and his passion for innovation and research into support for Czech
science, becoming a patron of Nadace Neuron in 2025.

Read the short interview Jaroslav gave us when he decided to join the foundation's circle of
patrons:

You are someone who has moved the boundaries of the music world. What led you to support science
through Nadace Neuron?

Without science there is no progress. And without progress there is no future that I would want to
hand over to my children one day.

Neuron connects the world of science and the world of business. You are yourself proof that when
these two worlds meet, something exceptional can come of it. What do you think the ideal bridge
between them should be?

The most important bridge between people is, and probably always will be, communication. The future
will bring a great evolution in exactly this area, thanks to a wider integration of technology.

When you look back at your story — what does curiosity mean to you personally?

It is a natural human quality and we should not let anyone take it away from us as we grow older.
Without curiosity there is no progress. Only stagnation.

How do you see the relationship between scientific and creative thinking?

To me personally they are very similar. The result is something new that ideally enriches people and
the world.

If you could pass on one thing to young people that helped you succeed — what would it be?

There are two. Never give up, and cultivate a high tolerance for the inevitable adversity of
circumstances.

How do you imagine the future of science in Czechia in 2035? What would you like to change?

More directly applied research, and more people who throw themselves into science with a clear,
measurable goal that will genuinely help society on a global scale. We are not a rich country, so we
should aim the resources we do have at real impact. If we manage that, an amazing future in a
wealthy and promising country awaits us. Every scientist and every developer takes part, knowingly
or not, in the daily decision about whether that future happens or not.