Hi, I am
Kamila
I study how people think, decide and behave, then build things that put that understanding to work.
Half academic, half founder: I care about turning honest research into impact (and money).
I enjoy the gap between two worlds that rarely speak the same language: rigorous behavioural science and the messy pressure of building.
Too commercial for the lab, too rigorous for the startup room. That in-between is exactly where the interesting problems live.
Won a first national research award in high school, and was publishing as first author while still an undergraduate. The habit of asking a sharp question and testing it properly started early.
Three lenses on the same question (why people do what they do) that still shape how I frame every problem: human first, then method, then product. Started publishing my research as an undergrad. First author.
Applied behavioural science for global brands and NGOs, where I saw first hand how slow and expensive good insight had become, and started imagining a better way. Dived into HCD and design thinking, and facilitated co-creation workshops.
An external doctoral researcher at the Prague University of Economics and Business, studying how AI is reshaping the way organisations innovate.
Co-founded and lead an AI company turning years of research conviction into a product used by enterprise teams across Europe.
Neuro-symbolic AI that clones real audiences, so any team can test an idea on the people who matter and get validated answers in hours, not weeks. I took it from a student project to a venture-backed company: raising a pre-seed round, driving Lakmoos to cash flow positive, and building and leading a team of 30ish people.
Raiffeisenbank
My doctoral research project supported by internal grants. It turns structured innovation sprints and behavioural science into something teams can actually run in a single day. Founders validate real business hypotheses against AI respondents instead of guessing.
I've spoken at 50+ events, from Washington DC through Prague to Dubai, on AI, behavioural science and building a research company.
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LinkedIn ↗Kamila Zahradníčková (CZ) is the founder and CEO of Lakmoos AI, a deep-tech startup focused on AI market research. Using proprietary technology, Lakmoos AI supplies over 1 billion answers annually to more than 20 enterprise teams. Kamila is also a PhD student at Prague University of Economics and Business researching the impact of AI on innovation management.