Our Partner Josip Vlah Is Now the Official OpenAI Ambassador for Croatia

Josip Vlah has been selected as the Official OpenAI Ambassador for Croatia, marking a new chapter for AI education, community building, and practical AI adoption across Croatia and the wider region.

Bringing the Next Era of AI Building to Croatia and Southeast Europe

We are proud to announce that our Partner, Josip Vlah, has been named the Official OpenAI Ambassador for Croatia.

This is an important milestone for Josip, for RZLT, and for the wider technology ecosystem across Croatia and Southeast Europe.

AI is no longer a distant trend or a tool reserved for a small group of technical teams. It is becoming a new operating layer for companies, institutions, creators, developers, and entire industries. The question is no longer whether AI will reshape how we work, build, and communicate. The question is who will help make that shift practical, accessible, and useful for the people building on the ground.

That is where this new role begins.

Croatia and the surrounding region are filled with exceptional companies, founders, engineers, researchers, operators, and creative teams already working at the forefront of AI every day. Some are building products. Some are transforming internal operations. Some are experimenting with agents, automation, AI-native content, new interfaces, developer tools, and entirely new business models.

Now, there is an opportunity to connect that energy into something bigger.

Why This Matters

For years, the global AI conversation was concentrated around a few major hubs.

San Francisco. London. New York. Paris. Berlin.

But the next chapter of AI adoption will not be written only in the largest markets. It will be shaped by local communities that know how to turn new technology into real use cases, real companies, and real impact.

Croatia has the talent. The region has the ambition. What is needed now is more access, more education, more collaboration, and more spaces where builders can learn from each other.

As the Official OpenAI Ambassador for Croatia, Josip will focus on helping grow that ecosystem through new events, community initiatives, workshops, and practical programs designed for people who are not just talking about AI, but actively building with it.

This role is not only about representing a global technology leader locally.

It is about creating a stronger bridge between OpenAI’s global ecosystem and the builders, companies, institutions, and communities in Croatia and the wider region.

Why Josip?

This recognition is not just a title. It is built on years of hands-on work at the intersection of AI, Web3, automation, creative technology, and community building.

As Partner and Co-Founder at RZLT, Josip has worked closely with startups, scaleups, protocols, ecosystem teams, and technology companies that are building in some of the most disruptive categories of the last decade.

From AI-native growth systems and automation workflows to decentralized AI, developer communities, ecosystem expansion, and emerging technology education, his work has consistently focused on one thing:

Turning complex technology into something people can understand, adopt, and use.

At RZLT, we have spent the last years building around the belief that AI is not just another tool inside the marketing stack. It is a structural shift in how modern companies operate. It changes how teams create content, analyze markets, generate leads, support users, manage knowledge, and scale internal execution.

Josip’s appointment as OpenAI Ambassador for Croatia is a natural extension of that work.

It brings together his background as a builder, communicator, ecosystem operator, and advocate for practical AI adoption.

What This Means for Croatia and the Region

The goal is simple:

More knowledge.
More access.
More builders.
More real AI adoption.

In the coming period, you can expect new initiatives focused on bringing together companies, developers, students, founders, operators, and institutions across Croatia and the surrounding region.

These initiatives will be designed around practical use cases, not abstract hype.

That means events and workshops focused on topics such as:

• How companies can integrate AI into everyday operations

• How developers can build with OpenAI tools and APIs

• How marketing, sales, HR, finance, and product teams can use AI agents

• How startups can move faster with AI-native workflows

• How institutions and educators can prepare people for the next phase of work

• How local builders can connect with the global AI ecosystem

The ambition is to create a stronger regional AI community that is open, hands-on, and focused on building.

Because the future of AI in Croatia will not be defined only by who uses the newest model first.

It will be defined by who creates the most useful applications, who builds the strongest companies, who educates the next generation, and who brings people together around real opportunities.

What Is Coming Next

This is just the beginning.

In the coming months, Josip and the RZLT ecosystem will be working on a new wave of AI-focused activities across Croatia and the wider region.

You can expect:

• OpenAI-focused meetups and community gatherings

• Builder sessions for developers, founders, and operators

• Workshops on AI agents, automation, and practical implementation

• Educational formats for companies that want to understand where to start

• Regional initiatives connecting Croatia with neighboring AI communities

• New conversations with the companies and people already building at the forefront of AI

The goal is not to create another event series full of generic AI panels.

The goal is to create a platform for people who are serious about building.

People who want to understand what is possible.
People who want to experiment.
People who want to ship.
People who want to bring AI from theory into practice.

Building Together

At RZLT, we believe the next generation of companies will be AI-native by default.

Not because they use AI as a buzzword, but because they will rethink how work gets done from the inside out.

They will build faster. Learn faster. Communicate better. Operate with smaller, stronger teams. Use agents as collaborators. Turn knowledge into systems. And compete globally from anywhere.

Croatia and the surrounding region have everything needed to be part of that shift.

The talent is here.
The ambition is here.
The companies are here.
The builders are already moving.

Now, it is time to connect them.

Josip becoming the Official OpenAI Ambassador for Croatia is a signal that this region is ready for the next chapter.

Expect new updates, new events, new initiatives, and a lot more opportunities to build together.

This is only the start.