# Avast **Domain:** Cybersecurity / Computing Industry **Doc Type:** Institution **Maturity:** Developed **Related:** [[Alwil]], [[Vienna Virus]], [[Cybersecurity]], [[Machine Mediation]], [[wiki/Bauhaus Architects of AI|Bauhaus Architects of AI]] ## Definition Avast is a cybersecurity company whose origins trace to Pavel Baudiš's response to the Vienna virus and the 1988 founding of Alwil with Eduard Kučera. ## Bauhaus Architects Context The article uses antivirus as a documented machine-about-machine practice and treats immune-system or cognitive interpretations as explicit speculation. ## Backlinks - [[wiki/Bauhaus Architects of AI|Bauhaus Architects of AI]] - [[articles/Bauhaus Architects of AI|Bauhaus Architects of AI]]