Olha Karpenko - AIN

Bio Editor at AIN.UA. Olha has been writing about startups since 2012, in times when the word “startup” had not been coined yet. She loves telling complex and convoluted stories in a simple and comprehensible way.

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417 articles

27.02.23

Tech
Investments

Ukrainian clinic Superhumans receives ＄16.3M from Howard Buffett

Medical clinic Superhumans, a project of TIS seaport co-owner and SD Capital founder Andriy Stavnitser, has received a donation of $16.3 million from the Howard G. Buffett Foundation, the fund of the eldest son of billionaire Warren Buffett. The founder

24.02.23

News

American Unicorn Acquires Ukrainian Logaster

The US-based unicorn ZenBusiness, valued at $1.7 bln, acquired the Ukrainian online logo maker Logaster. The sum of the deal has not been revealed. About the deal In over a decade in the market, US-based ZenBusiness has helped around 17

22.02.23

Pop Science
Games

The “apolitical” Russian game Atomic Heart makes fun of the killings of Ukrainians

On February 21, 2022, the Russian game Atomic Heart was released. During the wave of criticism towards the game, its developers, formally Cypriot, but in fact, Russian studio Mundfish stated that they are “out of politics and for peace”. But

21.02.23

Countries
Ukraine

Viber is looking for a Country Director for Ukraine

As AIN.Capital discovered, the Rakuten Viber company is looking for a specialist for the position of Country Director in Ukraine. Previously, VP of Growth, Key Markets Atanas Raykov, from the office in Bulgaria, was responsible for the country. “Ukraine is

16.02.23

Tech
Investments

Ukrainian crypto startup Kolibrio raises $2M to build web3 service

The Ukrainian startup Kolibrio has raised $2 million from Jump Crypto with participation from Delta Blockchain Fund, Everstake Capital, and angel investors, as the startup co-founders, Alex Starikov and Anatolii Padenko, reported to AIN.Capital. Deal details The startup, which builds an automated on-chain auction system

15.02.23

Countries
Ukraine

MacPaw’s office is under investigation

Ukrainian IT company MacPaw‘s office is undergoing the search. Law enforcement officers are also searching the house of its founder and CEO Oleksandr Kosovan, the entrepreneur told this on Facebook. “We do not rule out that due to imperfections in

13.02.23

Pop Science
Games

Ukrainian gamers are localizing Hogwarts Legacy on their own

Hogwarts Legacy became one of the most discussed games online at the beginning of 2023. Although the game does not have a Ukrainian localization, the Ukrainian gaming community is trying to fix this. They created a crowdsourced project to translate

03.02.23

Countries
Ukraine

Ukraine’s Antonov AN-225 Mriya aircraft will be featured in Microsoft Flight Simulator

A model of the Ukrainian AN-225 Mriya aircraft will be added to the popular game Microsoft Flight Simulator. The only real copy of Mriya was destroyed during the attack of the Russian occupying forces on the Hostomel airport. Antonov company

27.01.23

Investigations

Yandex developers used racist slurs in the source code and tailored search algorithms for propaganda purposes

On Thursday, January 26, the proprietary source code of Russian giant Yandex has been leaked on an online community called Dumpforums. The company has already confirmed the leak to the Russian media. Meanwhile, several specialists investigated the code and found

25.01.23

Pop Science
Games

Russian developers of Atomic Heart collect gamers’ data for the FSB via its website

In the story with the scandalous Russian studio Mundfish, a developer of the Atomic Heart game, some new fascinating details have become known. According to the privacy policy on the company’s store website, Mundfish collects users’ data and may provide