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20.06.23

News

Users playing with Al-generated artistic QR codes. How to create them?

AI enthusiasts have gotten carried away with a new type of entertainment — a generation of artistic QR codes, which look like works of art, and, at the same time, do actually work. To scan such a code, it is

08.06.23

Countries
Ukraine

Ukrainian plugins for ChatGPT are among the first in the official OpenAI catalog

Two ChatGPT plugins, developed by a Ukrainian team, were included in OpenAI‘s official plugin catalog. The catalog presently boasts over 200 unique plugins, underscoring the global enthusiasm for AI development. Oleksandr Gamaniuk, CEO of Tarta, announced this on Facebook. Exploring

06.06.23

Tech
Investments

US-Ukrainian quantum startup Haiqu raises $4M

Haiqu, which develops technologies to increase the efficiency of quantum computers, had announced the closing of $4 million pre-seed round. The round was led by the American funds MaC Venture Capital and Toyota Ventures, with the participation of SOMA capital,

02.06.23

Countries
Ukraine

Toloka investment syndicate launches in Ukraine. Tickets are up to $1.5 million

Oleksandr Kolb, Ihor Shoifot, and Taras Kyrychenko have launched Toloka, an investment syndicate of private investors. As the founders told AIN.Capital, they plan to invest in startups with tickets ranging from $500,000 to $1.5 million. You can join the syndicate

01.06.23

Countries
Ukraine

“Before the war, Ukraine was our third largest market.” Interview with Sacha Michaud, Glovo

In the mid May 2023 the co-founder of Glovo delivery company Sacha Michaud visited Kyiv and spent three days in Ukrainian capital. The first purpose was to visit the Ukrainian team. A hub in Ukraine is responsible for the entire

19.05.23

News

Interview with Ukraine’s Anton Borzov: working at WhatsApp, being an angel investor, and launching a $100M investment company

The Ukrainian Anton Borzov was one of the first employees at WhatsApp. He and his colleagues from Dnipro in Ukraine were responsible for the product’s design from its earliest days, even before the messenger app gained popularity. Anton moved to

10.05.23

Tech
War in Ukraine

Twitter blocked the account of Mariupol defender, a year after his death

Twitter blocked the account of the defender of Mariupol, patrol policeman Daniil Safonov, a year after his death, allegedly for violating the community rules. Now, Ukrainians are appealing for the restoration of the @daniil_donetsk account in honor of the fallen

09.05.23

News

Ukrainians launch YEP search engine investing $60M. How will it compete with Google?

On March 27, 2019, the founder of Ahrefs, Ukrainian Dmytro Gerasymenko, announced an ambitious new project — the YEP search engine, which he claimed would be able to compete with Google. How could a team of 100 people compete with

05.05.23

Tech
War in Ukraine

How the facial recognition service Clearview AI helps to identify Russian war criminals in Ukraine

Clearview AI, an American facial recognition service, is actively used by Ukrainian border guards and the National Police during the full-scale war Russia started in Ukraine. In particular, it helps to look for and identify Russian war criminals, people involved

02.05.23

Tech
Startups

5 Ukrainian fintech startups to receive $10,000 each from Mastercard

Mastercard has selected five Ukrainian fintechs, working on remote identification services, online lending, automation of financial monitoring reporting, as well as solutions for small and medium-sized companies, for its Start Path Ukraine program. During six months, the selected startups will receive