Tech. Interviews

“I think Ukraine is moving in a very positive direction.” Binance’s CZ talks about regulations, his investment strategies, and metaverse

Changpeng Zhao, who goes by CZ, is the founder and CEO of Binance, the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the world. He started Binance in 2017 after quitting OKCoin, and in less than a year, managed to grow it into the

I earned about $50M on this deal: an interview with Dmitry Sergeev regarding selling Depositphotos

The American VistaPrint company purchased the Ukrainian Depositphotos, the developer of the stock photography portal Depositphotos and online graphic design platform Crello, for $85 million. AIN.UA‘s journalist had a conversation with the founder of the Ukrainian company, Dmitry Sergeev, about

“Ukraine is an undiscovered secret”: an interview with CTO of Shelf, a startup that recently raised 52.5M, about business in Lviv

On August 2021, the US startup Shelf.io announced a $52.5 million Series B investment round. Almost all of its product team works in Lviv, and its CTO, Tobias Jaeckel, even moved to Ukraine five years ago to further develop the

“There will be a good exit, and we add some new millionaires in Ukraine,” said Vlad Voskresensky, Revenue Grid

On September 2, a Ukrainian company, Revenue Grid (former Invisible.io), announced closing a $20 million Series A round. First and foremost, the company with offices in the US and Kyiv will spend the funds raised on expanding its team. Currently,

“It was our last pre-IPO round” — Interview with Oleg Rogynskyy, founder of new Ukrainian unicorn — People.ai

People.ai has recentry achived unicorn status. On August 11, the company announced the $100 million D round at a valuation of $1.1 billion. During the pandemic, People.ai doubled in headcount and turnover, though back in April 2020, it was making

Relocated to Los Angeles and became Snap’s design director: Interview with Lidiya Bogdanovich

Lidiya Bogdanovich worked as a lead designer at Looksery, an Odesa-based startup that developed AR Lens technology for photos and videos. After Looksery acquired Snap Inc., Lidiya moved to Los Angeles and is now responsible for Lenses, a product developed

How to build Europe’s largest esports agency: Interview with Vitalii ‘V1lat’ Volochai, Maincast co-founder

In 2018, Vitalii ‘V1lat’ Volochai, an esports commentator and one of the biggest influencers in the industry, teamed up with three partners to launch the esports studio Maincast. Today, the Ukrainian company is among the leading esports content generators and

“I spent my first night in the Valley sleeping in the car on a hill in thick fog.” Interview with Ukrainian who sold his product to Binance

In 2018, the largest global cryptocurrency exchange Binance bought the cryptocurrency wallet Trust Wallet. The parties have not disclosed the transaction amount, as well as the company valuation in connection with the deal. Shortly before the sale, the application had

What changes for GlobalLogic’s Ukrainian office after the deal with Hitachi

On March 31, 2021, the Japanese company Hitachi announced the acquisition of the US tech company GlobalLogic for $9.6 billion. The latter has several offices in Ukraine, which employ over 5,700 specialists. The Ukrainian office of GlobalLogic did not comment