Imagine one of those computer games about farms where one can have a virtual land plot to grow crops, harvest and sell them. So Ukrainian high-tech company Studio of Agricultural Systems, or SAS, has created something very similar. In the company’s case, however, when one grows crops online, they appear in reality, and so does …
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Waiting for his flight at the airport in Frankfurt, Estonian Ragnar Saas decided it was high time to start a business. He took his laptop out, filled out several forms, signed them, and paid a fee — all online. It took him 15 minutes to become a businessman. Saas could do that because his native …
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Last week the Ukrainian venture firm AVentures Capital announced it invested an undisclosed amount in Viseven, a provider of multichannel content for life sciences. Founded by a Ukrainian team and keeping its R&D center in Ukraine, this startup now operates internationally from offices in Canada, Estonia, Russia and the USA. Viseven develops software, mobile apps, educational virtual …
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Ukrainian politicians and tech people seem to barely understand each other, newly elected President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on May 23 during a 20-minute speech at Kyiv’s annual tech conference iForum. “Innovation and politics are two different worlds in Ukraine,” the president said. Local politicians know nothing about information technologies and talk about them only when …
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They’re an iconic feature of Ukrainian public transport: “marshrutkas,” the sometimes rickety, oft maligned, and almost always overcrowded private buses zipping down city streets. They also form an important part of Kyiv’s overburdened public transport sector. Now they have a fierce rival: on May 14, global ride-sharing giant Uber launched its bus service, Uber Shuttle, …
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A Ukrainian startup has filed a complaint to the European Union’s competition office against U.S. tech giant Apple, a move that has attracted a lot of media scrutiny over the past two weeks. Tech startup Kidslox accuses Apple of abusing its monopoly and “killing the industry” of the parental-control mobile applications, the bread and butter of …
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A Ukrainian model-making startup, Time 4 Machine, has raised more than $430,000 on the crowdfunding platform Kickstarter to produce its metal, mechanical models. Far above the initial $15,000 target, the money was pledged by 2,800 backers from all over the world. The company has created a range of functioning, mechanical models that are made almost entirely from …
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For three years, US startup Uber and its Ukrainian counterpart Uklon ruled the local taxi industry with their mobile apps. But recently a strong challenger has appeared: Estonian startup Bolt. In fact, it has re-appeared. Bolt worked in Ukraine in 2016 under a different brand name: Taxify. But it couldn’t withstand the competition and left …
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Israeli internet company Perion is to pay $3.7 million as it acquires a Ukrainian startup which develops AI-supported ad campaign managing tools. Septa Communications, or also known as Captain Growth, consists of only eight people. The startup produces artificial intelligence that helps companies to advertise on Facebook and through Adwords. It analyzes marketing data and suggests how to …
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U.S. tech transportation company Uber on March 21 rolled out an eco-friendly taxi service in Kyiv Called Green, the service allows users to order an electric car for a ride. Green has been plugged into the existing Uber mobile application and available from its drop-down menu. Uber expects 10,000 people using the service by the …
It’s cheap to browse the internet in Ukraine while on the go, according to the ranking published by British consumer telecoms analyst Cable.co.uk earlier this month. Ukraine placed 4th out of 230 countries regarding the price of its mobile internet, with data tariffs being cheaper only in India, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan. To compile the ranking, the telecoms analyst …
Google launched its children-friendly YouTube app in Ukraine on Feb. 21. Called YouTube Kids, the mobile app eliminates not-so-kid-friendly parts of the video-sharing platform. In YT Kids app, Google allows only videos suitable for children, including content it creates itself. For Ukrainian users, YT Kids offers videos in Ukrainian and English. The channels and playlists are grouped …
