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Ukrainian soldier won gold at Europe’s drone modeling championship

An ex-volunteer and a soldier of the Ukrainian Battalion “Luhansk-1,” Andrii Umrykhin won gold at the FAI F2 European Championships for Control Line Model Aircraft. Contestants from 40 countries participated in the competition, which was held by the World Air Sports Federation (FAI) in Bulgaria in late August. Umrykhin defeated two Russian contestants, Igor Trifonov, …

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New military-focused high-tech cluster established in Ukraine

Ukrainian IT-entrepreneur Evgeny Utkin has initiated the creation of a networked cluster, presented as an association of high-tech companies and venture capital investors who specialize in the production of dual-use goods to support the security and defense of Ukraine. The cluster will be managed by the newly established Ukrainian Agency for Promising Scientific and Technological Developments …

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Odessa startup promises easy 3D printing

Volodymyr Usov, a founder and chief executive officer at Odessa-based startup Kwambio that provides an online platform for easy 3D printing, says that everyone will have such a printer at home in the near future. The main problem with 3D printing now, however, is it is too complicated for many people. The first time Usov discovered a 3D printer was at the IDCEE …

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Game developer Gameloft opens office in Lviv for 50-100 new employees

International game developer Gameloft is opening a second office in Ukraine. The company has operated in Kharkiv (Kharkov) since 2007, but now announces plans to open a Lviv (Lvov) location. Evgeniy Birenbaum, HR manager at the company’s Kharkov office, said that the company intends to hire 50-100 new employees at the Lviv office, with the …

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From universities to big Soviet-era enterprises, VCs eye Ukrainian space startups

Is the Ukrainian space industry attractive to venture investors? Business magazine Capital has identified examples of successful startups and asked local and international VCs to comment on the matter. There already are space startups at universities in the country. Nanosputnik PolyITAN, developed by students at Kyiv Polytechnic Institute as part of the international program QB50, …

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In Western Ukraine, amateur inventor builds AI-powered “smart home”

Vitaly Rishkulyak of Chernivtsi (Chernovtsy), a city with nearly 250,000 inhabitants, has created his own “smart apartment.” Now, a large part of the work that people used to do themselves is done in his apartment by an artificial intellect named Eve, according to a story on TSN.UA. Vitaly’s apartment is literally crammed full of electronics. …

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Ukrainian startup Petcube delays shipment of product again, hires new head of marketing

Perhaps the most famous Ukrainian hardware startup, Petcube says the release of its remote laser pointing pet-playing device is now at least six months behind schedule. Selling at a pre-order price of $179 on crowdfunding platform Kickstarter, the group said the latest delay – deliveries are scheduled now for the end of November, – was …

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