Olha Karpenko - AIN EN

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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419 articles

08.10.22

Tech1
War in Ukraine

Playrix leaves Russia and Belarus after Putin’s mobilization announcement

Playrix, a game development company of Russian origin, is leaving the Russian and Belarus markets, AIN.Capital found out. The company does not name the reasons, but without a doubt it is a response to the Putin’s mobilization announcement. After all,

29.09.22

Tech1
War in Ukraine

“Our country grew bigger!”: Paratype CEO congratulated everyone on the annexation of Ukrainian lands

Paratype CEO Anna Yakupova posted salutations on Ukrainian lands annexation after sham referendums held by the occupational government in invaded Ukrainian regions. Paratype is a well-known Russian business, operating since 90-ties. The company creates and sells fonts for navigation, advertising

28.09.22

Tech1
War in Ukraine

NUKEMAP shows the nuclear weapons range: how to calculate

Nuclearsecrecy.com is an online map that can help calculate the radius of damage from various types of nuclear weapons at any location. AIN.Capital tells about the creators of NUKEMAP and how to use it. This map was created by Alex

26.09.22

Countries
Ukraine

Darth Vader’s voice to be cloned by Respeecher, a Ukrainian startup

The Ukrainian startup Respeecher has received the rights to generate one of the most recognizable voices in the movie industry — actor James Earl Jones, the voice of Darth Vader. Vanity Fair reports on this. “There are always alternatives that

20.09.22

Tech1
Investments

Ukrainian fund NetSolid invests in Apme, a mobile app studio

The Ukrainian fund NetSolid Investments has led the funding round for Apme. The startup is developing and marketing its own mobile applications in the personal health sector, NetSolid informed AIN.Capital. The companies do not disclose the investment amount. But, NetSolid

15.08.22

Tech1
War in Ukraine

Russian IT specialist brags on Twitter about avoiding taxes in Estonia. And gets fired

In July 2022, Yulia Kuznetsova, a Russian IT specialist and a citizen well-known in the Russian-speaking Vue-community, described on Twitter how she avoids taxes in Estonia. Her story gained publicity. Some time later the Estonian ex-president joined the discussion. And

11.08.22

Tech1
War in Ukraine

Russian ABBYY still works in Ukraine, and state agencies purchase its software

ABBYY is one of the most famous Russian technology businesses like Yandex or Kaspersky Lab. The Ukrainian government banned its products in 2017, but the company seems to continue its operation in Ukraine despite over five months since the beginning

01.08.22

Tech1
War in Ukraine

“One dollar invested in drones causes $1,000 in loses for the enemy”: how Ukraine’s Aerorozvidka works

The Aerorozvidka NGO (air intelligence) was founded in 2014, and now it works on supplying the Ukrainian army with unmanned aerial vehicles. The NGO reps explained to AIN.Capital the goal of Aerorozvidka and how vital drones are in this war. How did

27.07.22

News

Scammers create fake jobs in the name of IT companies to get candidates’ money

S-PRO, a fintech software-developing company, detected suspicious activity on LinkedIn and other job platforms. For example, some unknown users created lucrative job openings in the company’s name and asked candidates to provide their personal data or even money. AIN.Capital asked

18.07.22

News

Apple bans Ukrainian app showing Russian army death tolls

The Ukrainian developer Alty has received a warning from Apple regarding its iOS app, which shows losses of the Russian army in manpower and equipment. Apple has demanded to remove data on the number of dead Russian military personnel, or they will