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iForum 2020 to be postponed until the fall due to coronavirus

On March 10, 2020, the organizing committee of the largest Ukrainian tech conference iForum decided to postpone it until the fall, due to the coronavirus spreading. The exact date of the conference is still unknown, as reported to AIN.UA by

$544M in 2019: all deals and investments in Ukrainian IT industry

AVentures Capital has published its annual overview of the Ukrainian tech investment industry DealBook. The editorial staff of AIN.UA chose the highlights. Key facts The total funding volume into the Ukrainian IT industry was record-breaking in 2019. For the first

How the private space company Firefly Aerospace’s Dnipro production facility is arranged: photo story

U.S. company Firefly Aerospace develops ultralight launch vehicles. On January 3, it carried out a 165-second trial of 4 Reaver engines, which was the last key test before the launch from Vanderberg Air Force Base in California. According to the

Ukrainians launch smart lamp on Kickstarter and reach the goal

Ukrainian team Gerus Design has launched a smart lamp Jadil on Kickstarter. The project was launched on February 18, and now it has collected more than $6,500 with a $5,000 goal. The crowdfunding campaign will end on March 24. Jadil

British telecom provider shoots 5G ad in Kyiv

Three UK, a British telecommunications and internet service provider, has published a video on its YouTube channel as part of a new advertising campaign The Real 5G. In the video, the girl connects to the operator’s 5G network and gets into

A story of how Kyiv-based ‘traders’ Milton Group organized a $70M fraud, and who’s behind it

Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter has published an investigation into the Ukrainian company Milton Group. According to the publication, the company, disguising itself as a brokerage and IT business, organized a large field of activity and received more than $70 million

EKTA’s customers can now use Apple Business Chat

Insurance Company EKTA today announced customers can now use Apple Business Chat, a new way for users to communicate directly with businesses using the Messages app on Apple devices. “We are thrilled to offer Apple Business Chat, which gives us

Ukrainian Na’Vi wins the CS:GO championship with a reward of $250,000

The team of the Ukrainian e-sports club Natus Vincere has won the major Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) championship, IEM Katowice. The team won the prize of $250,000, as informed on the official website of the club. Aleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev from

Ukrainian gets job at the top agency and moves to New York: interview

Ukrainian Alina Redkina moved to New York about a year ago, and today works as the senior graphic designer in one of the city’s best creative agencies, Kworq. Her provocative project, Bad Reviews, became one of the most talked-about social

Ukrainian startup Respeecher raises investments. Its technology changes voices

Ukrainian startup Respeecher, which creates digital models of human voices, has raised investments from several investors from the United States, Netherlands, and Ukraine. The lead investor was the New York-based ff Venture Capital. ICU and Acrobator funds also participated in