Ross Khanas

We raised $4.5M seed to build a digital bank in Belarus. At the time it felt like the future: wallets, instant transfers, mobile-first design. But the truth was harsh: the market wasn’t ready, and the regulations were hostile. What in 3–5 years would look like a perfect business… in that moment could put you in jail. That’s when I learned: being early can be as dangerous as being wrong. In business, timing is everything. The skill is not just building something “cool” — it’s creating the situation where technology, regulation, and society are ready to adopt it.

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Something huge is in preparation at Owkin. We are preparing the launch for a little revolution in agentic biology with the release of OWKIN K, automatizing biology step by step and empowering new and better decisions. To power its reasoning, we have also, and we cannot share all details yet, over the past few weeks assembled the largest interdisciplinary team in the world, with top minds from AI, medicine and biology, fully dedicated to scale Reinforcement Learning for LLM-powered biological superintelligence. The variety of feedback loops is unprecedented, from millions of Q&A to agentic feedback to massive simulation environments and start of automated wet lab in the loop. This is happening now. Stay tuned!!!

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🚀 We are delighted to release MamayLMv1.0 - the first open and efficient multimodal LLM for Ukrainian that can handle both text and visual data! 📊 MamayLMv1.0 outperforms up to 5x larger open models on Ukrainian tests, maintains strong English skills  and surpasses proprietary models such as GPT-5 mini in Ukrainian chat performance. Importantly, it is compact and can run on a single GPU, enabling cost efficient AI adoption. 📖 The model is ideal for enabling rapid Ukrainian AI autonomy and AI deployment across various sectors in Ukraine, including education, law, healthcare, and the public sector. It is also attractive in scenarios where data privacy is important, as it can efficiently run on a local machine. 💡 Our prior Ukrainian LLM release few months ago, MamayLM v0.1, was well received by the Ukrainian community and had > 10,000 downloads. Now, MamayLMv1.0, released in two model sizes, 4B and 12B, comes with several key new capabilities, including large context size allowing efficient processing of large documents, the ability to handle visual data, and stronger language performance. 📝 MamayLM v1.0 is based on the Google’s Gemma 3 model series but with many innovations in training based on INSAIT’s extensive expertise in creating nationwide LLMs. 🧠 The release of MamayLMv1.0 is coordinated with the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine as part of their ongoing national LLM initiative as well as with the Bulgarian Ministry of Innovation and Growth, Bulgaria.  🤗MamayLM v1.0 is freely accessible on Hugging Face, full and quantized formats. All benchmark results are also transparently shared with the community. More details are provided in our Hugging Face blog, see comments. 🌐 The release of MamayLMv1.0 is part of INSAIT’s strategy for creating specialized open models which serve as the basis for achieving national AI autonomy in a cost-efficient, controlled, secure and predictable manner. Please find the link to models and blog in comments.

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NU IT Startups Showcased at “INNOPROM.Belarus” At the international exhibition “INNOPROM.Belarus” in Minsk, Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov presented several Kazakhstani startups, including projects developed by students and residents of NU. These projects, created within NU’s ecosystem, are implemented in line with the President’s directives on digitalization across education, industry, sports, and healthcare. Mirai Tech is an AI-powered system designed for diagnosing and preventing sports injuries. Game of Drones is a platform for remote control of real machines and drones over the internet with minimal latency. This allows operators located thousands of kilometers away to control equipment in real time. Digital Platform for Railway Fleet Management - Kazakhstani developers also presented a digital platform for integrated management of railway wagon fleets. The solution significantly improves efficiency and optimizes logistics operations. Developed at NU, Artisan Education addresses the shortage of skilled teachers and resources in schools, especially in rural areas. Electrologic – Energy-Saving Technology for Metallurgy and Energy, a Kazakhstani energy-saving innovation developed at NU, has been ranked among the world’s top six “green” projects for metallurgy and energy by a global environmental fund.  Learn more about: https://lnkd.in/ezyvxKtS Gulnur Kalimuldina Azamat Yeszhanov

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“To stay in the same place, you have to keep running.” AI is rewriting the rules. What once took hours now happens in minutes — and that changes everything: team roles, expectations for specialists, and how our careers are shifting now and will continue to evolve. HANNA Samarskaya 👑, head of the Women in Tech project, joined Anna Lazitskaya on the AI Thinking Lab podcast to talk about how to adapt to the rise of AI — for those working inside teams and for those building products and businesses. In this episode: • how the Women in Tech team works and what's ahead • should you start your own community or join an existing one? • takeaways from a Leadership Program in the US • the real challenges women face and ways to solve them • and much more! Check out the full video via the link: https://lnkd.in/dKymmriH

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