Russia-Ukraine Crisis | Ukrainian-born technologies and the people who invented them

Ukrainians’ uncomfortable attempts at normalcy were disrupted at morning on February 24. Many citizens of the city had sought refuge deep underground people , in Kyiv’s metro system, by the end of the day. Mike Sapiton, a Forbes Ukraine journalist, was one of few who managed to leave the Russian invasion on Kyiv’s capital. He mentioned several well-known digital businesses, services, and applications with Ukrainian roots in a series of tweets. 

On February 24, Russia started a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, launching airstrikes on towns and military sites as well as sending troops and tanks from several routes, shattering Europe’s peace. Following Russia’s invasion, tens of thousands of Ukrainians have abandoned their homes and migrated into neighboring nations. Some passengers carrying baggage took refuge in the subway since they didn’t know where else to go. 

Forbes Mike Sapiton, a journalist from Ukraine, was one of few who managed to leave the Russian invasion on Kyiv. He mentioned several well-known digital businesses, services, and applications with Ukrainian roots in a series of tweets. Ukraine’s IT sector is one of the fastest expanding in the country. The country’s technology industry has come a long way since its 1991 independence from the Soviet Union. Let’s take a look at what Ukraine has done for the rest of the globe. 

Source: Money Control

WhatsApp | Jan Koum, a Ukrainian-American businessman and computer engineer, co-founded WhatsApp, a mobile messaging programme, in 2009. He was the previous CEO of WhatsApp, which Facebook acquired in 2014. Koum was born in Kyiv and grew up in Fastiv, the site of Russia’s February 24 strike. 

 PayPal | In 1998, a Ukrainian-American software engineer and businessman, Max Levchin, along with Peter Thiel and Luke Nosek, co-founded PayPal, an American international financial technology corporation that operates online payments systems in the majority of nations. Levchin was a co-creator of the Gausebeck-Levchin test, one of the first commercial implementations of a CAPTCHA challenge response human test, and contributed to PayPal’s anti-fraud efforts. 

CleanMyMac | CleanMyMac is a strong Mac cleaner, speed booster, and health guard that can help your Mac run at full speed again. Oleksandr Kosovan, the creator of MacPaw, a company that makes apps that make Mc life easier, designed the app. Kyiv, Ukraine is the company’s headquarters. 

Snapchat | Snapchat’s ‘Lenses’ feature, which are real-time filters that distort or accessorise faces, was developed by a Ukrainian firm called Looksery, which was bought by Snap Inc. in September 2015 for $150 million. Victor Shaburov of Russia and Yurii Monastyrshin of Ukraine established Looksery. 

Oleg Rogynskyy, another excellent Ukrainian entrepreneur, launched People.ai | Ukrainian company. People.ai is an artificial intelligence (AI) service that collects and analyses data created by salespeople in order to make suggestions.

To help companies innovate, expand, and earn more income, the software combines complicated artificial intelligence with real-world business skills. 

Grammarly | The online grammar checker was established in 2009 by Ukrainians Alex Shevchenko, Max Lytvyn, and Dmytro Lider. Grammarly is a cross-platform cloud-based typing assistance with a Ukrainian American headquarters that checks spelling, grammar, punctuation, and more. 

RevoultApp | In 2015, Nikolay Storonsky of Russia and Vlad Yatsenko of Ukraine launched Revoult. Revoult is a financial technology business based in London that provides banking services. 

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Edited By- Mahi Gupta

Published By- Pawan Rajput