Techosystem CEO Bakhmatov: “For Ukrainians, ending the war is cool, but for defense tech it is death”
How does the new head of Techosystem see the development of the Ukrainian defense sector after the end of the war?
How does the new head of Techosystem see the development of the Ukrainian defense sector after the end of the war?
"For the last two weeks, I have been preparing people for the fact that for Ukrainians, ending the war is cool, but for defense tech, it is death. Because the state will not invest 80% in military development."
This was stated by the new CEO of the technological public association Techosystem, Maksym Bakhmatov, in an interview with dev.ua.
He believes that after the war, the state will rebuild and survive. And for startups, the story of entering foreign markets — Europe and the USA — will come.
"Capitalization and incorporation are there. But there is a moral and ethical aspect here. Any of your investors can say that they want the market and want growth. Russia comes and says that it wants to buy all this. Will you sell your drones and technologies to the Russian Federation? How can we force them not to sell?" Bakhmatov said.
The entrepreneur added that the three largest drone manufacturers in Ukraine already have companies abroad. "We don't know who and what they sell and who controls it. Conventionally, production is in Slovakia. They sold to Romania - there they resold to Singapore, etc. This is an interesting question, I don't know the answer to it," Maksym Bakhmatov noted.
Recall that at the end of January it became known that the technological public association Techosystem received a new CEO - Maksym Bakhmatov. He plans to increase the number of participants from over 100 to 500, open new regional offices and create a physical space for startups, which will become a center for cooperation and exchange of ideas between ecosystem participants. Today, Techosystem has 16 companies in the defense tech sector.
Maksym Bakhmatov became CEO of Techosystem: what is his vision for the development of the union?
Maksym Bakhmatov became CEO of Techosystem: what is his vision for the development of the union?
"What Elon Musk is currently doing with US government agencies, I have been doing for five years." New CEO of Techosystem Maksym Bakhmatov — about Ukrainian IT, defense tech after the war, his own salary and, of course, the Kyiv City State Administration
"What Elon Musk is currently doing with US government agencies, I have been doing for five years." New CEO of Techosystem Maksym Bakhmatov — about Ukrainian IT, defense tech after the war, his own salary and, of course, the Kyiv City State Administration
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