Startup

Ukrainian startup Ultra-botics, which develops software in the field of non-destructive testing for hardware, plans to launch its first project together with Ukrzaliznytsia this summer. dev.ua spoke with Ultra-botics founder Serhiy Brandis and learned more about the product and how it can be used in the defense tech industry.

The Ukrainian founders of the British startup Aegiq, a country that, according to the founder of the startup Maksym Sich, was the first to launch a national quantum strategy, received $4.8 million in investment almost on the eve of a full-scale war to develop a new generation of quantum communications and computing. Almost three years later, the startupers presented the Artemis quantum computer, which they developed themselves. What else is known about the development of the project?

The American company Colossal Biosciences claims to have revived the extinct wolf species Aenocyon dirus, which American science fiction writer George R.R. Martin used as a prototype for his direwolves in the book saga «Game of Thrones». How Colossal Biosciences managed to bring back dire wolves and why scientists are skeptical of the startup’s loud claims.

AI Engineer and Frontend Developer from Kyiv Serhiy Sidletsky created a pet project PYTAI in a week and a half, which will help improve English and conduct a virtual interview with AI on any topic. The idea came while taking a master class with Vapi. The IT guy spent only 78 UAH on the development and about 25 hours of his own time in total.

In Poland, product manager Oleksii Osynovskyi and his wife, designer Ira Polianska, launched a startup called BookFlea, an online platform where you can sell or buy used books in Ukrainian. This way, book lovers from Ukraine can read more paper books and save money at the same time. A simple post on LinkedIn about whether people are interested in the idea has grown into a project that has become a real online community for book fans. The couple has already invested $25,000 in the startup and are aiming to develop the product: Lesha left Reface, where he worked as a product manager, and is now expanding the team to implement their plans, including entering the Ukrainian market.

Two childhood friends, developer Roman Galdava and graphic designer Vadym Yaremchuk, created a tool to increase video views on YouTube — Thumbnailed it. It analyzes audience preferences and creates optimized cover, title, and description with a focus on clickability. Thanks to this, the user quickly receives a ready-made design for a YouTube video by simply sending a link to the script to the bot. The startup is already on its way to its first investment, and in the future it plans to expand the list of niches, including Amazon.