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There has been a lot of talk over the past two years about AI agents—programs that don’t just write text or generate images, but make decisions on their own, have personal access to user tools, and execute chains of actions. And almost as much talk about the future of digital products not just in agents, but in AI agents on blockchains—decentralized proxies. But the truth is that most AI agents don’t need blockchain.

36-year-old IT professional Oleksandr Vakhovsky works for two American companies at once. During the day, he is a Senior Software Engineer at SolidProfessor, an educational platform from Mountain View, where more than 300,000 mechanical and design engineers are trained. The rest of his time he devotes to the Travel Risk Group startup in North Carolina, which collects real-time data on travel risks in more than 90 countries around the world. The Ukrainian is a co-founder and Head of Engineering of the service. Oleksandr has what the IT community calls “the road through all doors.” He started with a business card website for $200, grew to become an expert consultant for over 250 clients in the USA, Norway, Switzerland, and the Baltic countries. He also ran his own online store and doubled the revenue of the company he was hired to work for for years.

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine is currently preparing possible changes to the mobilization rules. This includes both the reform of territorial recruitment centers (TRCs) and new approaches to interacting with conscripts and searching for violators. There are no final decisions yet, but some of the initiatives may be submitted to parliament for consideration in the near future — after the extension of martial law and general mobilization, which is expected after May 4.

XChat, a separate messenger from X, launched on Friday on iOS.