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Anton Bolshakov, founder of the game development company AB Games, best known for the f2p game Hidden City, shared his view on the state of the Ukrainian gaming industry and commented on the cooperation with the publisher G5 Entertainment, which decided to return to the Russian market.

Today, it was announced that the Ukrainian startup Deus Robotics has secured $3 million in investments from local funds. The contributors include 1991 Ventures, SID VP, Sigma Software Labs, and SD Capital, co-owned by Andriy Stavnitser and Philip Hrushko. This latest round brings Deus Robotics' total funding to $6.6 million. Following this investment, the company’s valuation has risen by one-third to $20 million. At the ForbesTech conference in November, we spoke with Antonina Iermeichuk, COO and co-founder of Deus Robotics. She shared insights on the company’s traction, explained why they don’t view Amazon as a competitor, and discussed their strategic shift to focus on software by outsourcing the production of smart robots to partners. We’re publishing this brief interview below.

Anton Bolshakov, founder of game development company AB Games, known for the shareware game Hidden City, said that it has already earned $500 million and has a million active players per month. He also said that AB Games has its own server with the Stable Diffusion AI for creating graphics.

If an employee is burned out and wants to take a break, the best thing management can do for this person is to talk to them about the prospect of dismissal. Because often in such cases, the employee will not be able to recover and return to work motivated in a short period of time. This opinion was expressed by marketing expert Ksenia Larina. Do IT professionals agree with this?

In September, the procurement agency of the Ministry of Defense «State Operator of Logistics» (SLO) launched an IT system for managing the logistics needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine DOT-Chain. Thanks to the system, the cycle of food supply to units was reduced by 4 times, and from 2025, the developers plan to expand the functionality and enable units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to independently select the necessary electronic warfare/electronic warfare drones, ground robotic complexes and control stations through the DOT-Chain system. dev.ua learned from Alena Zhuzhi, IT advisor at the SLO, how the IT department is structured in the company, who is working on improvements for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and what updates to expect in the near future.

In her article in Dice, Leslie Stevens-Guffman, a recruiter with 20 years of experience, explained how to choose the best time and days to submit your resume so that the employer is most likely to consider it.