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From the center of Armenia's startup scene telling stories that matter.
A blend of repatriate and local talent is making the city increasingly attractive for entrepreneurs around the world with little to lose and much to gain. TechTention is the brainchild a few industry insiders wishing to document this emerging counter-culture, with the aim of showing the world what Armenia's young talent has to offer!. This page serves as the place to find original and interesting english language reporting on Armenia's start-up community!
22/03/2017
The web security firm Cloudflare just announced that they're building a new data centre in hoping to make 6 million Internet properties faster and more secure.
Yerevan, Armenia: Cloudflare Data Center #103 CC-BY 2.0 image by Marco Polo In the coming days, Cloudflare will be announcing a series of new data centers across five continents. We begin with Yerevan, the capital and largest city of Armenia, the mountainous country in the South Caucasus. This deployment is our 37th data center in
20/03/2017
“When we presented the project of the Garni machine at the Ministry of Electrical Industries and officials said, “We don’t consider national names for the machines, I replied, “No no, it’s not a national name, G.A.R.N.I. is the acronym for “Graphical Automatic Recorder of Narrated Information,” -- How Armenian creativity turned Yerevan into the
The Legacy of The Soviet Silicon Valley | Gayane Mirzoyan | Chai Khana The Yerevan Computer Research and Development Institute (YCRDI) occupies a few offices in a concrete-and-glass multi-storey building in the centre of Armenia’s capital - a faint image of the landmark institute’s former glory.
17/03/2017
It's always nice to see 's talent in getting its fair share of recognition! The Next Web
Armenia’s rising tech scene: The new Silicon Valley of the former Soviet Union Armenia was once the center of IT innovation for the USSR. A turbulent history has stifled the economy, but things are starting to look up for the Caucasus republic. A highly-skilled, post-soviet engineering workforce and a diaspora of advocates, combined with new government initiatives, are ignitin...
15/03/2017
Another Armenian-founded tech startup gets funded!
ServiceTitan Closes $80 Million Series B Funding Led by ICONIQ Capital ServiceTitan closes $80 Million Series B funding led by ICONIQ Capital
20/01/2017
This group of Armenian children competed in the World Robot Olympiad held in India for the first time and placed 21st out of 21 thousand competing teams! Looks like investment in Armenia's robotics education is starting to pay off. Congratulations to the team.
Armenian Robotics Team Places 21st out of Thousands in World Competition Armenia, who participated in the World Robot Olympiad for the first time, placed 21st out of 21 thousand teams in one of the largest school events in the field of robotics.
29/11/2016
Valuable insights from Teamable co-founder & VP of Product Meruzhan Danielyan. Via HIVE
Living the Armenia to Silicon Valley Playbook Check out this exclusive Q&A with Meruzhan Danielyan, Teamable Founder/VP of Product!
28/11/2016
One Armenia's new crowd-funded app is finally available on the App store and Google play. HikeArmenia is aimed at developing ecotourism in Armenia's regions by providing newbie hikers and experts alike with guided hiking trails, as well as access to local guides.
One Armenia releases long-awaited hiking app Remember all the emails and Fund-raiser notifications you were getting from One Armenia a few months ago? Well, you can rejoice with the…
24/11/2016
AUA Entrepreneurship and Product Innovation Center (EPIC) is the first university-based entrepreneurship centre in Armenia to fully devote its resources and facilities to the startup incubation process
EPIC Launches its First Startup Incubation Program YEREVAN, Armenia – This week the American University of Armenia (AUA) community is excited to announce the kick-off of the
24/11/2016
Haystack.im aggregates from 19 top stock photography partners to bring them all into one searchable interface - think of it as kayak.com for licensing images. Q&A with the founders Andrew Rowat and Vache Asatryan.
Q&A with the founders of Haystack - Kaptur Here’s why people are banking on what has already been billed as the Google Image search for stock photo agencies.
24/11/2016
Ucraft is the first in The Next Web's trending business tools for 2017.
10 new online tools to help your business in 2017 Being a small business owner or an entrepreneur assumes that you should have a complete knowledge of the big things, but also finer nuances, that can boost your business growth. To achieve a strong position in your niche, you need to deal with different business aspects and, not to mention, pay att...
17/11/2016
CodeFights makes proud again and again.
CodeFights raises $10M Series A round for its skills-based recruiting platform CodeFights brings together coding challenges and skills-based recruiting. The company, which competes with the likes of HackerRank, today announced that it..
14/11/2016
We already told you about how was a perfect destination for but did you know that you'll never have trouble hiring developers, or ordering a beer here since 40% of locals are fluent in ?
13 Surprisingly Easy Countries for English Speakers to Travel In Where the locals love to practice their English with visitors. (That'd be you.)
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