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Vocal Image is using AI to help people communicate better

Fundraising /

With 4 million app downloads, Estonia-based startup Vocal Image aims to help people improve their voice and communication skills with AI-powered coaching. But out of its 160,000 active users, it may be its CEO, Nick Lakhoika, who best embodies its mission.  Lakhoika was born in Belarus, didn’t speak English until his relocation to Estonia, and […]

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From tech pioneers to ‘extremists’: Belarusian founders face exile and statelessness

Government & Policy /

In 2013, Tatyana Marynich and Anastasiya Khamiankova opened the doors to Imaguru, a startup hub in Minsk, Belarus that would go on to launch some of Eastern Europe’s most prominent tech success stories. A decade later, they’ve been sentenced ‘in absentia’ to a combined 23 years in prison by Belarusian authorities. Their property has been

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