Ukraine as a place for AI R&D in EE region

1. Artificial intellect
UKRAINE AS A LOCATION FOR INVESTMENTS IN R&D
Andrey Ananko
ananko.andrey@gmail.com

2.  Introduction
 Current status and trends
 AI
 Ukraine
 Science in Ukraine
 Startups in Ukraine
 Conclusions
 List of used sources

3. Next industrial revolution?
Industry 4.0 ( "smart
factory“)
Design principles:
 Interoperability
 Information
transparency
 Technical assistance
 Decentralized
decisions

4. What is Artificial intellect?
In our broad definition, AI is a collective term for
computer systems that can sense their
environment, think, learn, and take action in
response to what they’re sensing and their
objectives.
Source: “2018 AI predictions: 8 insights to shape business strategy”,
PricewaterhouseCoopers

5. What is Artificial intellect?
In our broad definition, AI is a collective term for
computer systems that can sense their
environment, think, learn, and take action in
response to what they’re sensing and their
objectives.
Source: “2018 AI predictions: 8 insights to shape business strategy”,
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Does not
involve
new ways
of doing
Assist in
making
decision
Augment
human
decision…
learn from
their
interactions
AI can
adapt …
can act
autonomou
sly

6. Here’s some actionable advice on
artificial intelligence (AI), that you can
use today: If someone says they know
exactly what AI will look like and do in
10 years, smile politely, then change the
subject or walk away.
Source: “2018 AI predictions: 8 insights to shape business strategy”,
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Just presented a few days ago

7. The time to act is now
AI could contribute up to $15.7
trillion to the global economy in
2030, more than the current output of
China and India combined.
Of this, $6.6 trillion is likely to come from
increased productivity and $9.1 trillion is
likely to come from consumption-side
effects.
Source: https://www.pwc.com/us/en/services/consulting/library/artificial-
intelligence-predictions.html
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Business Value 692 1,18 1,9 2,65 3,35 3,92
Growth (%) 70 62 39 26 17
Gartner Says Global Artificial
Intelligence Business Value to
Reach $1.2 Trillion in
2018
Source: https://www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/3872933

8. The time to act is now

9. Intelligent Apps and Analytics
Trend No. 2: Intelligent Apps and Analytics
Intelligent apps create a new intelligent
intermediary layer between people and
systems and have the potential to transform
the nature of work and the structure of the
workplace, as seen in virtual customer
assistants and enterprise advisors and
assistants.

10. Smart assistants
Despite all the cool things that
today’s smart assistants can do,
it’s still a stretch to think that
voice/conversational UI will
become the next universal
computing platform, at least in
the near term.

11. Voice must come to non-English
speaking markets
Voice-based assistants are growing in
popularity, but are limited in their
language support. In 2018, it will
increasingly compete to capture non-
English speaking markets.
 According to Edgar Dale’s Cone
of Experience, we remember 10%
of what we read and 50% of what
we see and hear.
 Voice-based Ai apps allow much
more warmer personalized forms of
communication with tone, speed,
pitch and persona’s styles.

12. Conclusion: AI market
status trend
Industry 4.0 1 - 3 2 – 4
AI 1 - 3 3 – 5
Smart assistance 2 - 4 4 – 6
10 – the highest score

13. Ukraine
Area
• Total 603,628 km
2
(233,062 sq
mi) (45th)
• Water (%) 7
Population
• 2017 estimate 42,418,235
[4]
(32nd)
• 2001 census 48,457,102
[3]
• Density 73.8/km
2
(191.1/sq mi)
(115th)
GDP (PPP) 2017 estimate
• Total $366 billion
[5]
(50th)
• Per capita $8,656
[5]
(114th)
GDP (nominal) 2017 estimate
• Total $104 billion
[5]
(62nd)
• Per capita $2,459
[5]
(132nd)

14. Science in Ukraine

15. Science in Ukraine
 The organization of higher education in Ukraine
is built up in accordance with the structure of
education of the world's higher developed
countries , as is defined by UNESCO. Ukraine has
more than 800 higher education institutions and
in 2010 the number of graduates reached
654,700 people.[351]
 Ukraine produces the fourth largest number of
post-secondary graduates in Europe, while
being ranked seventh in population.

16. Science in Ukraine

17. AI in Ukraine
 Інститут проблем штучного інтелекту
НАН України
 35 AI experts (total ≈ 22000)are working
in UA (Global AI Talent Report 2018)
 Magazine “Artificial Intellect”
 У ЛЬВІВСЬКОМУ УНІВЕРСИТЕТІ
СТУДЕНТИ ВИВЧАТИМУТЬ ШТУЧНИЙ
ІНТЕЛЕКТ (2017)
 Conference “AI Ukraine”

18. Startups in UA
Ukraine is already well known for its IT outsourcing companies. But
during past years the number of startups has amazingly increased.
There are some reasons which could cause this initiative:
- the government launches new financial support programs,
- crowdfunding platforms become more popular and effective in
Ukraine,
brainy developers and ambitious teams decide to start their own
business, fulfill innovative ideas to influence the world.

19. AI Startups in UA
 Grammarly - Grammarly Online Grammar Checking Service with the
help of artificial intelligence technology, the service recommends
corrections that make the text grammatically, stylistically and
structurally correct. $110 million from General Catalyst, IVP and Spark
Capital.
 Viewdle is a Ukrainian facial recognition company. Google bought
the company for between $30 to $45 million in October 2012.
 People.ai's startup has raised $ 7 million more in 2016 year. People.ai is
a sales force management platform based on artificial intelligence.

20. AI Startups in UA
 YayPay's Startup Specializes in Optimizing Financial Processes for
Medium Business. $5,3 million from QED Investors, Birchmere and
Fifth Third Capital.
 Sixa - The service helps users to access a superpower cloud
computer with pay-per-hour rate via an app. $3,5 million from
Tandem Capital, Digital Future and Horizon Capital foundations.
 Mobalytics - It’s a cybersports start-up which examines skills of online
gamers and develops the ways to improve them. The start-up has
become a winner of TechCrunch Disrupt in San-Francisco. $2,6
million from Almaz Capital, Founders Fund, General Catalyst and
GGV Capital foundations.

21. Conclusion: UA as a place for AI
R&D in the sub-region
status trend
Academic science in UA 2 - 4 2 - 4
AI science in UA 2 - 4 2 - 4
High scool and PhD 3 - 5 3 – 5
AI experts 2 - 4 3 – 5
AI product developed in UA 2 - 4 3 – 5
10 - the highest score

22. Conclusions
 Transformation into Industry 4.0 is a today reality
 AI is a corner stone of Industry 4.0
 Success in computing allows AI become used for all main areas of
economy
 AI still not mature, but developing faster and faster
 Few areas of AI is developed good enough to allow create a
complex high-grade products
 Virtual agents based on Machine learning with use of Natural
language can become a next boom
 Ukraine is a right place for AI R&D in East Europe, Caucasia, West
Asia sub-region

23. Q & A

24. Thank you!!!

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