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EVN Report’s twice-a-week podcast keeps you up to date on everything in Armenia. Listen to interviews, features, and our Week in Review news roundup to hear what’s happening and why it’s important. We go in depth into the events shaping our lives in Armenia, the region, and throughout the world.

11/12/2024

Narek Amirkhanyan: The Art of Conversation

Narek Amirkhanyan joins us to discuss the success of his podcast, reArrange. We explored why podcasting is a unique medium and how it fundamentally differs from traditional audio formats like interviews and radio shows. Narek shared the story behind starting reArrange and how podcasts have increasingly become part of Armenia's culture over the past five years. Finally, we discussed the responsibilities podcast hosts have in crafting conversations that are both informative and factual, as well as the challenges that arise from the informal nature of podcasting.

50 min
10/29/2024

Hrant Khachatrian: Armenia’s AI Research Landscape

Hrant Khachatrian, founder and director of YerevaNN, a machine learning research lab, joins us to discuss the lab’s various research directions and their strategic importance for Armenia. Currently, YerevaNN focuses on machine learning applications in chemistry and robotics. Hrant explained how each of these areas fits within the global AI research landscape and why Armenia has the potential to be competitive in them. Finally, we discussed Armenia’s recent acquisition of a GPU-based supercomputer and how it will support the goal of establishing a competitive AI research environment in Armenia.

1h 5m
10/08/2024

Sassine Ghazi: Synopsys in Armenia

Sassine Ghazi, President and CEO of Synopsys, joins us to discuss the company’s 20th anniversary in Armenia. Synopsys, an electronic design automation (EDA) company, expanded its operations to Armenia in 2004 after acquiring local companies in the field. Sassine shares how the Armenian branch has grown to over 1,200 employees and become integral to the company's global operations through continuous investment in local talent. We also explored trends in the semiconductor industry, including the exponential demand for more computational resources driven by advancements in artificial intelligence systems.

17 min
10/01/2024

Chinar Movsisyan: Feedback Intelligence

Chinar Movsisyan, founder and CEO of Feedback Intelligence (formerly known as Manot), joins us to discuss how to build more reliable large language model (LLM) applications. She shared her four-year journey as a founder and the decision to pivot her company from computer vision to LLMs. Feedback Intelligence helps LLM application developers identify scenarios where their models may fail during user interactions and offers insights on how to address these challenges. Lastly, we discussed the current state of the AI market and how entrepreneurs should consider defensibility in the rapidly evolving AI landscape.

37 min
09/17/2024

Sargis Karapetyan: UATE and Its Vision

Sargis Karapetyan, the CEO of the Union of Advanced Technologies (UATE) joins us to discuss the various components of the organization, including education, outreach, policymaking, and the DigiTec Expo. Sargis also spoke about the importance of expanding the scope of DigiTec to include greater participation from the international tech community.

1h 4m
09/03/2024

Tigran Atoyan: Making Research Easier with AI

Tigran Atoyan, the founder and CEO of Haibrid, joins us to discuss how his company helps academics, writers and anyone doing research online curate and manage sources and information more efficiently. We discussed the product’s workflow and the planned AI integrations, as well as the bigger vision for the company which involves data protection and privacy for browsing history. Lastly, Tigran shares with us his thoughts on building an AI company in an era where the technology behind these applications has become commodified.

38 min
08/20/2024

Zareh Zurabyan: Biotech in 2024

Zareh Zurabyan, head of the Americas division at eLabNext, joins us to discuss how the company has integrated generative AI workflows into their digital notebook solution for scientists. He addressed some of the main challenges hindering wider AI adoption in biotech, particularly privacy concerns related to data handling. We also explored Zareh’s journey to becoming an investor and the trends he’s most excited about in the biotech sector.

49 min
08/13/2024

Hayk Karapetyan: Hosting WCIT 2024

Hayk Karapetyan, executive director of the organizing committee for the World Conference on Innovation and Technology 2024 (WCIT), joins the podcast to discuss this premier tech event coming to Yerevan this October. Hayk shared insights on the impact that hosting WCIT in 2019 had on Armenia's tech ecosystem and outlined this year's agenda. With the global tech community set to be focused on Yerevan, Hayk emphasized why this is a pivotal opportunity for Armenian tech to showcase its strengths, branding the country as an ideal place to develop advanced technologies and commercialize them globally.

24 min

EVN Report’s twice-a-week podcast keeps you up to date on everything in Armenia. Listen to interviews, features, and our Week in Review news roundup to hear what’s happening and why it’s important. We go in depth into the events shaping our lives in Armenia, the region, and throughout the world.

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EVN Report
Years Active

2022 - 2024
Episodes

50
Rating

Clean
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