The Quiet Discipline Behind AI Initiatives That Actually Deliver by Elkhan Shabanov
Most AI initiatives are not undone by poor technology choices. They are undone by how…
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Why Governance Is the Most Underrated Variable in AI Transformation by Elkhan Shabanov
Most organizations treating governance as a process overhead are learning an expensive lesson. In AI…
The Communication Logic in CEE B2B and Tech: 2026 Trends and Rules pt.2: Rules That Actually Hold by Stepan Burov
After working across Hungary, Poland, the Baltics, Romania, and several MENA and Western European markets…
The Communication Logic in CEE B2B and Tech: 2026 Trends and Rules pt.1: The Fragmented Market and What’s Actually Changing by Stepan Burov
A Polish SaaS company once asked me to run a single CEE campaign — one…
AI Isn’t the Problem. Organizational Misalignment Is by Elkhan Shabanov
AI transformation is rarely limited by technology itself. More often than not, it is constrained…
When Kinetic War Ends, Influence War Begins: Why Ukraine’s Recovery Will Be Fought in the Tech-Enabled Cognitive Domain by Andrii Olenin
Experts continue to debate when the active phase of the war in Ukraine will end.…
How Can a CEE Startup Speak Like Big Tech? pt.2: Building a Global Narrative Without a Global Budget by Stepan Burov
Positioning is not a branding exercise. It’s a decision about which fight you want to…
How Can a CEE Startup Speak Like Big Tech? pt.1: The Real Barriers — and Why You’re Probably Wrong About Them by Stepan Burov
Earlier this year, a 15-person robotics team from Budapest closed the largest pre-seed round in…
Bots, Humans, and Identity: The Next Frontier of Cybersecurity by Karolis Arbačiauskas
The “AI arms race” is both inevitable and already happening. Evidently, the real challenge now…
Convenience vs. Expertise: Navigating the Cybersecurity Consolidation Debate by Karolis Arbačiauskas
One of cybersecurity’s oldest debates is consolidation versus specialization. It is apparent that most users…