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.

In EVN Report’s news roundup for the week of October 4: At the International Organization of La Francophonie summit, French President Macron reaffirms France’s “unconditional support for Armenia”; the largest Iranian trade center in the world opens in Armenia; as senior Armenian officials reiterate Baku’s unwillingness to commit to a peace agreement, Ilham Aliyev accuses Armenia of committing ecocide, urbicide and culturcide.

Գյուղատնտեսական գործերում ներգրավված կանանց աշխատանքային խմբերին անդրադարձող հոդվածի ՁայնաԳիրը։

Armenia faces distinct security threats from Azerbaijan, Turkey and Russia, with Russia posing the most complex and severe challenge through cyber operations. In this episode of “Examining the Context” podcast, Nerses Kopalyan explains the concept of subversion as a tenable risk-mitigation strategy against these threats.

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.

In EVN Report’s news roundup for the week of September 27: Today, September 27, marks the fourth anniversary of the start of the 2020 Artsakh War; a delegation led by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan attends the 79th session of the UN General Assembly; foreign affairs ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan meet in New York City and more.

In EVN Report’s news roundup for the week of September 20: This week marked the first anniversary of Azerbaijan’s military offensive that led to the ethnic cleansing of Artsakh’s entire population; a complaint for crimes against humanity is filed with the Prosecutor of the ICC on behalf of two victims from Artsakh; Armenia’s Investigative Committee arrests three people involved in an alleged plot to overthrow the government and more.

Արցախի կորստին, բռնի տեղահանությանն ու Հայաստանում կյանքը շարունակելու Թամարա Գրիգորյանի անձնական անդրադարձի ՁայնաԳիրը՝ հեղինակի ընթերցմամբ։