EVN Disrupt

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.

Hrant Khachatrian: Building a Research Lab From the Ground Up

Hrant Khachatrian, the founder and director of YerevaNN, a machine learning research lab, joins us this week on EVN Disrupt to tell us the story of how YerevaNN was built at a time when there was very little machine learning activity in Yerevan. We also spoke about the state of scientific research in Armenia and what is needed to significantly develop and boost research activity in the country.

Ashot Arzumanyan: Investing in Armenian Start-ups

The first guest of the newly launched Creative Tech podcast series, "EVN Disrupt" is Ashot Arzumanyan, a partner at SmartGateVC, a venture capital fund focusing on early stage start-ups. We discussed the Armenian start-up ecosystem, how it has evolved over the last four years and what we can expect from the Armenian tech sector in the near future. 0:00 Introduction/ 0:52 Founding of SmartGate VC/ 3:50 Tim Draper's investment in SmartGate/ 8:28 Evolution of Armenia's start-up ecosystem/ 15:55 Rise of product companies in Armenia/ 19:04 Recent investments in Armenian start-ups/ 29:26 Hero House LA, Diasporan start-ups/ 35:19 Challenges/ 37:58 Future of SmartGate and the ecosystem

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