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🎓✨ Recently, Azerbaijan Innovation Center celebrated the graduation of Cohort 2 of the Digital LevelUp Program!

73 talented students completed specializations in Data Science, DevOps, and Cloud Operations, earning 152 Oracle certificates that showcase their advanced IT skills. 🚀

From inspiring sessions with StrategEast to the support of mentors from Sigma Software University, the ceremony highlighted how collaboration is shaping the next generation of tech leaders in Azerbaijan.

We congratulate all graduates on this milestone and look forward to seeing their impact in the digital economy! 💡🌍

🇺🇸🤝🇺🇦 StrategEast led another impactful visit to Washington, D.C. with Ukraine’s defense tech and dual-use tech companies under the U.S.-Ukraine Tech Partnership Initiative, advancing strategic ties between Ukraine’s tech sector and the U.S. innovation and defense ecosystem.

Led by StrategEast in partnership with Diia.City Union and Kharkiv IT Cluster, and with the support by the Міністерство цифрової трансформації України Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine, this initiative connects leading Ukrainian tech companies with U.S. policymakers, defense tech stakeholders, and investors to accelerate collaboration on dual-use technologies and Ukraine’s innovation-driven recovery.

The Ukrainian delegation included top executives and founders:
Daria Yaniieva (Sigma Software Group), Iaroslav Fisiuk (S-PRO USA),
Alex Fink (Swarmer), Jennifer Scocca (Colmatek), Kyle Rachau and Patrick Renteria (Eleks), Valerii Zarubin (BlueBird Tech), Felipé Campos (Organized Matter),and Aaron Mindel (Pegasus Aerospace). StrategEast was represented by Anatoly Motkin and Hanna Myshko.

Highlights of the visit included:
🧠 Expert discussions at the The Brookings Institution with Dr. Fiona Hill and Michael O’Hanlon
🎯 In-depth briefing at the National Defense University with faculty including Jeffrey Payne and Jackie Kerr
🌐 Strategic meeting with TECRO on potential cooperation between Ukraine’s tech sector and Taiwan, and future delegation visit
💼 A powerful roundtable co-hosted by StrategEast and our long-standing partner - CEPA (many thanks to Catherine Sendak for this cooperation), with participation from Northrop Grumman Corporation, RTX, Anduril, Auterion, and Foundation for the Defense of Democracies.
🛡️ Dialogue at the Hudson Institute with Luke Coffey on the future of dual-use tech collaboration
This visit is another step toward building strong transatlantic alliances that serve both economic and national security goals.