Receiving National Award "People Changing the Country"

The milestones in life make you reflect over your journey. These turning points illuminate all that was meaningful and good as well as the errors and hardships, inevitably incurred. As I stand humbled at the ceremony of being bestowed upon the National Award “People Changing the Country” for my endeavours in the field of Artificial Intelligence as AI software developer and Entrepreneur, I feel that ultimately my work in AI has not been about proving anything or establishing new heights in business; since 2019 it has been an honest attempt to make this world a better place for human beings by creating AI agents for companies and people to ease the burdens of digitalization. Never before has science and technology held such a degree of responsibility for transforming the world of tomorrow. This Award is a true recognition of the immeasurable contribution and self-sacrifice of the teams that I have led - from the National AI Center at MIPT and the Shvabe R&D Center to iPavlov and AI-Systems (Maxima Group of Companies). Very few people believed back in 2019 that we would be able to develop real AI products changing the way how factories processed steel, corporations exchanged trade or cities provided municipal services. This Award is our Reward for that faith; for the talent and resilience of hundreds of AI engineers and data scientists who made that change possible through countless sleepless nights and setbacks proving that People Create AI to Change the World because the World Deserves to be a Better Place.