Panel discussion:"Peak of Inflated Expectations or the Trough of Disillusionment: Where Are AI and We Now?" [ukr]
Oles` Petriv
CTO & Co-founder of Reface
- CTO and Co-founder of Reface. Reface is a Ukrainian multi-product company whose apps are used by over 300 million people worldwide (Reface, Revive, Restyle, Letsy, Ink AI, Reshoot, BitePal, Honestly)
- He has been developing artificial neural network-based systems for 15 years in the fields of computer vision, NLP, and Generative AI
- He studied at the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy and has many years of experience creating products for video analytics and media quality enhancement for major Hollywood studios (Sony Pictures, Disney, Netflix, etc.) at VideoGorillas
- He is the author of several educational courses on machine learning fundamentals, holds patents for facial feature modification technologies in video, and has developed analytical systems for news analysis, automation technologies for analytics in the retail sector, and elevation map modeling systems based on satellite imagery. He is actively involved in the development of agent-based systems powered by multimodal language models
- He is a member of the board of directors of AI HOUSE, the largest AI community in Ukraine
Sergii Kryvoblotskyi
Director of AI and Research at MacPaw
- 15+ years of professional experience in developing complex solutions for the Apple ecosystem
- Founder of the MacPaw Technological R&D Center
- Leads the AI direction at MacPaw, focusing on On-Device Compute and Human-Computer Interaction
- Launched an international partnership program with MIT
- Completed the “Leading People, Culture, and Innovation” program at Stanford School of Engineering
- Participant in the Apple Bug Bounty Program, recognized multiple times in macOS Release Notes
- GitHub
Sergiy Boryslavskyy
Director of Digital Products & AI at Vodafone Ukraine
- Leads AI & Digital Products at Vodafone Ukraine — 30+ products serving 16M+ customers and generating 1B+ UAH in annual revenue
- Founded and built the company's AI Competence Center from scratch; deployed AI across marketing, sales, HR, and contact center
- Builds AI products that generate real revenue: +20% telemarketing conversion driven by AI analytics
- Speaker: Forbes AI Summit 2025, iForum, AI Conference Kyiv; Featured: Forbes Ukraine, AIN.ua
- Operates at the intersection of AI strategy and business execution — turning technology into measurable revenue growth at enterprise scale