{"id":566,"date":"2024-04-22T11:26:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T11:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stage.thedefender.media\/?p=566"},"modified":"2025-11-18T21:21:00","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T19:21:00","slug":"ukrainian-startup-byne-raises-325k-ai-recon-solutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stage.thedefender.media\/en\/2024\/04\/ukrainian-startup-byne-raises-325k-ai-recon-solutions\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukrainian startup Byne raises $325,000 to develop AI-based intelligence solutions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ukrainian defense tech <a href=\"http:\/\/stage.thedefender.media\/en\/tags\/startups\/\">startup<\/a> Byne has raised $325,000 in its first round of funding. The leader of the investment was a well-known British venture capital fund, which wished to remain anonymous due to the sensitivity of the sector. The company\u2019s co-founder Boris Nadikto told AIN in a commentary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The startup was founded in 2022 as a volunteer project to help the Ukrainian Defense Forces implement large-scale language models (LLMs). Its founders are Borys Nadykto, Andrii Yakovyna, and Denys Budnyk. Later, Byne started cooperating with service companies requiring AI expertise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The main goal of the startup is to become the first Ukrainian provider of intelligence solutions for <a href=\"http:\/\/stage.thedefender.media\/en\/tags\/nato\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NATO<\/a> countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The team plans to use the funds raised to build a secure AI infrastructure for a major NATO defense contractor and launch a partnership program for service companies working with LLM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe are planning to raise $2-3 million in a large investment round next year,\u201d Nadicto adds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Byne is registered in the UK and operates in the US market, but the core team is based in Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The investment round was led 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