Kyiv: Ukraine, under attack from Russia, is home to a large number of tech startups, offices of Big Tech and an IT outsourcing sector that services global giants. Indeed, many famous tech products we use today have Ukrainian roots.
WhatsApp: Co-founded in 2009 by Ukraine-born Jan Koum, a businessman and computer engineer.
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PayPal: Co-founded by Max Levchin, a Ukrainian-American software engineer and businessman, in 1998.
CleanMyMac: Created by Ukrainian tech entrepreneur Oleksandr Kosovan, founder of MacPaw.
Snapchat: Its ‘Lenses’ feature came from photography startup Looksery, which was co-founded by Yurii Monastyrshin from Ukraine.
Grammarly: The typing assistant was founded by Ukrainians Alex Shevchenko, Max Lytvyn and Dmytro Lider in 2009.
