Sofya Zhamoitina

Venture Reporter at The Top Voices

Venture Reporter at The Top Voices | Startup ecosystem navigator | Tracking early-stage funding, sharing tech insights, and publicly supporting founders | Business Administration and International Finance student at Bahcesehir University

AI Development

July 14, 2026

3 min

Kyrgyz AI Research on Text Normalization Published at ACL 2026

AIRUN engineer Zarina Uvalieva published Kyrgyz text normalization research at ACL 2026, introducing an open 1.67M-pair dataset.

AI Growth

July 14, 2026

3 min

Crescendo Appoints Co-Founder Andy Lee as CEO to Lead Next Growth Phase

Crescendo named co-founder Andy Lee CEO to scale its AI-native customer experience platform and expand enterprise adoption worldwide.

Startups VC

July 13, 2026

1 min

Visibuilt Secures €3.34M to Scale Biobased Construction Materials

Visibuilt raised €3.34M to scale its mycelium-based binder technology and validate low-carbon construction materials for infrastructure.

Cybersecurity Development

July 10, 2026

1 min

Cloaked Launches Research Hub to Track Americans’ Privacy Concerns

Cloaked launched a research hub publishing monthly studies on consumer privacy, AI trust, spam, and digital identity trends.

Startups VC

July 10, 2026

1 min

Axle Secures $25M to Expand Flexible Energy Platform Globally

Axle raised $25M to expand its energy flexibility platform, helping distributed devices participate in electricity markets worldwide.