There has been a lot of tension built up around the Russia and Ukraine conflict. The current situation has us all hoping for peace and harmony.
Before today, Ukraine may have not gained a lot of popularity on social media. Did you know? there are some of the leading apps that you use on a regular basis that has ties to Ukraine?
Here are some of the most popular apps and software that have their link to Ukraine.
1. WhatsApp
Jan Koum is a Ukrainian-American businessman and computer engineer who is the co-founder and former CEO of WhatsApp. Koum was born in Kyiv, then in the Ukrainian SSR, on February 24, 1976. At the age of 16, he moved with his mother and grandmother to California, USA.
2. Grammarly
Grammarly is a Ukrainian American-headquartered cross-platform cloud-based typing assistant. It was founded in 2009 by Max Lytvyn, Alex Shevchenko, and Dmytro Lider. Lytvyn was born in Kyiv and studied at Vanderbilt University. Shevchenko was raised in Ukraine, attended graduate school in Toronto, and obtained Canadian citizenship.
3. PayPal
Max Levchin is a Ukrainian-American software engineer and businessman who co-founded the company that eventually became PayPal in 1998. Levchin is primarily known for his contributions to PayPal’s anti-fraud efforts and is also the co-creator of the Gausebeck-Levchin test, one of the first commercial implementations of a CAPTCHA.
4. Solana
Solana is a public blockchain platform with smart contract functionality. It is one of the most popular blockchain platforms in the world. Ukraine-born Anatoly Yakovenko is one of the co-founders of Solana.
5. Revolut
Founded in 2015 by Nikolay Storonsky and Vlad Yatsenko, Revolut is a British financial technology company that offers banking services. While Storonsky is a British-Russian entrepreneur, Yatsenko is a Ukrainian.
6. CleanMyMac
Ukrainian tech-entrepreneur, Oleksandr Kosovan is the founder of MacPaw, as well as the creator of CleanMyMac. It is an app that has recently passed the count of 4 million users.
