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Valeriya Ionan

fmr. Deputy Minister, co-created the Diia ecosystem, serving millions and redefining tech diplomacy. Innovator. Advisor to the First Deputy PM of Ukraine.

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Sep 8, 2026
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Jul 12, 2026

Latest issues

  1. Issue · Sep 8, 2026

    10 Insights on Ukraine’s Defense Tech Ecosystem from Brave1’s Artem Moroz (opens the original)

    Excerpt · Neutral tone

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    <img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="497" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!D9qq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6b9303a2-6bb7-4243-bbac-7950bac21c7b_4368x1492.pn

  2. Issue · Aug 17, 2026

    Who is Valeriya Ionan and why am I launching a series about the future of AI, governments, technology, innovation and work? (opens the original)

    Excerpt · Positive tone

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    I spent six years as Deputy Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine, working as part of Mykhailo Fedorov’s team and helping build Ukraine’s digital transformation ecosystem from digital public services and Diia, the state super-app used by more than 24 million people, to digital education, entrepreneurship, international technology partnerships and innovation. During those years, Ukraine moved from 102nd globally in digital public services to the global top 5 according to EGDI by UN. More

  3. Issue · Aug 16, 2026

    Pompita and friends (opens the original)

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    In Phaedrus, Plato retells an Egyptian myth. The god Theuth brings King Thamus his inventions, chief among them writing, promising it will make people wiser and improve their memory. The king replies almost the opposite: writing will kill memory, because people will stop remembering and start trusting external marks; they will receive not wisdom but its likeness, and will seem knowledgeable without being so.Two and a half thousand years ago, the most advanced information-processing technology wa

  4. Issue · Aug 16, 2026

    Why is the amount of AI workslop growing and what to do about it? (opens the original)

    Excerpt · Critical tone

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    Recently I gave a comment to LIGA.net. Not everything made it into the article, so I’m publishing the full comment here.1. Why is the amount of AI workslop growing?Thanks for reading! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.<input class="button primary" type="submit" value="Subscribe

  5. Issue · Jul 12, 2026

    Tomorrow Doctrine: Intro (opens the original)

    Excerpt · Positive tone

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    Available to read the first draft here.Over the last year, I’ve been thinking a lot about how to connect everything I’ve done, everything I’m doing now and everything I want to build into one coherent system. Not just a list of projects or areas of interest, but a logic that explains how they relate to each other, first of all, to me.Thanks for reading! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.<form

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