Borut grgic biography
- Founder of Binit Technologies, a European clean-tech company headquartered in Helsinki Finland.
- I don't pretend I have a magic solution, a way to fix what's been broken for too long.
- He oversees the collection and separation of over 1 million plastic bottles and cans each month that are collected by homeless across New York.
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The turmoil that has gripped European-Ukrainian relations following the sentencing of Yulia Tymoshenko risks jeopardizing an important strategic relationship, and both sides stand to lose big from this fallout.
Whether or not Tymoshenko, Ukraine’s former prime minister, is guilty, was given a fair trial or should be punished for her commercial interests and dealings while in office or beforehand is a separate issue. These are questions that Ukrainians will have to answer for themselves. It is primarily their responsibility and decision on how, if at all, they choose to deal with those who profited handsomely from the transition. This is the dark chapter of history that most post-Communist societies are grappling with.
As for Europe, the Tymoshenko case brings forward a different set of challenges. Namely, is this a country that functions and lives by the same set of standards, principles and ideals as Europe?
Obviously, Ukraine is not Sweden, and there is still a lot of work to be done before the reforms in Ukraine bring about institutional and practical changes that will make
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Azerbaijan's Gas Gambit
Summary
Azerbaijan’s journey to present day energy pivot is sprinkled with moments of extreme humanitarian suffering, war, loss of territory, diplomatic uncertainty, and massive advancements in the energy sector.
by:Azerbaijan's Gas Gambit
By Borut Grgic
After splitting from the Soviet Union to chart its own path, Azerbaijan’s journey to present day energy pivot is sprinkled with moments of extreme humanitarian suffering, war, loss of territory, diplomatic uncertainty, and massive advancements in the energy sector.
A recent discovery at the Absherone offshore field has elevated the estimated total amount of proven natural gas reserves in Azerbaijan to 2.6 billion cubic meters. Where, and how this gas is sold is an extremely relevant question for the Azeri authorities. Natural gas unlike oil offers the potential to build long-lasting strategic partnerships. With all this natural gas at its fingertips, Baku has a real chance to remake itself into an indispensable energy partner for Europe, and a leade
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Binit is bringing AI to trash
Early attempts at making dedicated hardware to house artificial intelligence smarts have been criticized as, well, a bit rubbish. But here’s an AI gadget-in-the-making that’s all about rubbish, literally: Finnish startup Binit is applying large language models’ (LLMs) image processing capabilities to tracking household trash.
AI for sorting the stuff we throw away to boost recycling efficiency at the municipal or commercial level has garnered attention from entrepreneurs for a while now (see startups like Greyparrot, TrashBot, Glacier). But Binit founder, Borut Grgic, reckons household trash tracking is untapped territory.
“We’re producing the first household waste tracker,” he tells TechCrunch, likening the forthcoming AI gadgetry to a sleep tracker but for your trash tossing habits. “It’s a camera vision technology that is backed by a neural network. So we’re tapping the LLMs for recognition of regular household waste objects.”
The early-stage startup, which was founded during the pand
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