Osavul
Kyiv-based AI media-intelligence platform that scans open-source data to detect and analyze disinformation campaigns and their sources.
Osavul is a Kyiv-based company founded in 2022 by Dmytro Plieshakov (CEO) and Dmytro Bilash (Co-Founder/CBDO) that builds an AI-driven platform scanning social media, websites, and messaging apps to detect and analyze harmful narratives and disinformation campaigns.
Overview
- Headquarters
- Kyiv, Ukraine
- Founded
- 2022
- Employees
- Total funding
- ~$4M
- Stage
- Seed
- Status
- active
- Domains
- AI/disinformation-detection, Media intelligence, OSINT
- Website
- www.osavul.cloud/
Founders2
- FounderDmytro PlieshakovCo-founder and CEO of Osavul. Studied at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. Previously co-founded Captain Growth (ML tooling for performance marketers), which was acquired by Perion Network, where he then led engineering in Kyiv, before co-founding Osavul in 2022.
- FounderDmytro BilashCo-founder and Chief Business Development Officer of Osavul. BA in Journalism & Mass Communication (Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv), MA in Space Studies (International Space University). Also managing partner at VC fund Digital Future; previously co-founded Septa Communications (developer of the Captain Growth marketing-analytics product, acquired by Perion Network in 2019) alongside Dmytro Plieshakov.
Investors3
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Frequently asked
- What does Osavul do?
- Osavul is a Kyiv-based company founded in 2022 by Dmytro Plieshakov (CEO) and Dmytro Bilash (Co-Founder/CBDO) that builds an AI-driven platform scanning social media, websites, and messaging apps to detect and analyze harmful narratives and disinformation campaigns.
- Where is Osavul headquartered?
- Osavul is headquartered in Kyiv, Ukraine and was founded in 2022.
- How much funding has Osavul raised?
- Osavul has raised ~$4M in disclosed funding.
- What does Osavul specialize in?
- Osavul works across AI/disinformation-detection, Media intelligence, OSINT.
Sources & citations4
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Ukraine's Osavul raises $1 million to fight the war on disinformation
Tech.eu: Ukraine's Osavul raises $1 million to fight the war on disinformationVerified2023-05-04 - 2
Osavul raised $3M (€2.78M) in a late-seed round led by 42CAP, u.ventures, and SMRK
Osavul: Osavul Raises the Next RoundVerified2024-09-12 - 3
Ukrainian security and defense-sector bodies, including the Center for Countering Disinformation under the National Security and Defence Council and the Ministry of Defense, use Osavul's platform to detect Russian information-warfare activity
Euronews: Battling the echo chamber: Osavul's fight against Russian disinformationVerified2024-09-15 - 4
Kyiv's Osavul secures $3M (€2.78M) late-seed funding led by 42CAP, with u.ventures and SMRK participating, to fight disinformation with AI
Tech.eu: Kyiv's Osavul secures funding to fight disinformation with AIVerified2024-09-12