Last year, Ketevan Bosikashvili of Supernova won a USAID-sponsored innovation competition for tech professionals developing tools to counter disinformation. This year, Ketevan is building on that success as a Democracy Tech Entrepreneur Fellow with the Alliance of Democracies, an organization launched in 2017 by former NATO Secretary General and Prime Minister of Denmark Anders Foghs Rasmussen.
The fellowship is awarded each year to tech entrepreneurs from emerging democracies. Its stated purpose is to “equip democracy tech entrepreneurs from emerging democracies with the know-how of starting and scaling successful, and democratically driven ventures.”
Ketevan will have the opportunity to build partnerships with other tech professionals and with policy makers, and she will receive support to help her scale up her tech ventures. She will also travel to Denmark in June to participate in the Copenhagen Democracy Summit.
About Ketevan
Ketevan is the CEO of Supernova, a subsidiary of Pulsar.ai, one of Georgia’s leading tech companies. Pulsar is one of the winners of last year’s inaugural Counter Disinformation Innovation Competition, a project jointly supported by USAID and Startup Grind. Ketevan’s team created a powerful digital tool that collects public information in a visual, searchable database with real time updates. She has also worked closely with the tool’s end users, civil society organizations using digital tools to fight disinformation and corruption. Through her work, Ketevan is contributing to a more dynamic tech sector while helping Georgia build a stronger democracy.
About USAID’s Efforts to Counter Disinformation in Georgia
Under the USAID Georgia Information Integrity Program, USAID partners with the Government of Georgia, civil society, media, academia, and the private sector to jointly develop innovative tools for protecting Georgia’s information space and, ultimately, protecting Georgia’s democracy. Support for innovative companies and tech professionals is a strong example of how USAID engages Georgia’s emerging tech sector as key contributors to resilience-building efforts.
