Ū Hub

22/06/2026

Engineering is one of the IT fields that has changed the most over the past few years.

At AI Shift Meetup, our speakers will discuss these changes, share their experiences, and explore what the future of software engineering might look like.

Andrei Lapanik (Moderator), AI Team Lead | Capital.com
Andrei leads AI initiatives at Capital.com and explores the opportunities and challenges brought by the AI era.

Mikołaj Korbanek, Senior Software Engineer | Dropbox
Tech Lead and Senior Software Engineer at Dropbox with 10 years of industry experience. His expertise includes technical leadership, system architecture, Developer Experience, and AI applications in software engineering.

Sergey Malyutin, ML & AI Engineer | Ex-Engineering Manager, Pinterest
Former co-founder of Vochi, an ML-powered video editing app acquired by Pinterest. He has worked on edge ML, foundational models, and large-scale infrastructure supporting machine learning systems.

Anton Naumovich, Director of Engineering | Orca Security
With a background in low-level software development and disaster recovery systems, Anton now focuses on cloud security and the challenges of securing agentic AI systems.

Aliaksandr Lautsou, Site Reliability Engineer | Google
Site Reliability Engineer at Google Poland. Since joining the IT industry in 2018, he has worked across multiple domains and technologies. Today, AI plays an important role in improving troubleshooting, workflows, and operational efficiency.

🖤🌪🖤 Registration link in bio and Stories

As the number of seats is limited, registration is approval-based.

— July 2
— 17:00 doors (discussions start at 17:30)
— Google for Startups Campus Warsaw (Centrum Praskie Koneser, Plac Konesera 10)
— English

See ya!

17/06/2026

15/06/2026

🚀 Who is a CPTO
And why do founders want to hire them?

One insight from our partners at Mission Hire: founders are increasingly looking for technology leaders who think beyond engineering.

The most common CPTO job descriptions in 2026 have surprisingly little to do with shipping code faster.

Instead, they focus on things like:
📈 Owning product outcomes, not engineering metrics.
💰 Understanding unit economics and business impact.
🔮 Making technology bets that will matter years from now, not just next quarter.
🤖 Building AI-first organizations, not just AI-powered products.
🏗️ Creating systems that scale instead of relying on heroic individuals.

What’s interesting is that founders themselves often struggle to define the ideal profile.

Should a CPTO be stronger in technology? Product? Business? Leadership?

The answer seems to be: all of the above.

And that’s exactly why great CPTOs remain so hard to find.

📖 Read the full analysis from Mission Hire by clicking the link in our Stories

Which skill is hardest for technical leaders to develop: business thinking, product sense, or people leadership?

12/06/2026

👾 What would you ask engineers from Google, Dropbox, and other industry leaders about AI and software development?

A panel discussion on how AI is changing software development is coming to the next AI Shift Meetup.

Have a question about how AI is changing engineering? Drop it here. The most interesting ones might make it into the discussion. 👇

P.S. To celebrate Ū HUB’s birthday, this meetup will be free to attend (with approval-based reg).

🐝 July 2
📍 Google for Startups Campus Warsaw

The full lineup and registration will be announced on Tuesday.

02/06/2026

🎶 Summit in Warsaw — product updates, Karol Nawrocki & Darren Aronofsky on stage, and a tech event inside an opera house. Quick recap!

Yesterday, Poland’s biggest AI success story hosted its summit at the Opera House in Warsaw.

A few highlights:

🌪️ ElevenLabs unveiled several product updates. Two demos stood out: text-to-speech running fully on-device, without the cloud, and a travel AI agent that can talk with you naturally, search for flights, make reservations, and help plan trips.

💡 CEO Markus Villig shared a simple idea about why Central and Eastern Europe has become such a strong tech hub: great technical education and hardworking people who look to the future with optimism.

🎬 The lineup featured Karol Nawrocki, Darren Aronofsky, Markus Villig, and Andrew Reed from Sequoia Capital — a reminder that Warsaw is attracting world-class speakers and deserves more events like this.

🎭 The venue was a perfect match for the theme. The summit took place inside Warsaw’s Opera House, opening with a live opera performance and later featuring a piano concert on stage.

✨ As event organizers ourselves, we especially appreciated the production: strong branding, stylish visuals, and plenty of real product demos. Thoughtful, polished, and well executed.

🇵🇱 The presence of Poland’s top political leaders highlighted the growing importance of technology and innovation for the country’s future.

Thanks to the ElevenLabs team for bringing together founders, builders, investors, and creators from across the ecosystem. We hope to see even more events of this scale in Warsaw in the years ahead.

31/05/2026

Looks like it’s time for another AI meetup!

The last big AI event we hosted was three years ago. (Okay, technically there was also a meetup on AI agents last year. Still.)

Back then, we were talking about what AI might change. These days, it’s easier to ask what it hasn’t changed.

This time, we’re bringing together people from three worlds — engineering, investing, and marketing — to talk about how AI is reshaping the way they work, build, decide, and create.

For now, save the date:

📍 July 2 | Warsaw | Google for Startups Campus

More details soon.

It’s going to be 🌪️🌪️🌪️

📸 Photo by .ignashevich from our AI meetup back in 2023.

22/05/2026

5 years ago, Ū Hub was born 🖤

Honestly? Back then, I had almost nothing.
No team. No money. No idea if this would even work.

There was only one idea — to create a place for people who are not afraid to build, try, fail, and keep going.

I started Ū Hub alone.
Right after moving from Ukraine to Poland.
And before that, leaving Belarus because of chaos and fear for the future.

It was really scary to start life from zero in a new country.
But somehow, Ū Hub appeared. Small, fragile, but very alive.

Over these 5 years, a lot has happened.
Some people supported us.
And some people tried to use the project or take my “baby” away.

But I fought for Ū Hub as a mother fights for her child :)
I took care of it, helped it grow, protected it, and believed in it — even when things were very hard.

And of course, Ū Hub would never exist without the people who were there from the very beginning.

Thank you to Sergey Budkovski (Skich), Kiryl Valoshyn (Angels Band), Victoria Umanska (Mama Vdoma), Damian Matkowski (Just Join IT), Aleksandr Valodzin, Alexander Nevedovsky (No Cap), Olga Mozharovskaya, 🌎 Maciej (Maciek) Sadowski (Startup Hub Poland), Darya Ksianzova (Zubr Capital), 🌈 Borys Musielak (SMOK Ventures), Nick Mikulich, Veronika Shendo, Klim Khaletski, Tatsiana Kapitonava, Kseniya Hadzetskaya, Uladzislau Hapanovich, Polina Reut, and many, many others.

And this is only a small part of the people behind Ū Hub.
One day, there will be a full Ū Hub wall of fame. Promise :)

Over these years, I have understood one very important thing.
There are so many kind, honest, bright, and wonderful people in this world.

And I feel like today is your day too.

Because you are not afraid to try.
To help.
To make mistakes.
And to keep moving forward.

Ū Hub loves you.
And I love you even more ❤️

by Veronika Lindorenko 👩‍💻

18/05/2026

Open role: QA who actually owns product quality — not just test cases 👇

Our recruiting partner Mission Hire is looking for a QA Jedi.

You’ll join an international tech company building an ecosystem for game teams — from a publishing engine and analytics infrastructure to their own accelerator for studios. The product focuses on tools for launching, scaling, and managing games. The team is distributed across the US, Canada, and Europe.

🛠What you’ll be doing:
— Define the testing strategy and own overall product quality
— Participate in planning and identify risks before development starts
— Communicate risks and confidently block releases when needed
— Prioritize defects based on business impact
— Test AI agents and LLM features (behavior, prompts, regressions, edge cases)
— Use observability tools to analyze model performance
— Perform functional, regression, UI/UX, and exploratory testing
— Conduct API testing and investigate issues independently
— Provide feedback on UX, accessibility, and performance
— Improve QA processes and foster a strong quality culture within the team

👾Requirements:
— 5+ years in QA with ownership of product quality (not just test case ex*****on)
— Experience as the sole or leading QA in a team
— Understanding of AI/LLM testing: prompt handling, evaluating model outputs, identifying unstable behavior
— Strong manual testing skills and solid test design techniques
— API testing experience (Postman, Swagger, scripting), ability to troubleshoot independently
— Risk-based thinking and prioritization based on business impact
— Ability to create clear and useful test documentation

Format: Remote (excluding Russia & Belarus)

Level: Senior (5+ years)

Languages: English (A2+), Russian

Salary: Negotiable

💌 How to apply?

TG: daria_samsonova
LinkedIn: Darya Samsonova

You can find active links in our stories or bio 🔗

📌 You can also share your CV, vacancies, or co-founder search posts here.

18/05/2026

InspireXchange.nl invested €25K into GUIDE. They met during our event ❤️‍🔥

Alex Lindholm , the founder of InspireXchange was one of the speakers at our Se###es Night event back in February. During networking, he met Sophia Mokhar from GUIDE.

GUIDE is building an app that puts emotional compatibility at the core of dating — reimagining connection for a generation burnt out by algorithms.

Now they met again in Amsterdam — and GUIDE received its first investment.

Moments like this remind us why we build community in the first place 😻

Keep building and meeting new people!

12/05/2026

A sprinkle of uplifting posters&stickers for the community ✨

These beauties were created for a sole purpose of inspiring our amazing female founders and the attendees who asked the best questions 🔥