The mincifers launched a separate unit for artificial intelligence-created primarily for the “comprehensive integration” of and solutions into the state, but with plans to create competitors of DeepSeek and Openai in the future.
“Of course, in 2025 we cannot say that tomorrow we will have a competitor to Openai or Deepseek. But we will do everything so that this happens, ”says Mikhail Fedorov, head of the Ministry of Council.
What will the unit do?
Among the priority areas of Winwin Ai Center of Excellence (this name is the unit):
- Development of National Strage and Investment Programs in the Research and Development of II Responses;
- the creation of the “best legal environment in the world” for the development of artificial intelligence;
- growth of AI-Startapas by 50% annually (minimum);
- The development of state status, where the largest number of AI specialists in Europe works.
Separately allocated plans directly for 2025 – and here, from the interesting, the creation of the “National LLM model for public services”, as well as the integration of artificial intelligence into the “DIA” and “MRIA” application.
Who headed the team and which specialists are planning to hire?
The leaders of Winwin Ai Center are appointed:
- Daniil Tsovka-an expert with more than 10 years of experience in the field of innovation, worked on AI solutions in the corporate R&D and state bodies.
- Dmitry Ovcharenko is a technical director with 17-year experience in the development of IT products and the implementation of AI, an expert on the construction of competencies and the former director of the Genai practice in SoftServe.

According to Dou, the Minzifra II Center plans to develop its own R&D team and opens up positions in the Data Science, Mlops Engineering directions; They will hire Python specialists. The plans are to create departments for Genai/NLP/LLM, Computer Vision. They will also look for business analytics, prostect managers, specialists for working with grants, international partners, etc.
The first hires will take place in this quarter, and experts will be primarily involved in the creation of AI Assistants in projects «Action», «Dream» and AI Legal (assistant for digital examination, validation of documents, creation and analysis of regulatory acts).
It is worth noting that the initiative was created as part of the Digital Development Strategy of Ukraine Winwin 2030 (yes, the one that provides for the production of chips in Ukraine), and the concept of the project was developed with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Commonwealth and Development of Great Britain (FCDO) and Deloitte UK . Recall that the main donor of the Minzifra was the USAID, which is now at risk of closing. In the new Forbes Ukraine report, it is noted that the Ministry in 2023 received at least $ 40.5 million from the organization, while from the EU – Almost four times less. By the way, the previous project of the Ministry of Construction of AI was also financed by USAID.
Mincifers have “two scenarios” to launch chips production in Ukraine, and the necessary budget is at least $ 1 billion (details from Forbes)