Who is building Georgia's IT community: 9 founders of local communities

Lasha Gorgosidze
Founder of Startup Georgia, a platform that helps connect the Georgian startup ecosystem with the international market. Lasha also played a key role in establishing the National Startup Association — NASTA, which brings together startups, government and non-government organizations, and other ecosystem stakeholders to share knowledge and foster entrepreneurship. He focuses on startup development, entrepreneurial education, and strengthening international ties within the Georgian tech ecosystem.

Shota Natenadze and Andro Sabashvili
Co-founders and key members of Tbilisi AI Meetups, a community of AI, Machine Learning, and Data Science professionals and enthusiasts in Tbilisi. The community brings together AI engineers, data scientists, and ML specialists, hosts technical meetups, and creates a platform for knowledge sharing and professional networking. Topics covered at meetups include AI Engineering, MLOps, RAG, AI Agents, time series forecasting, and the application of AI in business.

Maria Voskanyan
Director of Women in Tech Georgia, the official Georgian chapter of the international organization Women in Tech. The community develops professional skills for women in technology, organizes educational programs, mentoring initiatives, and networking events. Chapter projects include cybersecurity programs, initiatives targeting female students, and efforts to expand career opportunities for women in tech.

Nino Nanitashvili
Program Manager for Google Accelerator in the EMEA region | Forbes 30 Under 30 | Startup Mentor and Leader of the Women Techmakers Community in Tbilisi — a Google initiative aimed at developing and supporting women in technology. Nino fosters tech communities in Georgia, organizes educational programs, meetups, and STEM-related initiatives, and supports young professionals and tech projects. She has also worked on projects at the intersection of technology, education, and social development.

Giorgi Keratishvili
Founder of CNCF Tbilisi Chapter and organizer of DevOps Georgia. His initiatives bring together professionals interested in cloud-native technologies, DevOps, CI/CD, and the development of modern IT infrastructure. CNCF Tbilisi serves as a platform for knowledge exchange among developers of all levels, while DevOps Georgia hosts events and helps grow the professional community around IT development and operations practices.

Tornike Sulaberidze and Giorgi Mariamidze
Founders of the Tech Association of Georgia, a national platform uniting Georgia’s technology and digital finance sectors. The Association works with ICT, FinTech, digital banks, VASPs, and tech education, fosters collaboration between IT businesses, educational institutions, and other market participants, and prepares specialists with practical skills for the tech sector.

Anton Pavlov
One of the organizers of Tbilisi JS Community, a professional community of developers and digital specialists in Tbilisi. The community brings together frontend and Node.js developers, as well as UI/UX, QA, DevOps, product, and other specialists. Since 2024, Tbilisi JS has hosted meetups and conferences featuring developers, designers, DevOps engineers, product specialists, and startup founders.