Eleveight AI at Seaside Startup Summit Armenia 2026
Eleveight AI joined Seaside Startup Summit Armenia 2026, held July 26–August 1 at Lake Sevan, where founders, investors, and builders from over 50 countries came together for one of the region's biggest weeks in tech.
Now in its 13th year, and government-backed for the second year running, the summit has grown into a fixture on Armenia's startup calendar. Close to 2,000 people, an open-air camp on the lake, and a week built around ideas rather than formal conference panels. It's less about sitting in rows and more about the kind of conversations that happen around a table, or a fire, late into the evening.
Our CTO, Armen Rostamian, and Head of Technical Marketing and Advocacy, Kristine Armiyants, joined Seaside Startup Summit Armenia 2026 as guest speakers for a campfire talk with the next generation of founders, builders, and innovators.
The topic on the table was why data centers, unlike almost every other startup decision, can't be A/B tested. Once it's built, there's no version B to compare it against. That conversation opened into a wider one: how and why Eleveight AI started, the tension between AI's promise and its risks, what founders should watch for, and how it all connects back to Armenia's growing AI ecosystem. The interest and the questions went well beyond what we expected.
Thank you to all the startupers who joined us around the fire and for your curiosity and smart questions. And thank you to the Sevan Startup Summit for having us.
