Arman Obosyan

Nearly three decades across enterprise technology, finance, government, telecommunications, cloud, and executive leadership.

[Arman Obosyan @armanobosyan]

That isn’t the cost of being polite, neither to humans nor to AI. We teach children to say “thank you”, “please”, not because it’s efficient, but because it instills empathy, respect, and emotional awareness. Technically, skipping polite phrases every day could speed up lines, shorten conversations, and even save time and money at scale. But we still say them. Why? Because human communication isn’t just about utility, it’s about connection. As AI becomes part of everyday interaction, how we speak (prompt) to it reflects our values. If we normalize blunt, transactional language for the sake of efficiency, we risk modeling a colder, less empathetic society. Courtesy isn’t a waste, it’s an investment in the kind of future we want, both with each other and with the intelligence we’re creating.

[Arman Obosyan @armanobosyan]

Encouraging to see RIPE NCC choosing Georgia 🇬🇪 as a host for its technical training events. https://t.co/EJ90pRsb89

Batumi
BGP Routing Security - 17 June
IPv6 Advanced - 18-19 June

A positive sign for the local Internet community and the continued growth of networking expertise in the region.

#RIPE #RIPENCC #BGP #IPv6 #Georgia #Batumi

[Sugra Systems, Inc. @SugraSystems]

One #API, every domain. Sector strength, central-bank #CPI, on-chain stats, crop production, airports, global news, the same request shape, the same key, one consistent interface. 75+ sources behind it. Start building: https://t.co/oDZ0aBx5pE

#SugraAPI #DevTools #DataEngineering

[Arman Obosyan @armanobosyan]

What a beautiful view….

[Eleveight AI @EleveightAI]

We talk a lot about what AI can do, but we rarely get to see what makes it possible.

Yesterday, during our Core Reveal event, for one day only, our guests stood face-to-face with the #NVIDIA #Blackwell #B300 system that now runs at the core of Armenia's first AI Factory. After that day, it went behind locked doors, into the secured operational environment where it will spend the rest of its working life.

While #AI is often discussed through models, applications, and breakthroughs, every AI system ultimately depends on physical infrastructure. The Blackwell B300 is part of the hardware foundation that makes large-scale AI training and inference possible.

For one day, our guests had the opportunity to see the foundation of the next generation of AI before it begins supporting researchers, enterprises, and innovators.

Grateful to everyone who made the journey to Gagarin to see it.

#EleveightAI #NVIDIABlackwell #B300 #AIInfrastructure #ArmeniaTech #CoreReveal #SovereignAI #AI

[Mkhitar Hayrapetyan @Hayrapetyan_M]

1,792 @nvidia Blackwell GPUs for @FirebirdCloudAI project have arrived in Armenia,marking the launch of the next-generation AI infrastructure.Phase 1 includes $500M investment & 18 MW AI Factory in Hrazdan.Phase 2 could bring up to $4B in additional investment & 42,000 more GPUs.

[Arman Obosyan @armanobosyan]

Significant milestone and remarkable achievement in region. @EleveightAI 👏🏼

[Eleveight AI @EleveightAI]

Today, @EleveightAI opened the doors in Gagarin!

For the first time, our guests stepped inside the region's first @nvidia Blackwell B300-powered #AIFactory.

After more than a year of planning, building, and execution, we were finally able to show what we have been working on. More importantly, we were able to make our guests part of the ongoing elevation of Armenia's #AI ecosystem and this important chapter in its development.

The day also marked a big milestone as Eleveight AI signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Ministry of High-Tech Industry of the Republic of Armenia (@Hti_Armenia), reinforcing a shared commitment to advancing Armenia's AI capabilities and digital future. Thank you, @Hayrapetyan_M.

To every guest, partner, journalist, and friend who made the journey to Gagarin today, thank you for being there.

This was a beginning we'll remember.

#EleveightAI #Armenia #AIInfrastructure #NVIDIABlackwell #CoreReveal #SovereignAI

[Sugra Systems, Inc. @SugraSystems]

US sectors, trailing month: tech is up 19.8% while energy is down 5.6% - a 25-point spread. The strength is narrow though: only 4 of 11 sectors are higher and the median sector is slightly negative.

One query on the Sugra API.

#SugraAPI #Markets #ETF #Sectors #SectorRotation

[Arman Obosyan @armanobosyan]

One query on the Sugra API
https://t.co/jcA0QZIeyM by https://t.co/bjpCfzhS1V

[Sugra Systems, Inc. @SugraSystems]

US close, Fri May 29: SPY +0.3%, QQQ +0.4%, but IWM -0.6%. A narrow tape - only tech (+2.2%) and financials rose; the other 9 of 11 sectors fell, staples worst at -1.8%.

One query each on the Sugra API.

#Markets #ETF #Stocks

[Arman Obosyan @armanobosyan]

The Communications Commission of Georgia has published its full 2025 Annual Report. Skytel serves 56.4% of all residential fixed wireless broadband subscribers in Georgia. That is the #1 position nationally in Fixed Wireless Access (FWA), nearly ten times the share of the next operator. https://t.co/YRiY9GJi5c

#Skytel #Georgia #Broadband #FixedWireless #FWA #Telecom #ConnectingGeorgia #WhereverGeorgiaIs

[Arman Obosyan @armanobosyan]

@historyinmemes One of the best movie scenes, Dolby sound effects amazing at open street and shots from all around. Must see: Heat, 1995, Thriller/Crime, 2h 50m.

[Arman Obosyan @armanobosyan]

“For All Mankind” became documentary.

#ForAllMankind #NASA #MoonBase

[NASA @NASA]

We're building a Moon Base!

@NASAMoonBase will serve as a habitat where astronauts live and work during long-term science missions.

Join us at 2pm ET on Tuesday, May 26, for a live news event where we’ll share updates on our lunar exploration plans: https://t.co/IJXA7xYwju

[Arman Obosyan @armanobosyan]

2026 CNBC Disruptor 50: See the full list of companies, rankings, and a new leader in the AI race https://t.co/OQVjkgtqAB

#CNBC #Disruptor50

[Arman Obosyan @armanobosyan]

Decades ago, back when I still used Facebook, under a post by Andrey Beshkov about Microsoft running parts of its firewall stack on Linux, I wrote that it was only a matter of time before Microsoft released its own Linux distribution.

Well, here we are: Azure Linux 4.0
https://t.co/NIxQcsLNhM

Strategy always beats ideology.

https://t.co/5rS6ftlHTQ

#Microsoft #AzureLinux #OpenSource

[Arman Obosyan @armanobosyan]

Samsung officially enters the $1T market cap club - and the signal is bigger than consumer electronics.

AI infrastructure is restructuring global equity leadership:
Memory is no longer priced as a cyclical commodity
HBM demand is repricing semiconductor valuations
Samsung, TSMC, SK Hynix and Micron are now core AI supply-chain assets

The market is effectively saying:
“No AI without memory bandwidth.”

Source: https://t.co/6i3Vqz0rno

#Samsung #Semiconductors #NVIDIA #TSMC #Memory #Bloomberg

[Arman Obosyan @armanobosyan]

World Telecom Day 2026: A View from Georgia's Fixed Broadband Market https://t.co/YG745VesvJ

#Georgia #Broadband #FTTH #Telecom #SkyTel #WhereverGeorgiaIs

[Eric Trump @EricTrump]

I am so excited to share the official rendering of Trump Tower Tbilisi.

With a prime location, in the heart of Tbilisi, this tower will quickly become a landmark as the tallest building in Georgia. This marks our first project in the region and we are so excited to bring it to life!

[Arman Obosyan @armanobosyan]

Are we alone?
For decades it was the greatest question of our time.

We are not alone.

After the U.S. government declassified #UAP files, it no longer feels theoretical. It feels delayed. Maybe we were asking the wrong question. https://t.co/VTgNUrKXbn

#UFO #WeAreNotAlone

[Arman Obosyan @armanobosyan]

EU may restrict U.S. cloud for sensitive government data.

AWS, Azure and Google control >70% of Europe’s cloud market. That makes public-sector cloud a sovereignty issue: jurisdiction, resilience and exit options.

https://t.co/geSjrxknul

#CloudSovereignty #DataSovereignty

[Arman Obosyan @armanobosyan]

Remarkable. $GOOG Looking at Alphabet’s Q1’26 report. Google Cloud revenue grew 63% YoY to $20.0B, while operating income more than tripled to $6.6B.

AI investment is starting to translate directly into revenue growth and margin expansion.

https://t.co/8eyT4wKbQR

[Arman Obosyan @armanobosyan]

The Internet is being rebuilt - not by incumbents, but by a new wave of operators, engineers, and infrastructure-first thinkers.

In my piece for RIPE Labs, I break down who these new builders are, what drives them, and why this shift matters for the future of connectivity. Read here: https://t.co/nN9jTFgCG3

#RIPELabs #RIPE #InternetInfrastructure #Telecom #Connectivity #IXP #Peering #Networking #DigitalInfrastructure #FutureOfInternet

[Arman Obosyan @armanobosyan]

Armenia is doing something rare: turning AI ambition into real infrastructure, real capital, and real execution. A $300M syndicated financing for @FirebirdCloudAI is not just a funding milestone. It is a signal that the region is ready to back compute, data centers, and sovereign AI capacity at serious scale.

Respect to everyone involved. This is how ecosystems are built - with conviction, coordination, and long-term vision.

@nvidia @Dell

#AI #Armenia #FirebirdAI #DataCenter #Compute #Infrastructure #NVIDIA #Tech

[Zartonk Media @ZartonkMedia]

Six Armenian Financial Institutions Unite To Provide $300 Million For Firebird AI For The First Time In Armenia’s Banking History 🇦🇲
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For the first time in the history of Armenia’s banking system, six financial institutions have united under a syndicated loan agreement to provide $300 million in financing for the Firebird AI megaproject, a landmark transaction that will fund the main part of the project’s approximately $450 million first phase.

The agreement, signed on March 26, marks Armenia’s first-ever syndicated loan deal for a major technology project and is being described as the largest transaction of its kind in the country’s financial market in terms of both financing volume and investment scale.

The six participating institutions are Ardshinbank, Acba Bank, Evocabank, Fast Bank, C-Quadrat Ampega Asset Management Armenia, and Amundi-Acba Asset Management Fund. The transaction was initiated and led by Ardshinbank.

The financing will support Firebird AI’s project to establish a modern AI data center in Armenia using advanced NVIDIA technology. Firebird’s AI factory is expected to become the most powerful supercomputing and AI data processing center in the region, expanding access to cutting-edge AI infrastructure for research institutions, technology companies, and enterprises.

Armenian Minister of High-Tech Industry Mkhitar Hayrapetyan said the investment goes beyond a single company, calling it an investment in Armenia’s technology sector, innovation ecosystem, science, and broader economy. He said the project stems from strategic documents signed in Washington in 2025, particularly a bilateral memorandum of understanding in the fields of artificial intelligence and semiconductors, and credited the governments of Armenia and the United States, Firebird’s founders, and Armenia’s financial and banking sector for helping turn those agreements into concrete results.

The signing ceremony was attended by Hayrapetyan, Central Bank of Armenia Chairman Martin Galstyan, and U.S. Chargé d’Affaires in Armenia David Allen, along with representatives of the participating institutions.

Galstyan said the successful financing of the project shows Armenia’s banking and financial system has developed the capacity to assess and support investment projects of major scale and international significance. He also said a second phase of the project, announced during the visit of U.S. Vice President Vance to Yerevan in February, is expected to add around 41,000 NVIDIA processors and raise the total investment volume to about $4 billion, which he said would place Armenia among the countries with the world’s largest and most powerful AI computing infrastructures.

Allen said Firebird’s AI data center reflects what Armenia and the United States can achieve together in technological innovation, highlighting the use of advanced U.S. technology exports, including NVIDIA GPUs and Dell technology, alongside Armenia’s growing high-tech sector.

The transaction also sets a practical precedent for large-scale syndicated lending in Armenia’s financial market. It is being described as the country’s largest financing deal and the largest U.S. investment project in Armenia’s economy.