REM DARBINYAN: PRESS KIT
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AT A GLANCE
Name: Rem Darbinyan
Role: Founder and CEO, SmartClick AI (founded 2018)
Known for: AI strategy, AI performance and engineering, AI and application security, startup advisory
Writing: 12+ articles on AI for Forbes, 2020 to 2023
Investing: 70+ startups personally; partner at Formula VC and SmartGate VC
Evaluation: Programs of Armenia’s Ministry of High-Tech Industry since 2020; President Tech Award, Uzbekistan (2025)
Teaching: Master’s course “Artificial Intelligence in Modern Business”, Public Administration Academy of the Republic of Armenia
Boards: Board Member, UATE; Vice-Chair, Digital Economy Commission, ICC Armenia

SHORT BIO
Rem Darbinyan is an AI advisor, founder and investor. He founded SmartClick AI in 2018
and leads it as CEO, has written 12+ articles on AI for Forbes, and has evaluated AI
projects and startups for programs of Armenia’s Ministry of High-Tech Industry since
2020.

MEDIUM BIO
Rem Darbinyan is an AI advisor, founder and investor who helps businesses decide where
AI creates value and then get it built, improved and secured. He founded SmartClick AI,
an Armenian-American AI and machine-learning company, in 2018 and leads it as CEO. He
has invested personally in more than 70 startups and is a partner at Formula VC and
SmartGate VC. Since 2020 he has served as an evaluator, selection committee member and
mentor in programs of Armenia’s Ministry of High-Tech Industry, and in 2025 he was an
international expert evaluator for Uzbekistan’s President Tech Award. He has written 12+
articles on AI for Forbes.

LONG BIO
Rem Darbinyan is an AI advisor, founder and investor. He helps businesses find what is
really holding them back, decide where AI creates value and where it does not, and stays
involved while the systems are built, improved and secured. He founded SmartClick AI, an
Armenian-American AI and machine-learning company, in 2018 and leads it as CEO. Its
in-house engineers and security specialists have delivered AI systems for international
clients, from computer vision that inspects industrial infrastructure to predictive
models for banks and telecom operators. Rem has invested personally in more than 70
startups and is a partner at Formula VC and SmartGate VC. He also founded Qloong, a
startup roasting program where founders get honest feedback from industry experts. Since
2020 he has served as an evaluator, selection committee member and mentor in programs of
Armenia’s Ministry of High-Tech Industry, and he was an international expert evaluator
for Uzbekistan’s President Tech Award. He teaches the master’s course “Artificial
Intelligence in Modern Business” at the Public Administration Academy of the Republic of
Armenia, designs AI programs for executives in banking and telecom, and has written 12+
articles on AI for Forbes. He is a board member of the Union of Advanced Technology
Enterprises (UATE) and Vice-Chair of the Digital Economy Commission at ICC Armenia.

SPEAKER INTRODUCTION (about 30 seconds, read aloud)
Our next speaker builds AI, invests in the companies that use it, and evaluates the ones
that ask for public support. Rem Darbinyan founded SmartClick AI in 2018 and has led it
as CEO ever since. He has invested in more than 70 startups, has evaluated AI projects
and startups for Armenia’s Ministry of High-Tech Industry since 2020, teaches AI at
master’s level, and has written more than twelve articles on AI for Forbes. Please
welcome Rem Darbinyan.

TALK TOPICS
- AI as the operating system for business
- Agentic AI for leadership teams
- What AI will and will not replace
- Securing AI systems and the applications around them
- AI in education
- The investable pitch: what investors challenge

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CREDIT AND USAGE
Credit: Courtesy of Rem Darbinyan
These photos may be used for editorial coverage of Rem Darbinyan and to promote events
where he appears. Please credit “Courtesy of Rem Darbinyan”. Cropping and resizing are
fine; please do not otherwise alter the images or use them to suggest an endorsement.

INTERVIEWS AND INVITATIONS
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