From CFO to AI Evangelist: Maria Azatyan on Finance, and Startups

About this episode

With more than 20 years of experience helping startups scale from seed to series B, Maria Azatyan has built architectures for companies across ai, robotics and the new space economy, translating complex technologies into numbers. This is coupled with her frank perspective as a single mother balancing finance leadership and advising startups. 

• Sci-fi Dreams Made Real: sharing experiences with Waymo
• Setting up ArmGate, empowering entrepreneurs 
• One month to “two minutes” using AI to work with data
• Case study: AI to Automate ERA Filings for Venture Funds
• Role as ex-CFO at DocDoc.ru whose exit was ranked one of Russia’s top five IT & Digital M&A deals. 
• Problems with cash flow to 45% year-over-year revenue growth 
• Biggest startup challenges for finance teams