My mission is to turn the chaos of war into technology, exchanging human lives for robotic ones.
I was an assault trooper and combat medic in the 3rd Separate Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
After receiving a severe injury, I went through a long recovery. Once the critical phase of treatment was over, out of boredom, I opened a drone assembly lab right in the hospital.
Later, at an incubator by the Kyiv School of Economics, I came up with Strike Sense — an acoustic localization system for detecting artillery and drones.
Why this? Because as an assault trooper and infantryman, I equally disliked artillery — both enemy and “ours”.
- 🎖️ Veteran of the 3rd Separate Assault Brigade (assault trooper, combat medic)
- 🚀 Founder of Strike Sense
- 🛠️ Engineer & inventor (Python, Node.js, React, 3D printing, electronics)
- 📚 Inspired by Nietzsche, Camus, Ayn Rand
- Develop AI + acoustic systems for gunfire and drone detection
- Build hardware: drones, MEMS arrays, PCBs, 3D printing
- Write software: Python, DSP, FPGA, Node.js, React
- Grow a startup at the intersection of defense and technology
- 🏆 Winner in startup ecosystems and included in KSE150
- 🛡️ Awarded Brave1 status
- ✉️ Letter of support from the Commander of the 3rd Assault Brigade
- 🎤 Participant in accelerators, hackathons, and demo days
Made with love by Yaroslav Yar Usenko