About
Alexey Kalenchuk
Technology project development across digital creative industries: from advertising, media, and video games to generative AI, computer graphics, and XR.
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Name variants
- Alexey Kalenchuk
- Алексей Каленчук
Role and organization
Director for Digital Creative Industries — Skolkovo Foundation.
Alexey Kalenchuk works at the intersection of technology, capital, and industry markets. At the Skolkovo Foundation, he develops technology companies and initiatives across digital creative industries.
His focus includes launching pilots, evaluating technology solutions, identifying product hypotheses, attracting grants and investment, and using support measures, including tax incentives. His approach is technology-first: understand what actually works, where the solution has a strong technical core, and which market can give it scale.
Alexey is the author of Dive In, an expert blog about technology, media, games, XR, and AI. Dive In previously also existed as a podcast.
Areas of expertise
- advertising, marketing, and AdTech
- media, content, and new communication formats
- video games and gamedev
- generative AI, LLMs, and AI tools
- generative graphics, CG, and virtual production
- technology entrepreneurship, investment, grants, and support measures
- corporate pilots, technology scouting, and tech due diligence
- XR: VR, AR, MR
- immersive media and interactive formats
Business challenges
- Tax incentives
- Corporate pilots and partnerships
- Technology and project assessment
- Preparing a business for sale or a strategic transaction
- Strategy development
- Fundraising
- Grants and government support
- Industry research
Public sources
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Skolkovo Foundation: Alexey Kalenchuk tag
A curated media-center archive of news, interviews, and mentions.
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Skolkovo: Media Technology Cluster and the Center for Digital Creative Industries
Skolkovo Foundation Board Chairman Sergey Perov describes the Center for Digital Creative Industries’ role in connecting technology teams with major industry customers and developing acceleration programmes.
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Skolkovo: virtual media production in the Arctic
Commentary on the Camix Vision deployment at Yamal Media, accessible virtual production for regional broadcasters, and technology maturity in a live production environment.
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Forbes: 30 most valuable Runet companies — 2026
Forbes ranking that explicitly mentions Alexey Kalenchuk in its “About the ranking” section.
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ComNews Who Is Who: Alexey Kalenchuk
Public professional profile with a short biography and current role.
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CNews: Alexey Kalenchuk
Aggregated CNews profile with publications and mentions in the technology agenda.
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St. Petersburg Technopark: Alexey Kalenchuk
Business Incubator mentor profile covering AR/VR, New Media, Entertainment, pilot launches, grants, and tech due diligence.
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HSE: technology project mentors
HSE mentor listing highlighting accelerators, VR/AR, CG/FX, New Media, and GameDev expertise.
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RBC: technology and creativity for export
Commentary on video games, generative AI, CG, and immersive technologies as part of the export potential of creative industries.
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RIA Novosti: Skolkovo interactive technologies
Commentary on Russian solutions for interactive content, avatars, motion capture, and virtual production.
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RBC Trends: VR and AR
Expert interview on the VR/AR market, immersion, and user scenarios.
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Kommersant: Metaverse — hype or reality?
Commentary on metaverses, immersive interfaces, VR/AR, 3D content, and asset exchange between virtual worlds.
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Kommersant: VR industry challenges
Feature on the Russian VR market after the investment boom, with expert commentary on industry development.
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JetInfo: VR in industry
Interview on tracking, training simulations, user experience, and information security in VR/AR.
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Rossiyskaya Gazeta: VR and neurointerfaces in education
Commentary on the use of VR and neurointerfaces in educational scenarios.
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APRIORI: Russian game industry IT landscape
Research by IRI, APRIORI, and Skolkovo on AI, engines, platforms, and services used by Russian game studios.
Appearances and projects
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Startup Village: Alexey Kalenchuk
Startup Village speaker profile.
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Roscongress: Alexey Kalenchuk
Speaker profile in the Roscongress Foundation database.
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Kommersant Events: Alexey Kalenchuk
Speaker profile for Kommersant events, including a Web 3.0 roundtable at FINOPOLIS.
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Strana Industriya: Alexey Kalenchuk
Video episode with a biographical note and a conversation on innovation, VR/AR, the game industry, and new media.
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KRI 2026
Speaker at the video game developers conference.
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Moscow Industrial Media Forum
Speaker at a forum on media, interactive technologies, and digital content.
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PLAYPORT FEST 2025
Speaker at the international game industry festival.
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WN Hub: Game Industry Conference, Moscow 2024
Speaker at a conference on the video game market, development, publishing, and investment.
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Data Economy: Game Industry working group
Participant in a working group focused on video game industry development.
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Apple Podcasts: Dive In
Archive of the VR podcast about technology, pop culture, and future-facing projects.
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MAVE: Dive In
Dive In podcast hub with episodes, RSS, and platform links.
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Yandex Music: Dive In
Dive In podcast page on Yandex Music.
Press photos
For event announcements, conference programmes, and speaker profiles. The files may be downloaded and used with credit to Alexey Kalenchuk.
