Born in Tbilisi. Built in New York. Planted in Miami.

I was born in Tbilisi, Georgia. Grew up there — on Soviet-era streets rebuilding themselves into something new. Started my first company at 23: AdverTaxi, a taxi-top advertising startup nobody else in the country was running. It worked. I was hooked.

Moved to New York in my mid-twenties. Built Sisabo — a creative agency with offices in NYC and Tbilisi, 20+ people across two cities. Nine years of pitching, shipping, and learning what not to do. Along the way: a $100K startup competition win in Silicon Valley, a $2.5M investment commitment on a parking app, an animated Web3 series with characters from BAYC and CryptoPunks. Some wins. Some near-misses that turned out to be the actual education.

Miami finally pulled me down. South Pointe, water on three sides, a pace I didn't know I needed. Now I run Digital Island, build AI products at Purple Banana Labs, and figure out what comes next — usually at golden hour.