At the year-end conference held on December 29, 2025, Valery Ostrikov, Chief Executive Officer and Member of the Board of Directors of Gem Space Group, delivered a comprehensive address summarizing the company’s technological progress, strategic milestones, and vision for the year ahead.
Rather than focusing solely on plans, the address emphasized concrete achievements made throughout 2025—demonstrating Gem Space’s ability to overcome global challenges and remain competitive in the rapidly evolving technological landscape.
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A Year of Technological Growth and Structural Maturity
In his remarks, Valery Ostrikov highlighted that sustainable development requires constant improvement—not only of products, but also of management systems. According to him, any system that governs complex processes must itself be more complex than the processes it controls. This principle has guided Gem Space’s internal transformation throughout the year.
One of the most significant achievements of 2025 was the rapid expansion of the development and management teams. The emergence of the Gem Team direction—focused on secure corporate communication—attracted highly qualified professionals from leading IT and financial institutions. This strengthened both technological expertise and operational management, elevating the company to a new level of maturity.
At the same time, Gem Space began implementing quantitative performance metrics aligned with global standards, significantly increasing team productivity over the past year.
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Stability Under Global Pressure
The company also faced unprecedented challenges caused by political restrictions and the blocking of communication platforms in various regions. These events triggered a sharp influx of users, requiring immediate action to maintain platform stability.
Gem Space successfully responded by:
• Rapidly stabilizing the application under high load
• Optimizing infrastructure to accommodate growing user numbers
• Transitioning user registration away from costly third-party dependencies
To reduce expenses and increase independence, the company fully rebuilt its audio and video calling systems, switching to proprietary solutions in mid-December. As a result, call stability improved significantly, with users now regularly conducting hour-long audio and video sessions using Gem Space’s own infrastructure.
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Full Transition to Proprietary Technologies
Throughout 2025, Gem Space gradually moved away from external service providers and cloud dependencies, including Google-based solutions. The company is now completing the transition to its own internally developed systems—some of which already surpass existing third-party services in functionality and efficiency.
This transition is expected to be completed within the next three months, freeing additional resources to accelerate development of the company’s two core products:
• Gem Space – the global B2C Super App
• Gem Team – the secure B2B and B2G communication platform
Both products are built on a unified modular architecture, allowing rapid code exchange, scalability, and deployment in any country, on any server or cloud infrastructure.
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Technological Leadership and Modern Architecture
A key differentiator highlighted in the address was Gem Space’s technological maturity. Unlike many long-established platforms burdened by outdated architectures, Gem Space fully обновed its codebase in 2025 and will continue modernization throughout 2026.
This approach positions the platform at the forefront of modern communication technology. According to Ostrikov, Gem Space is objectively one of the most technologically advanced communication platforms today and is expected to rank among the top three globally by technological sophistication in 2026.
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Super App Strategy and Mini App Ecosystem
In 2025, Gem Space fully embraced the Super App concept. Central to this strategy is the development of a Mini App platform, enabling both internal and third-party applications to operate within the ecosystem.
Initial in-house Mini Apps include:
• Gem Soul
• Pay Gem
• Gamification and content modules
This architecture allows rapid expansion without direct investment in every application, leveraging third-party resources while Gem Space focuses on platform development, scalability, and partner support. The result is a highly efficient, competitive, and capital-effective growth model.
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Monetization and Fintech Integration
While growth remains the primary focus, monetization is actively being prepared behind the scenes. Gem Space is positioning itself as a fintech-enabled Super App through the launch of its own wallet, integrating geographically distributed payment systems:
• One system for Russia and Belarus
• Two systems covering the rest of the world
Additional monetization channels include subscriptions, in-app games, and digital content. Seamless fintech services are nearing launch, enabling users to transact, invite others, and expand the ecosystem organically.
Notably, all current growth remains fully organic, with no paid advertising—driven entirely by user adoption and word-of-mouth.
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Global Expansion and 2026 Outlook
Looking ahead, 2026 is expected to be a pivotal year. Major announcements and product presentations are planned for Web Summit Qatar in February, where Gem Space will showcase new security solutions as part of the Gem Team platform.
The company is actively working under contracts across the Middle East—including Saudi Arabia and Oman—as well as in regions such as Panama and other Western Hemisphere markets. An independent valuation of the platform is currently in its final stages and will be completed soon.
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Closing Message
Concluding his address, Valery Ostrikov shared a philosophical reflection on value and investment. In a world of shifting economic equivalents and liquidity challenges, he emphasized that Gem Space continues to steadily increase the real value of its product—not only financially, but through technological depth, business growth, and accumulated expertise.
On behalf of the Board of Directors, he extended warm holiday greetings, wishing health, well-being, and prosperity to all partners, investors, and team members, and expressed confidence in the opportunities that the coming year will bring.
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