
@durov
Founder, CEO at @telegram (2013), founder, ex-CEO of @vkontakte (2006), part-time troll.
💪 Anyone can now create their own text transformation style — for example, “Gym Bro” — and turn any message into motivational protein poetry. 🏋️ Then share the style with friends so they can reply like gym bros too. 🔒 All fully confidential. No AI-related privacy leaks.
🤖 AI devs asked for this — and we delivered. 💬 Bots can now talk to other bots on Telegram. 🧠 Autonomous agents now have a communication layer humans can follow.
Start building: core.telegram.org/bots/features#…
🏆 We just awarded $52,420 to the winners of the Telegram Art Contest. 🎨 The participants did an amazing job with the MiniDurov collectibles. 💎 Their skills and ideas will enrich Telegram’s TON-based NFT ecosystem.
🇦🇪 Dubai is full of traffic and crowds again. Already missing the Iranian fireworks — they helped clear the city of the easily impressed. The UAE’s air defenses proved excellent under fire. For 0% tax, we get better protection than Europeans paying 50%.
$100,400 just went to the 15 winners of the TON Consensus Challenge. The smartest engineers on the planet — some armed with loyal AI sidekicks — helped us maximize the security of the new consensus mechanism. Telegram contests are the only path to joining our engineering team.
Results: t.me/contest/452 and contest.com