Irina Karagyaur helps enterprises and emerging technology ventures accelerate go-to-market, business development, strategic partnerships and ecosystem growth across Sovereign AI, the Agentic Economy, RWAs and Digital Assets

​Irina Karagyaur is a strategist and ecosystem builder focused on emerging technologies. With over 15 years of experience in business development, she connects innovation with human rights, governance, and social impact. Irina leads global initiatives that educate and empower communities. She has contributed to international platforms including the ITU, UN COP summits, and major blockchain networks.

 

She is the creator and host of The Business Case for AI & Blockchain and co-author of Toward a Cooperative World: A Manual for the Political Operating System (coming 2026). As Co-founder of BQ9 Agency, the world’s first Ecosystem Enabler for Open and Decentralized AI & Blockchain and Creators4Impact (Spain & UAE), she weaves together innovation across technology, creativity, sustainability, and social impact.

 

Awards & Recognitions: Irina is named one of the Top 100 Women of the Future, the winner of the 2022 Rising Women in Crypto Power List by Wirex and The Cryptonomist, Asia's 100 Women Power Leaders, the winner of Women of Web3 Changemakers 2023 by Near Foundation, Top 20 Women Blockchain Leaders in 2023 by Whizlabs, LinkedIn Top Strategy & Metaverse Voice 2024, Top 20 women in blockchain 2024 by Mural, Top 20 Women Blockchain Leaders in 2024 by Whizlabs, 50 Women in Web3 to Watch for 2025 by The Street.

 

Thought Leadership: Irina has delivered a TEDx talk "Knowledge Communities are Shaping the Metaverse" at TEDxMaviliSquare 2023. Featured in Entrepreneur India, Arab Finance, CNN Business Middle East, CoinDesk, Cointelegraph, The Street, Arab times Today, The Defiant, Cryptonews, BeInCrypto, Financial Times, Business Insider, Harvard Business Review Turkey, GeckoCon by CoinGecko, Benzinga, NFT NYC and more.

 

Delivered lectures and talks at COP26, COP27, COP28; UNESCO HQ, Politecnico di Milano, Queens College City University of New York, UCL, Glasgow University Engineering Technology Society, Big5Global, Global AI Show UAE, AI Arabia Center of Excellence Advisory Board Roundtable