Arkady Kulik's path from studying physics to building Russia's largest digital music label before moving into venture gives him an unusual mix of technical and creative experience, and he sees his main job as helping scientists and entrepreneurs understand each other, believing that partnership is what pushes civilization forward. He evaluates founders as much on self-honesty and resilience as on their pitch, treats communication as a skill that can be trained rather than a soft extra, focuses on backing multiple approaches to a big problem instead of timing one company, uses AI-assisted research to uncover overlooked needs across patents and papers, and keeps returning to non-invasive medicine and neurotechnology as areas he cares about beyond their commercial potential.