From speakers chat to global alliance
What started as a small TechBrains 2025 speakers chat evolved into a 450+ person alliance of engineers, founders, researchers, AI practitioners, and builders across Azerbaijan, the US, Europe, and beyond.
We still operate with the same simple principle: help useful people find each other, share what they are building, and create more value than we consume.
As long as we continue giving more than we take, the best is yet to come.
The next five years will be transformative. AI is reshaping nearly every industry, and the opportunity for serious builders has never been greater.
Growth through useful progress
Growth
Unlock potential.
Opportunity
Open doors.
Usefulness
Create value.
Progress
Move forward.
A global alliance of builders
GOUP is a referral-based global alliance of builders.
We are founders, engineers, researchers, creators, community leaders, and lifelong learners from different cultures, ages, beliefs, professions, and countries.
We believe diversity of experiences creates stronger ideas, better companies, and better humans.
We are united not by geography, titles, or credentials, but by values.
People do not have to be alike
Alignment is more important than agreement.
Trust matters more than scale.
Relationships matter more than transactions.
Contribution matters more than credentials.
People just have to care.
Builders who can give and grow
Startup founders
Share what you are building and what customers, partners, investors, co-founders, or talent you need.
Community leaders
AWS, GDG, Cursor, CNCF, AI, startup, product, design, security, data, and beyond.
Open-source maintainers
Share your project, GitHub link, and where contributors can help.
Creators and educators
Podcast hosts, writers, teachers, universities, academies, and research groups.
Engineers
Find mentorship, referrals, career guidance, collaborators, or people to hire.
Other builders
Tell us what you are building, what you can help with, and what support you need.
Integrity
Doing the right thing even when nobody is watching.
Doer
Ideas matter only when they become action.
Giver
Contribute more than you consume.
Passion
Care deeply about what you build and who you serve.
Resilience
Keep going when things become difficult.
Connections
We make introductions that create win-win outcomes.
Collaboration
We meet, learn, and help each other move faster.
Education
We share useful knowledge, opportunities, and experiences openly.
Promotion
We support fellow members, attend their events, promote their work, and connect them with our networks.
Quality
We prioritize meaningful relationships over transactions and noise.
Vanity metrics.
Titles and credentials.
Bureaucracy and unnecessary rules.
Status and exclusivity.
Endless busyness.
Transactions disguised as relationships.
Success without values eventually expires. Values compound.
Helping when someone asks.
Being kind, authentic, and concise.
Curiosity and continuous growth.
Context and good intentions.
Clarity, focus, and depth.
Long-term relationships.
Giving more than taking.
Becoming better humans, not just more successful professionals.
The most aligned alliance, not the biggest network
We are not trying to become the biggest network. We are trying to become the most aligned alliance.
We do not compete with others. We compete only with our previous selves.
If we succeed, thousands of builders around the world will become stronger because they helped one another become stronger.
People helping GOUP move forward
Thank you to the builders who keep creating mentorship, events, ideas, and connections for the alliance.
Vurgun H.
Mentorship, career guidance, and always being available to help.
Malik Mammadli
Coffee chats, hackathons, events, and bringing people together.
Agshin Rajabov
Startups, design, longevity, running clubs, and turning ideas into action.
Günel Aghakishiyeva
AI, content, and knowledge sharing.
Elshad Aghayev
Software engineering, open source, and connecting builders across Europe.
Tony Mamedbekov
Cloud, engineering, and supporting builders across the US.
Sako M
Platform engineering, security, AI, and hackathons.
GOUP grows through trust
Members invite people they genuinely believe embody our values.
We do a quick relevance check to make sure there is mutual benefit and alignment.
No applications.
No status requirements.
No need to prove yourself first.
Good people refer good people. That is how alliances grow.