Evaluating only DeepVision’s profile at its peak — without knowing the outcome — the model ranked Macro / political as the #1 likely cause. Documented cause: External shock.
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Documented cause
DeepVision built computer vision AI for industrial inspection and autonomous logistics, deploying with European automotive clients including Volkswagen Group and several German logistics companies. The platform reached €6.8M ARR with 22 enterprise clients across 8 countries. Russia's February 2022 invasion of Ukraine triggered immediate Western sanctions and voluntary corporate withdrawals. All 22 European and North American enterprise clients terminated contracts within 90 days. 30 of 55 engineers emigrated to Georgia, Armenia, and Serbia over the following 6 months. The company dissolved its Russian entity and attempted a relaunch in Serbia but could not rebuild client trust.
Lesson
“For technology companies with Russian domicile and European revenue: the geopolitical risk of Russian military action was a non-zero scenario that required a contingency plan (second entity, data sovereignty, contract portability) before February 2022.”
Failure anatomy
Collapse type
Regulatory Kill
📉 MEDIUM
Hype cycle
Decline
Moat type
Technology
Fatal mistake
2022 Ukraine invasion triggered Western sanctions that eliminated international revenue and team