MOSCOW, April 14. /TASS/. TenChat, a Russian social network for professionals, is holding talks to potentially launch in a number of new countries, including Iran and India, founder of the network Semyon Tenyaev said at the Russia-Africa IT forum.
"Iran, India, many CIS countries [are in talks] at the final stage, and [negotiations are underway] in Africa. In fact, global negotiations are being held in twelve countries already," Tenyaev said on the sidelines of the forum. Five to seven countries intend to enter into agreements shortly, he noted. The social network’s founder also announced the launch of an "export and import marketplace" in the near future.
The founder of the social network compared TenChat to the LinkedIn business networking site when talking about what the platform is all about. "It [Linkedin] was launched a long time ago; and in my opinion, it leaves something to be desired in today’s age," Tenyaev told TASS.
"Imagine combining Linkedin with Tinder’s AI system. This is what we are doing. We now want to bring it not merely to the scale of the B2C audience but also to B2B among countries," he noted.
There will be an option to log into the local version or to the global version, the founder said, answering a question about future domain names of the social network in other countries. Local versions will be controlled by the country of origin, he added.