Alexander Samarin, Co-founder, VP Product (LinkedIn):
– C-level product executive with a focus on content search and discovery in e-commerce and media products with hundreds millions MAU and multi-Bn GMV.
– 15 years C-/D-level roles in software product development, including 6 years as Head of Video Search Products at Yandex (=the largest European search engine company and leading Google/YouTube search competitor)
– 2 Master’s degrees: “Computational Physics” and “Networks & Distributed Systems” (with honors), research papers about computer simulation in physics
Natalya Baygarova, Co-founder, VP Technology (LinkedIn):
– 6 years as Head of Development of Computer Vision & Neural Networks at Yandex
– 9 years as CTO & Head of Computer Vision at SPIRIT DSP (=supplier of digital processing solutions for Apple, AT&T, BT, LG, Viber, Toshiba, among 120+ others)
– Co-author of 2 international patents, team member of the winner of an international fashion recognition competition
– Academia: MS in Computer Science & Applied Mathematics (with honors), PhD in Mathematics, Senior researcher at Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics