• Born in Saint Petersburg, Russia, on April 13, 2004
• Played competitive chess from 2010 to 2016 (blitz ATH 1932 at age 12)
• Left chess to focus fully on school; studied at PML 30, Letovo School, and PML 239, which are among the best schools in Russia
• During final school year, took up competitive programming, which helped to gain university admission without exams
• Currently studying at ITMO University, majoring in Computer Science
• Started working after my first year of university as a backend Python developer, then pivoted to DeFi and crypto
• From 2023 to 2025, worked as an EVM DeFi developer/trader on several projects (CV)
• Left my job in 2025 to found Ceres Finance, a DeFi super-app on the TON blockchain; ultimately, we moved on as TON’s focus shifted away from DeFi and we couldn’t find product–market fit on that chain, despite shipping what we believe was the first working DeFAI assistant across any blockchain.