Ogon.AI Hackathons
Collaborate, Create, Innovate: AI Hackathon
a space where people and AI come together to make new things
Founders and experts team
Alex Konoplev
Founder, AI expert
Alex is the founder and CEO of Luxand, Inc., a company that has been advancing AI technologies since 2005, focusing on facial authentication and generative AI for entertainment apps. Living in New York, he holds five patents in AI technology and has positioned Luxand as a key provider to Fortune 500 companies.
Max Kraynov
Business expert
Max Kraynov is a seasoned executive and M&A advisor with over 25 years of experience in scaling technology businesses and facilitating strategic transactions. As the founder of IQaaS Advisory, he specializes in working with startups valued between $10m and $250m, providing investment quality as a service to ambitious founders.
Max is an exited founder and has been a CEO of two successful companies worth $100m+ each. He resides in Sydney, Australia
Matvei Mashchenko
AI & business expert
Matvei, CEO of Brightika Inc., is an expert in mobile gaming and data-driven marketing. His focus is on integrating AI technologies into marketing strategies to enhance efficiency and drive product growth. Novisad, Serbia.
Misha Kazekin
AI & business expert
Misha is a machine learning, data processing, and advanced analytics specialist with a dual degree in computer science and mathematics and a PhD focus in artificial intelligence. With over 15 years of engineering experience, he has led projects in areas such as "smart" shopping cart systems, pedestrian traffic modeling, media content recommendations, and banking transaction analysis. Misha is also passionate about developing ML communities and currently leads the Russian-speaking virtual community AIML NYC.
Vladimir Eremin
AI & business expert
Vladimir is a machine learning engineer at Apple, where he builds and deploys LLMs at scale. With prior experience leading ML teams in fintech and telecom, he is passionate about integrating AI into business processes and enhancing product performance. As an active contributor to the AI community, Vladimir organizes regular NYC-based AI/ML events with more than 2k members. New York, USA.
Alexander Rodichev
Founder
Alexander is the founder of Roasup, Brightika, Smart PC Solutions, and several other companies specializing in AI, mobile app analytics, and game development. He has 20 years of experience in founding, growing, and marketing IT businesses, as well as in investments. He consistently seeks new prospects to help companies achieve sustained growth. Dubai, UAE.
Alexey Kachalov
AI & business expert
Data Science Enthusiast, Quant, Kaggle Competitions Expert. Areas of interest are NLP, Computer vision and LLMs. Dubai, UAE.
Olga Danilenko
AI & business expert
Olga, COO of Luxand, Inc, has extensive experience as a project manager, systems analyst, and data analyst, along with a PhD in Systems Analysis. Recently, she has been focusing on operational activities, while also leveraging AI technologies to optimize processes and improve data-driven decision-making in various projects. Lisbon, Portugal.
Gregory Zemskov
AI & business expert
Gregory is the founder and CEO of EXTRACTUM.IO, established in 2022 in Portugal, specializing in Intelligent RPA/Document Workflow Automation. With over 15 years of IT entrepreneurship, he integrates expertise in software design and development, product management, and information security with emerging AI technologies to help US/EU businesses solve their problems efficiently and effectively.
Lev Chizhov
AI & business expert
Lev is a co-founder of Alegria Neurotech, a company working on new brain imaging modalities. He has also created projects like Clippinator, one of the first coding AI agents, Literally Me, an AI service with 200k monthly active users, another project in top-50 grossing on telegram, and done physics research which was accepted into Nature Communications.
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Evgeny Potapov
AI & business expert
Evgeny is the founder and CEO of ApexData, established in 2024 in Sunnyvale, California, specializing in digital observability. With over 15 years of expertise in SRE and DevOps, he integrates AI-driven insights to enhance application development. His strategic vision focuses on accelerating innovation and seamless integration across technological platforms. Yerevan, Armenia.
Anton Malyshev
AI expert
Anton is the CTO of Luxand Inc. He has over 15 years of experience in software design and development across desktops, servers, mobile devices, and web platforms, ranging from system-level programming to customer-facing applications. He also holds a Ph.D. in Mathematical Optimization. ireland.
Natalia Rebrova
AI expert
Natalia holds a PhD in Applied Physics and Instrumentation and she is currently lecturing in Munster Technological University, Ireland. Her past and current research interests include dynamics of semiconductor lasers, machine vision applications, and distributed control systems. Cork, Ireland,
Aleksei Naumov
AI & business expert
Aleksei Naumov is the Lead AI Engineer at Terra Quantum, a European deep-tech company with over $100M in funding. He leads the development of a cutting-edge voice AI assistant, utilizing state-of-the-art and proprietary AI technologies. A published researcher in Efficient AI (Edge AI), Aleksei has presented his work at top conferences like IEEE MIPR and DSC. He is an active AI community leader, mentoring at Lablab.AI, PyData Numhack, and serving as a judge. Munich, Germany.
Maria Bulycheva
AI & business expert
Mariia is a machine learning engineer with extensive experience in computer vision, reinforcement learning, multimodal recommendation systems and probabilistic modeling. With over 10 years of experience in various machine learning domains, she currently builds large-scale content personalization systems at Zalando - largest fashion ecommerce company in Europe. Berlin, Germany.
Dmitry Starostenkov
AI & business expert
Dmitry is the CEO of Evenbet Gaming, With over 10 years of experience in the high tech industry. He is the founder and operator of various startups, including software vendors and payment processing companies. Dmitry specializes in strategic management, market development, and software marketing. Rotterdam, Netherlands.
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Konstantin Simonchik
AI & business expert
Konstantin is the Chief Scientific Officer and co-founder of ID R&D Inc., a Mitek company specializing in biometric technologies. He develops advanced solutions in deep-fake detection, face, voice, and behavioral recognition for industries like telecoms, financial services, and security. Konstantin has authored over 30 scientific papers, holds multiple patents, and has received awards from organizations such as IEEE, ASVspoof, and NIST. He holds a PhD in Mathematics and Computer Science. New York, USA.
Misha Osintsev
Business expert
Misha, Growth Director of Kolibri Games. He holds a PhD in Applied Mathematics and excels in developing data-driven marketing and revenue growth strategies. He focuses on leveraging cutting-edge AI and automation technologies and is passionate about enhancing business performance and driving success in a rapidly evolving digital landscape. Berlin, Germany.
Pavel Danilov
Business expert
Pavel Danilov is a Venture Partner at DYDX Capital, an early stage VC and a serial entrepreneur (Fridge No More, Bennudata, Agrosputnik) and angel investor/advisor (Cattle Care, AlgoX2, Tomi.ai, Samokat, Telesense). Stanford GSB and New Economic School alum. New York, USA
Alexander Malikov
AI & business expert
Alexander Malikov is the Head of Platform Engineering at Luxand, Inc. He brings more than two decades of web-engineering experience and deep expertise in high-load architecture, payment processing, and 24/7 DevOps support. As CTO of ITSumma, he scaled mission-critical sites for hundreds of clients—knowledge he now channels into building resilient, cloud-scale biometrics platforms at Luxand. Pattaya, Thailand.
Vladimir Kirilin
AI & business expert
Vladimir is a Senior Quant in Five Rings Capital, a prop trading firm based in NYC. He focuses on developing advanced trading algorithms based on ML and optimization methods for a broad variety of asset classes. He also engages in ML and Quant education and mentoring in universities by teaching courses or participating in panels. With a PhD in Physics from Princeton University, his research has led to 15 publications across diverse domains, including high-energy physics, biophysics, and machine learning.
New York, USA
Alexander Gulyaev
Gaming & Business expert
Alexander is the founder and CEO of Matryoshka Games, an entrepreneur and expert in scaling F2P products with 20+ years of experience. He specializes in product strategy, live ops, game economy design, and hybrid monetization. He advises on soft/hard launches, UA strategy, ASO, and optimizing traffic payback. He helps teams accelerate experimentation, establish decision-making metrics, and turn successful features into scalable operating practices.
Limassol, Cyprus
Our mission
Our mission is to build a community where individuals from ex-USSR and CIS countries can connect and innovate with AI. By joining us, you embark on a journey from a simple idea to launching a successful business. Here's what you can expect:
Find Friends and Teammates:
Show Your Skills:
Bring Ideas to Life:
Start your business:
Learn from the Best:
Expert Feedback:
Global Reach:
Find Investors:
Connect with others who share your interests and goals. Form the perfect team to bring your ideas to life.
This is your chance to shine and show what you're capable of. It's also a great opportunity to test your abilities in a supportive environment.
Have an AI project in mind? Get it off the ground with the help of our community and resources.
If desired, you can receive assistance from the Ogon.AI team in developing your project at any stage for business and launching it on the international market!
Receive constructive feedback and insights from our seasoned Ogon Hackathon experts. This can help refine your project and strategy.
Receive constructive feedback and insights from our seasoned Ogon Hackathon experts. This can help refine your project and strategy.
Get help to present your business to the world. We're here to assist in making your project internationally known.
Looking for funding? Attract investors to turn your dream project into reality.
Our community is open to everyone interested in AI, whether you're a hackathon participant or a professional from another field looking to solve industry problems with AI tools. Join us at Ogon AI Hackathons and start your journey towards innovation and success.
