Ivan Zakazov

fighting context rot @ compresr.ai (YC W26) | ex-Microsoft, EPFL

Co-founder

2026Co-founder· Compresr (YC W26)

Founder · since 2026

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Compresr (YC W26)

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Co-founder & CEO

current

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Compresr

LLM context compression for better accuracy

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Career

Compresr (YC W26)
Co-founder
Co-founder & CEO · 2026 – Present
2026
EPFL (École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne)
Doctoral Assistant (PhD) · Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland · 2023 – 2025
2023
Microsoft
Research Intern · Seattle, Washington, United States · 2025
2025
KAWA AI
Machine Learning Researcher · 2023
2023
Philips
Data & AI Scientist, Philips Research · Moscow, Russia · 2021 – 2022
2021
Philips
A Post-Graduation Break · 2021
2021
Philips
Junior Data & AI Scientist, Philips Research · Moscow, Russia · 2020 – 2021
2020
Imperial College London
Academic Visitor · 2021
2021

CEO @ Compresr. Previously researched LLM context compression as an EPFL PhD (Switzerland). Former Microsoft and Philips Research.