Where does Andrey Gizdov work?

Andrey Gizdov is Founder of OpenVector.

What companies did Andrey Gizdov found?

Andrey Gizdov founded OpenVector.

Where did Andrey Gizdov go to school?

Andrey Gizdov studied at Harvard University (Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Applied Mathematics); City University of Hong Kong (Bachelor of Science - BS, Mathematics + Physics); Università Bocconi (Bachelor of Science - BS, Mathematics + Physics).

Andrey Gizdov

Founder

Founder at OpenVector

San Francisco Bay Area

FoundedOpenVector · YC

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About

Founder of OpenVector, which monitors video feeds to detect physical security events like tailgating and triggers automated responses using natural-language rules. He studied computer vision at Harvard, leaving a PhD program before completion.

Founder at OpenVector YC S26

Intro paths

Andrey went through Y Combinator (Summer 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

Their group partner at YC was Jon Xu, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran OpenVector's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Andrey can intro founders to OpenVector's investors below.

OpenVector's investors · 2

Vela PartnersSan Francisco · $100K – $500K checks Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2026

Co-founders at OpenVector

Vishal UrlamFounder

Experience

OpenVector (YC S26)Founder & CEOcurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
Harvard UniversityResearch Fellow2024 — 2026Boston, MA
Weizmann Institute of ScienceResearch Scientist2020 — 2026Tel Aviv District, Israel
Bocconi AI & Neuroscience Student AssociationPresident and Co-Founder2022 — 2025Greater Milan Metropolitan Area
RwHealthTech Lead2020 — 2021London, United Kingdom
Run4AStrongMindCo-Founder2021Sofia, Bulgaria
Institute of Information and Communication Technologies (IICT) - Bulgarian Academy of SciencesResearch Scientist2018 — 2020Bulgaria
Weizmann Institute of ScienceResearch Scientist2019Israel
SAPIntern2016
WolframStudent Researcher2016Greater Boston
FIRSTMember of National Robotics Team2014 — 2015

Skills & more

Youth Leadership7Statistics5Presentation Skills5Fitness Training3MathematicsProgrammingAndroid DevelopmentObject-Oriented Programming (OOP)Data AnalysisMatlabC++C#

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Visual Basic .NET (VB.NET)Python (Programming Language)BeatboxingDebateComputingParallel ComputingComputer Vision

Languages Bulgarian · English · Italian · Russian

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Andrey Gizdov?: Founder of OpenVector, which monitors video feeds to detect physical security events like tailgating and triggers automated responses using natural-language rules. He studied computer vision at Harvard, leaving a PhD program before completion.
Where does Andrey Gizdov work?: Andrey Gizdov is Founder of OpenVector.
What companies did Andrey Gizdov found?: Andrey Gizdov founded OpenVector.
Where did Andrey Gizdov go to school?: Andrey Gizdov studied at Harvard University (Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Applied Mathematics); City University of Hong Kong (Bachelor of Science - BS, Mathematics + Physics); Università Bocconi (Bachelor of Science - BS, Mathematics + Physics).