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Anton Zaliznyi

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Co-founder & Chief AI Officer at Phases

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

FoundedPhases · YC

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624 people in our graph share verified history with Anton — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Khrystyna PenykunlockedAnton: together at National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy (2018)
×11Anton: together at Y Combinator

About

Anton Zaliznyi worked as a software engineer at Palantir and conducted AI research at the University of Toronto, with prior experience building autonomous systems at a defense startup and distributed processing systems at Avid. His research background includes deep learning work on robotic pose estimation, and he now leads Phases, which develops AI agents for clinical trial automation.

Co-founder & Chief AI Officer at PhasesYC S25

Intro paths

YC

Anton went through Y Combinator (Summer 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

GP

Their group partner at YC was Gustaf Alstromer — the partner who ran Phases's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Anton can intro founders to Phases's investors below.

Phases's investors · 3

DniproPalo AltoTRAC (Third Round Analytics Capital)San Francisco · $250K – $2M checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2025

Co-founders at Phases

JWJames Wall
James WallCo-founder & CEO
JVJonathan van Wersch
Jonathan van WerschCo-founder & CTO

Experience

  1. PhasesCo-Founder / Chief AI Officercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. Palantir TechnologiesSoftware Engineer2025London, England, United Kingdom
  3. Palantir TechnologiesSoftware Engineer Intern2024Greater London, England, United Kingdom
  4. University of TorontoAI Research Engineer2023 — 2024Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  5. KrattWorksSoftware Engineer2023Tartu, Tartumaa, Estonia
  6. AvidSoftware Engineer2021 — 2023Kyiv, Ukraine

Frequently asked questions

Who is Anton Zaliznyi?
Anton Zaliznyi worked as a software engineer at Palantir and conducted AI research at the University of Toronto, with prior experience building autonomous systems at a defense startup and distributed processing systems at Avid. His research background includes deep learning work on robotic pose estimation, and he now leads Phases, which develops AI agents for clinical trial automation.
Where does Anton Zaliznyi work?
Anton Zaliznyi is Co-founder & Chief AI Officer of Phases.
What companies did Anton Zaliznyi found?
Anton Zaliznyi founded Phases.
Where did Anton Zaliznyi go to school?
Anton Zaliznyi studied at Y Combinator (Alumni); University of Tartu (Master's degree, Computer Science); Hanyang University (Exchange Student, Business Administration and Management).

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