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Artemiy Malyshau

Founder

Founder at Gecko Security

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedGecko Security · YC

About

Artemiy Malyshau is CTO and co-founder of Gecko Security. He holds an MSc from Imperial College London and previously developed threat intelligence software for Interpol and government agencies, with research experience in multi-agent systems and reinforcement learning.

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Artemiy @nkoorty

Back in SF for RSA 🫡 https://t.co/uDAwC4aUC5

Feb 27, 2026 · ♥ 7

Artemiy @nkoorty

This is really good for the industry. Sales teams of shitty scanners that flag 12 RCEs in markdown files are gonna have a hard time https://t.co/WMGyCjFJUh

Feb 20, 2026 · ♥ 6

Artemiy @nkoorty

How it feels implementing SCIM provisioning https://t.co/Ev7kjpUvAh

Feb 19, 2026 · ♥ 4

Founder at Gecko SecurityYC F24

Intro paths

YC

Artemiy went through Y Combinator (Fall 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

GP

Their group partner at YC was Pete Koomen, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Gecko Security's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Artemiy can intro founders to Gecko Security's investors below.

Gecko Security's investors · 2

Ritual CapitalY Combinator

Co-founders at Gecko Security

JJJeevan Jutla
Jeevan JutlaFounder

Experience

  1. Gecko SecurityCo-Founder & CTOcurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco, CA
  2. Imperial College LondonResearcher2024London, England, United Kingdom
  3. Österreichisches Bundesheer (Austrian Armed Forces)Cybersoldier2023 — 2024Vienna, Austria
  4. King's College LondonResearch Fellow2023London, England, United Kingdom
  5. Iknaio Cryptoasset Analytics GmbHSoftware Engineer2022 — 2023Vienna, Austria
  6. AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbHSoftware Engineer Intern2021Vienna, Austria

Education

  1. Y CombinatorF24
  2. Imperial College LondonMSc, Applied Computational Science and Engineering2023 — 2024
  3. King's College LondonBEng, Electronic Engineering2020 — 2023
  4. Vienna International SchoolIB Diploma Programme2016 — 2020

Skills & more

Artificial Intelligence (AI)CybersecurityRust (Programming Language)2Partial Differential Equations1iOS Development2Algorithm DevelopmentElectronics1Data Analysis1Data Science1MarketingSoftware Development1Mathematics5
+9 morePhysicsPython (Programming Language)MATLABSQLJavaScriptC (Programming Language)C++Multivariable CalculusElectronic Engineering

Languages English · German · Russian

  • Citadel C1 Terminal Europe Finalist 2023 — Correlation One
  • Citadel C1 Terminal Europe Finalist 2022 — Correlation One

From Artemiy's professional profile.

Founder mafias

Y Combinator mafia8,668

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Sam AltmanPresidentFounded LooptFred EhrsamYC Summer 2012Founded CoinbaseMatt HuangYC Winter 2011Founded HotspotsTrae StephensYC Winter 2022Founded PursuitDelian AsparouhovYC Summer 2014Founded Nightingale +1Justin KanYC Winter 2018Founded Rye +3

+ 8,661 more

Imperial College London mafia119

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Nessan BerminghamDoctor of Philosophy - PhDFounded Korro Bio +1Slava SolonitsynMBAFounded No Cap +1Barnaby MaletPhDFounded machine0 +1Ali AttarMaster’s DegreeFounded Lightberry +1Saurav MitraMaster’s DegreeFounded Okibi +1Marvin Abdel-MassihMaster of ScienceFounded Uplane +1

+ 112 more

King's College London mafia35

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Ansuman SatpathyComputer ScienceFounded Santa Ana Bio +2Allen LawFounded MOVE [REPEAT] +1Mahyad GhassemiBachelor's degreeFounded Okibi +1Chirag PatelPharmacyFounded PaysafeYele BademosiBachelor of Medical Sciences (BMedSci)Founded NestcoinAleks HabdankB.Sc(Hons)Founded iDefigo Group

+ 28 more

Same school

Also attended Y Combinator2,000

Leo LuInvestor at Foundation CapitalMaroof AhmedFounder at Octopus VenturesJustin SwartPartner at Bitkraft Esports VenturesVictor SantosVictor Scout at One Way VenturesSwapnil JainCEO, Observe.AI at EMERGENT VENTURESChase AdamPartner at Very Serious Ventures

+ 1,994 more

Also attended Imperial College London432

Deji SasegbonVP, Platform & Portfolio Operations at EchoVC PartnersMadison LenormandInvestor at DaphniPauline BoucherInvestor at DaphniLoubaba El AyoubiInvestor at NorthzoneGiovanni MariggiInvestor at MedicxiFrancois PrinslooInvestor at Medicxi

+ 426 more

Also attended King's College London219

Harry StebbingsFounder & General Partner at 20VCDominic JacquessonInvestor at Index VenturesJohn HortonInvestor at DN CapitalBob ThomasPartner at OxxKatherineHealthcare Investment Lead at Hummingbird VenturesÖzge Gizem YerlikayaGeneral Counsel at Idacapital

+ 213 more

Also attended Vienna International School7

Rajeev BatraInvestor at Mayfield FundZuzanna KompowskaInvestor at Inovo VCElena KlijnVenture Partner at SuperSeedAndrea SiawSustainability Value Creation Manager at AltorIrene SeebacherFinance & Operations Manager at VI PartnersJavier Nunez-VicandiPrincipal, Digital Medicine Strategy at Sofinnova Partners

+ 1 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Gecko Security1

Jeevan JutlaFounder at Gecko Security

Also worked at Imperial College London107

Madison LenormandInvestor at DaphniAlptugInvestment Team at Hummingbird VenturesItxaso del PalacioGeneral Partner at Notion CapitalStephen ChambersGeneral Partner at SOSVMichelle KwokPrincipal at Draper AssociatesAlexandraHead of Research at GVP Climate

+ 101 more

Also worked at Österreichisches Bundesheer (Austrian Armed Forces)11

Daniel Keiper-KnorrFounding Partner, Fundraising at SpeedinvestAdi ReschenhoferPartner at Venionaire CapitalPeter AunerPartner at VNT ManagementHarald FederspielMANAGING DIRECTOR SEEDSTARS PROGRAMS at SeedstarsAlexander FelberFinance Manager at Smart Family OfficeDavid Michael HopfCEO at David Hopf Familien-Holding

+ 5 more

Also worked at King's College London42

KatherineHealthcare Investment Lead at Hummingbird VenturesOliver HemmingsAnalyst at Delin VenturesLincoln HengInvestment Analyst at Verge HealthTech FundDavid BirchVenture Partner & Advisor at 1414 VenturesSarah KakadellisInvestor at SUPPLY CHANGE CAPITALIstvan SzandaInvestor at Sand Hill Angels

+ 36 more