Fundraising Fox

Boris Skurikhin

Founder

Founder at Docket

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedDocket · YC

About

Boris Skurikhin worked as a quantitative developer at Citadel and as a software engineer at Patreon before founding Docket, which develops software testing tools.

LinkedIn ↗X / Twitter ↗
Latest on 𝕏

Boris Skurikhin @boriskurikhin

is anyone thinking ab their code writing ability? or is agentic coding simply the latest stage in an engineer’s evolution… with no reason to go back (ie: like when we went from assembly to compiled languages)? esp if model costs go to 0 and harnesses continue to improve (company

Jul 31, 2026 · ♥ 1

Boris Skurikhin @boriskurikhin

второе дыхание

Jul 30, 2026 · ♥ 1

Boris Skurikhin @boriskurikhin

stockfish didn’t make chess players obsolete 🤔

Jul 28, 2026

Founder at DocketYC X25

Intro paths

YC

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

GP

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

→

In turn, Boris can intro founders to Docket's investors below.

Docket's investors · 1

Y Combinator

Co-founders at Docket

NHNishant Hooda
Nishant HoodaFounder
AR
Arjun Rajasekharan PillaiExecutive Officer, Director, Promoter
AT
Anoop Thomas MathewExecutive Officer, Director, Promoter

Experience

  1. Docket (YC X25)Co-Founder, CTOcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco, CA
  2. CitadelQuantitative Developer2024 — 2025New York, United States
  3. PatreonSoftware Engineer2023 — 2024New York, United States
  4. MetaSoftware Engineer2022 — 2023Menlo Park, CA
  5. Amazon Web Services (AWS)Software Development Engineer2021Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  6. SuperSoftware Engineer2021Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Education

  1. Y Combinator2025
  2. University of GuelphBachelor of Computing (Honors CO-OP), Computer Science

Skills & more

Python (Programming Language)5JavaScript17jQuery13Java12C11XML6HTML9CSS8Adobe Photoshop6Adobe After Effects4Unity3D7Python10
+12 morePHPC++RussianNetworkingData StructuresProblem SolvingPresentationsWeb DevelopmentGraphic DesignAudio EngineeringAlgorithmsPublic Speaking

Languages English · Russian

  • Distinction - Canadian Computing Competition (Senior) — University of Waterloo
  • Distinction - Canadian Computing Competition (Senior) — University of Waterloo

From Boris'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

Patreon mafia6

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Danny WenInvestorFounded Graft ConceptsZac MorrisSenior Security EngineerFounded SendoidTed LeeStaff iOS EngineerFounded AudoboxShuchang ZhengSoftware EngineerFounded SkyvernJack SuttonSoftware EngineerFounded Aravolta

University of Guelph mafia4

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Maris LushBachelor of Arts (BA Hons)Founded Dr BillSaroop BharwaniBachelor of Science - BSFounded SensoVedant VyasBachelor of ComputingFounded Opennote

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 University of Guelph30

Sarah WillsonPrincipal at Panache VenturesBrendan HusseyInvestor at JLSDaniel MuletPartner at Radical VenturesJoseph ReganSenior Managing Partner at BDC Venture CapitalJack FraserPartner at BDC Venture CapitalCarley-Rose HorowitzAssociate at Wittington Ventures

+ 24 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Docket (YC X25)1

Nishant HoodaFounder at Docket

Also worked at Citadel63

Robert CulpPrincipal at Marlin Equity PartnersPrincipal – Public EquitiesInvestor at Glynn Capital ManagementDavid SnydermanManaging Partner and Global Head of Alternative Credit and Fixed Income at Magnetar AI VenturesEvan FengPartner at CoinFundJohn GuCo-Founder and CEO at CaladanEvan AxelrodSenior Associate at Maccabee Ventures

+ 57 more

Also worked at Patreon13

Danny RimerPartner at Index VenturesAnnie KadavyVenture Partner at Redpoint VenturesJulian GutmanOperating Partner at Centre Street PartnersCathryn ChenFounder & CEO at MarketX VenturesDanny WenPartner and Head of Business Development at WingEvan TanaGeneral Partner at West Ventures

+ 7 more

Also worked at Meta282

Nat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDGDaniel GrossMeta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDG and Safe SuperintelligenceTinaInvestments & Portfolio Services Team Member at Clear VenturesMike ArpaiaComputer scientist working on machine learning and data infrastructureKevin ColleranManaging Director at Slow VenturesJon ChuInvestor at Khosla Ventures

+ 276 more