Where does David Khachaturov work?

David Khachaturov is Founder of Egoist Machines.

What companies did David Khachaturov found?

David Khachaturov founded Egoist Machines.

Where did David Khachaturov go to school?

David Khachaturov studied at University of Cambridge (Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science); University of Oxford (Master of Science - MSc, Advanced Computer Science); University of Cambridge (Bachelor of Arts - BA (Hons), Computer Science).

David Khachaturov

Founder

Founder at Egoist Machines

Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

FoundedEgoist Machines · YC

Find your path to David

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About

David Khachaturov holds degrees in computer science from Cambridge and Oxford, including a PhD, and previously worked as an ML researcher at OpenAI and as a lead AI security researcher at FrontierOne. He is the founder of Egoist Machines.

Founder at Egoist Machines YC S26

Intro paths

David 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 Harshita Arora, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Egoist Machines's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, David can intro founders to Egoist Machines's investors below.

Egoist Machines's investors · 1

Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2026

Co-founders at Egoist Machines

Erin McGurkFounder

Experience

Egoist Machines, Inc.Foundercurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco, CA
University of CambridgeComputer Science Tripos Supervisorcurrent2021 — presentCambridge
University of CambridgeResearch Intern2021Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
Frontier/1Lead AI Security Researcher2026Cambridge
QeiosSoftware Architect2025
mazette!Founder2021 — 2025
Mercor IntelligenceComputer Science Intelligence Analyst2025
OpenAIMachine Learning Researcher2025
Blue EducationPrivate Tutor2020 — 2021
Seamless CapitalIntern2020
IMC TradingSoftware Development Intern2020Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
SpeechmaticsMachine Learning Intern2019Cambridge, United Kingdom

Skills & more

Public SpeakingMicrosoft Office1Microsoft Excel3Microsoft Word1C#2Java2Python (Programming Language)1Lua1Research1

Languages English · Russian

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Frequently asked questions

Who is David Khachaturov?: David Khachaturov holds degrees in computer science from Cambridge and Oxford, including a PhD, and previously worked as an ML researcher at OpenAI and as a lead AI security researcher at FrontierOne. He is the founder of Egoist Machines.
Where does David Khachaturov work?: David Khachaturov is Founder of Egoist Machines.
What companies did David Khachaturov found?: David Khachaturov founded Egoist Machines.
Where did David Khachaturov go to school?: David Khachaturov studied at University of Cambridge (Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science); University of Oxford (Master of Science - MSc, Advanced Computer Science); University of Cambridge (Bachelor of Arts - BA (Hons), Computer Science).