David Khachaturov
FounderFounder at Egoist Machines
Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
FoundedEgoist Machines · YC
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 MachinesYC S26
Intro paths
YC
David went through Y Combinator (Summer 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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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
Co-founders at Egoist Machines
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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).
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