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Elena Samuylova

Founder

Founder at Evidently AI

London, England, United Kingdom

FoundedEvidently AI Β· YC

About

Elena Samuylova spent seven years supporting large enterprise ML system deployments and previously founded an industrial AI startup serving the steel and chemical sectors. She led business development for an enterprise machine learning division at Yandex before co-founding Evidently AI.

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Elena Samuylova @elenasamuylova

πŸ€–We all know of LLM judges, but have you tried a jury? I asked GPT, Claude, and Gemini to judge AI-generated emails for workplace tone. They disagreed 5 times - but that's the whole point. Blog post with code example: https://t.co/D51ok9Chpr

Jun 26, 2025 Β· β™₯ 6 Β· ⇄ 3

Founder at Evidently AIYC S21

Intro paths

YC

Elena went through Y Combinator (Summer 2021) β€” any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

GP

Their group partner at YC was Nicolas Dessaigne, General Partner at Y Combinator β€” the partner who ran Evidently AI's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile β†—

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In turn, Elena can intro founders to Evidently AI's investors below.

Evidently AI's investors Β· 4

DN CapitalFramework Venture PartnersRuna CapitalY Combinator

Co-founders at Evidently AI

EDEmeli Dral
Emeli DralFounder

Experience

  1. Evidently AICEO & Co-foundercurrent2020 β€” presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. Graduate School of Management St. Petersburg State University"Master in Big Data Analytics" Program Council2018 β€” 2023
  3. Mechanica AICo-Founder & Chief Product Officer2018 β€” 2020Amsterdam, San Francisco, Moscow
  4. Alchemist AcceleratorMember (Class XXI)2018 β€” 2019San Francisco Bay Area
  5. Yandex Data FactoryDirector Of Business Development2014 β€” 2018Moscow, Amsterdam
  6. YandexHead of Startup Ecosystem2013 β€” 2015Moscow, Moscow City, Russia
  7. Visual Meta GmbHBusiness Development Associate2012 β€” 2013Berlin, Berlin, Germany
  8. SonyExternal Strategy Consultant2012Budapest, Hungary
  9. SynovateMarket Research Analyst2011St Petersburg, St Petersburg City, Russia
  10. JTI (Japan Tobacco International)Management Trainee2009 β€” 2010St Petersburg, St Petersburg City, Russia

Education

  1. Y CombinatorSummer 2021 Batch2021
  2. EsadeCEMS Master in International Management2011 β€” 2012
  3. Corvinus University of BudapestCEMS Master in International Management2011 β€” 2012
  4. CEMS - The Global Alliance in Management EducationCEMS Master in International Management2011 β€” 2012
  5. Graduate School of Management St. Petersburg State UniversityMaster of Science (MSc), Master in International Business2010 β€” 2012
  6. WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business)Summer School, International Marketing2010
  7. Saint Petersburg State UniversitySpecialist Graduate Degree, Economics2005 β€” 2010

Skills & more

Strategy14Team Leadership23Management14Start-ups81Entrepreneurship49Business Development46Market Research84Online Marketing56Business Strategy39Marketing Strategy38International Business37Marketing30
+4 moreProject ManagementMarketing ManagementMachine LearningMarketing Communications

Languages English Β· German Β· Russian Β· Spanish

  • DELE C1 (Diploma in Spanish as a Foreign Language) β€” Instituto Cervantes

From Elena's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended CEMS - The Global Alliance in Management Education67

Celine XiaoInvestor at DN CapitalMarie BardinetInvestor at DaphniFrancesco MoroPrincipal at Burda Principal InvestmentsPedro AlmeidaPrincipal at Armilar Venture PartnersMaciej MaΕ‚yszInvestor at Inovo VCPauliina MartikainenManaging Partner at Maki.vc

+ 61 more

Also attended Graduate School of Management St. Petersburg State University4

Tim MeglitschFinance Manager at IBB VenturesLuisa SomainiAnalyst at Astanor VenturesAdrien VillalongaAssociate at Big Idea VenturesJan BaeriswylGeneral Partner at very early Ventures

Also attended WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business)105

Patrick NorrisGeneral Partner at Notion CapitalEkkehardInvestor at Eudemian VenturesJanelle GoulardPartner at Pangaea Ventures Us Inc.Tomasz SwiebodaInvestor at Inovo VCAndreas SchwarzenbrunnerGeneral Partner at SpeedinvestAlexander GruberSenior Legal Counsel at Speedinvest

+ 99 more

Also attended Saint Petersburg State University12

Nick AlbaneseVP, Research & Strategy and Investment Associate at The Westly GroupAndrew KozlovManaging Partner at 4BIO CapitalSarah LaznowskiSenior Associate at AFI VenturesGauthier van der ElstPartner at ScaleFundIda PolakChief Legal Officer, Executive Board at RaisonInga PetrovaVP Special Projects, People & Operations at NODWIN Gaming

+ 6 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Evidently AI1

Emeli DralFounder at Evidently AI

Also worked at Graduate School of Management St. Petersburg State University1

Emeli DralFounder at Evidently AI

Also worked at Alchemist Accelerator79

Paul VeradittakitManaging Partner at Pantera CapitalPeter GiordanoFormer Global Director GTM Strategy at Scale Venture PartnersSahir AzamInvestor at Index VenturesTony YangPortfolio Growth at Mucker CapitalLaurie MenoudInvestor at At One VenturesAndrew HongVenture Partner at Ff Venture Capital

+ 73 more

Also worked at Yandex9

Alex ChachavaInvestor at Leta CapitalNataly LaktionovaMarketing, Portfolio Development at Polymorphic CapitalAlex VassilievBusiness Angel at REDangelsAnton AbdukhamidovPartner at GuruDev CapitalMikhail KalashnikovPrincipal at FunCubatorDiana MoldavskyInvestor at Tencent Holdings

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