About
Emil Mikhailov founded and previously led XIX.ai, developing Entry, a biometric single sign-on system using facial recognition. Before that, he served as a Staff Product Manager at Cribl, where he worked on Cribl Search, a federated search platform for machine data.
Founder/CEO at EntryYC W17
Intro paths
YC
Emil went through Y Combinator (Winter 2017) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Emil can intro founders to Entry's investors below.
Entry's investors · 1
Experience
- CriblStaff Product Manager2022 — 2025
- EntryCEO and Founder2017 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
- AI Meetup SeriesFounder2016 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
- BZS VenezuelaHead of Procurement Department2011 — 2013Caracas, Venezuela
Skills & more
Business Strategy5Operations Management4IT Management2Start-ups4New Business Development4Cross BorderBusiness Planning1Business ModelingBusiness Development3Sales2
Languages English · Russian · Spanish
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Emil Mikhailov?
- Emil Mikhailov founded and previously led XIX.ai, developing Entry, a biometric single sign-on system using facial recognition. Before that, he served as a Staff Product Manager at Cribl, where he worked on Cribl Search, a federated search platform for machine data.
- Where does Emil Mikhailov work?
- Emil Mikhailov is Founder/CEO of Entry.
- What companies did Emil Mikhailov found?
- Emil Mikhailov founded Entry.
- Where did Emil Mikhailov go to school?
- Emil Mikhailov studied at Stanford University (Continuing Study, Business/Managerial Economics); Y Combinator; Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO (Startup Academy).
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