About
Ilariia Belova is founder and CTO of Tellif AI. She previously worked as a staff engineer at Yandex, where she spent over a decade in machine learning and ads, leading a technical team. She holds a degree in applied mathematics from NTUU KPI in Ukraine.
Ilariia Belova @ilariia_belova
#keep4o
Aug 7, 2025 · ♥ 14
Ilariia Belova @ilariia_belova
Spotted this cutie in Seattle. Interesting, that people worry a lot about rabies, but only one person in US history has ever died from getting rabies from a raccoon https://t.co/xYazJ3JP72

Apr 24, 2025 · ♥ 1
Ilariia Belova @ilariia_belova
Learnt today, that “canard” means both “duck” and “fake story” in French. Russian uses “утка” the same way — we borrowed the figurative meaning from French. Etymology is fun https://t.co/vkekvmTG6e

Apr 22, 2025 · ♥ 1
Founder at Tell if AIYC F25
Intro paths
Ilariia went through Y Combinator (Fall 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Tom Blomfield, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Tell if AI's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
In turn, Ilariia can intro founders to Tell if AI's investors below.
