Ilia Semenov
FounderFounder at Cloudthread
San Francisco, California, United States
FoundedCloudthread · YC
About
Ilia Semenov previously held data engineering and cloud cost management roles at Lyft from 2016 to 2020, and worked on cloud cost management at EA from 2014 to 2016. He holds a degree from Carnegie Mellon University.
Founder at CloudthreadYC S21
Intro paths
YC
Ilia went through Y Combinator (Summer 2021) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Harj Taggar, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Cloudthread's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Ilia can intro founders to Cloudthread's investors below.
Cloudthread's investors · 3
Co-founders at Cloudthread
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Roi RavhonCEO, Co-founder
Experience
- AppleAI and Data Platform Economicscurrent2026 — presentCupertino, CA
- PawAIFounder2024 — 2026San Francisco Bay Area
- CloudthreadCPO & Co-Founder (Acquired)2021 — 2024San Francisco Bay Area
- cogniDNACo-Founder2019 — 2021Palo Alto, California, United States
- LyftData Scientist > Data Engineer > Tech Lead - Finance/FinOps Data Engineering2016 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
- Electronic Arts (EA)Senior Business Analyst - Cloud Operations (FinOps Lead)2014 — 2016Austin, Texas Area
- PwCAssurance Consultant2011 — 2012Saint-Petersburg, Russia
Skills & more
Podcasting2Artificial Intelligence (AI)Business Strategy1Machine Learning4Data Science3Fundraising5Sales4Recruiting2Startup Development3FinOps6Product Management4Analytics1
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Financial ModelingFinancial AnalysisEconomicsQuantitative AnalyticsData MiningStatistical ModelingCorporate FinanceEnterprise Risk ManagementPythonJavaC++RLanguages English · Russian
- Stanford TECH 152: A Crash Course in AI — Stanford University
- Finding Product Market Fit — Reforge
- FinOps Certified Practitioner — FinOps Foundation
- Tackling the Challenges of Big Data — MIT Professional Education
- FinOps Certified Practitioner — The Linux Foundation
- Data Science Specialization — Coursera Course Certificates
- Python — Codecademy
- Machine Learning - Andrew Ng — Coursera
- ITIL® Foundation Certificate in IT Service Management — CSME
From Ilia's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Ilia Semenov?
- Ilia Semenov previously held data engineering and cloud cost management roles at Lyft from 2016 to 2020, and worked on cloud cost management at EA from 2014 to 2016. He holds a degree from Carnegie Mellon University.
- Where does Ilia Semenov work?
- Ilia Semenov is Founder of Cloudthread.
- What companies did Ilia Semenov found?
- Ilia Semenov founded Cloudthread.
- Where did Ilia Semenov go to school?
- Ilia Semenov studied at Y Combinator (S21); Carnegie Mellon University (Master's Degree, Information Systems Management); Saint Petersburg State University (Master of Science (MSc), Bachelor of Science (BSc)).
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