About
Kamel Charaf holds a Master's degree in Data Science from EPFL and previously worked at Bell Labs. He is co-founder and COO of Compresr.
Kamel Charaf @kamelcharaf
Every developer using Claude Code loses minutes per session to compaction. You sit there waiting while your context gets rebuilt and your momentum dies. So we built Context Gateway, an open-source proxy that sits between your agent and the LLM API. Your agent doesn't know it's
Feb 12, 2026 Β· β₯ 3
Kamel Charaf @kamelcharaf
We built a VS Code / Cursor extension that converts long, human-friendly *.md files into minimal, model-optimized versions, without changing intent. Same meaning. Fewer tokens. Better outputs THE PROBLEM: *.md grows as the project evolves β context rot; decreased effective https://t.co/QtwOcedUGW
Feb 5, 2026 Β· β₯ 3
Founder at CompresrYC W26
Intro paths
Kamel went through Y Combinator (Winter 2026) β any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Jared Friedman, General Partner at Y Combinator β the partner who ran Compresr's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile β
In turn, Kamel can intro founders to Compresr's investors below.
