Declined by Antler Accelerator

AI/ML & Full-Stack Engineer

George Babakhanov

I build AI products end to end. Now I'm going deeper: inference, AI architectures and the math behind models. I don't know it all yet, and that is the work I want to do.

Open to startup roles in San Francisco

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Co-founder · iOSKavaApr 2026 - PresentKava is a free café map app for iPhone that I co-founded with Keyon. It maps the cafés in your city and shows the ones you haven't tried.Read more →Full-stack developerLOCVMFeb 2026 - PresentHealthtech startup that matches physicians with locum jobs. I came in to rebuild the matching engine and stayed as the full-stack developer.Read more →AI/ML & full-stack engineerAvateqJan 2025 - PresentAI/ML & full-stack engineer at a broadcast RF company. I built the ERP that runs it, an RF analysis app featured in TV Tech, and on-prem AI.Read more →OSS contributorOpen sourceSep 2026 - PresentI like to fix the hard issues that other people run into, and I learn something new each time. I write about my bugs and lessons on my socials. Here are my contributions to big open-source projects.See contributions →

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Kava Submitted to the App StoreSep 28, 2026 · 1 min read

6 days ago we thought Kava was 90% done. It wasn't. At 2:56 AM Keyon and I hit submit to Apple.

Moving to San FranciscoSep 10, 2026 · 1 min read

I'm moving to San Francisco in the coming months to build with startups full time. Building in SF, or know someone who is or can help? A name is enough.

Declined by Antler AcceleratorMar 2, 2026 · 1 min read

Applied to Antler Canada's accelerator program. Got the rejection email today. On to the next one.