hi, i'm ibrakhim
i was born in astana, kazakhstan and moved to new york city when i was 12.
right now, i'm building science's truth layer at scale.
before this, i founded hillclimb, a math data lab. we were backed by general catalyst and did yc f25, with garry tan as my general partner.
i also co-authored a sota 30b math model with nous research. it ranked #2 out of 3,988 on the putnam.
some other things i've done:
went pro in fortnite at 15 and placed top 70 in grand finals, streamed irl at 13 and peaked at 500+ concurrent viewers, interned at coinbase and microsoft as a software engineer, founded a consumer startup that reached 100k users
things i like:
ant colonies, competitive video games, carnivorous plants, orcas, dragon fruit, raw milk, honey, re zero, mountaineering, 100% cotton
recently visited: shenzhen, hong kong, taipei, shanghai, seoul